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    For the past centuries‚ Domestic Violence has affected millions of people‚ most often women. It can happen to anyone regardless of race or ethnicity background‚ religion‚ marital status‚ age or sexual orientation. It is a very important social issue because it has a large negative affect on the victims. Even though domestic violence can be caused by either male or female it is usually caused by the male due to the large physical advantage. Without help‚ domestic violence can often continue to get

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    Social Theories: How It Relates to Gangs & Gang Violence By Stuart Brown Criminology is a complex subject chock-full of theories that attempt to explain crime and criminal behavior. Each base theory has several branches of theory which expand upon and compliment their predecessors. Even some of the sub-theories have branches of theories. This paper is going to discuss two social theories; social structure and social process. It is also going to cover some of the branches

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    The Problem of Domestic Violence A problem has become known and to many‚ they feel that it’s about time that the general public has taken notice. This problem has been a taboo for centuries and in the mid nineties it has chosen to let itself be known‚ the problem that I am talking about is domestic violence‚ it has ruined families‚ and demoralized the victims for years and now because of the "trial of the century" we finally are allowed to discuss it in detail‚ without fear of reprisal‚ now we

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    Family or domestic violence can have tragic consequences on all those involved. However‚ children exposed to domestic violence are often the most negatively affected by domestic violence and they frequently show symptoms of psychological and emotional trauma. It is estimated that at least one in every three women have been or will be beaten‚ coerced into sex‚ or otherwise abused in her lifetime (http://therapistfinder.net /Domestic-Violence/Domestic-Violence-Crisis-Hotlines.html). Furthermore‚ physical

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    Domestic Violence: Survivors and its Impact Sarah Stamm Morehead State University Abstract This paper will take a brief look at what domestic violence is‚ and a longer look at what impact and effects it has on those who are victims of and witnesses to domestic violence. Domestic violence has been an issue since the advent of the family unit. It has gone through history as a generally accepted practice‚ as an issue never to be spoken about‚ and is finally becoming something that the public is

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    moral theory in ethics is the Social Contract Theory‚ which tells us “that morality is essentially a cooperative enterprise‚ and that moral rules are those that self-interested people would obey on the condition that all others do as well” (Shafer-Landau 3‚ 2015). This means that people in a society agree tacitly to the rules set forth by it‚ and that abiding to these rules is in their best self-interest because they will get benefits and not be punished for disobeying. The Social Contract theory

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    Domestic Violence CIA - 3 By- Manjit Singh - 1211309 Dipika Sinha - 1211332 Denzil George - 1211340 Aditi Dhar- 1211329 Namita - 1211334 Anurag Minni - 1211367 Contents 1. WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?...................................................................................3 3. REACTING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE.................................................................................5 4. CHILDREN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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    PER REPORTER: The father believes the mother and boyfriend are using heroin. Reporter believes it is being used around the children. Per reporter‚ the child wanted to say something but was scared. It is unknown if drugs are being sold or manufactured out of the home. Drugs are not accessible to the children. It is unknown if the children have been harmed or hurt. Reporter stated the child won’t say anything. She is scared she may get a whipping. The child didn’t say she was scared. She said she doesn’t

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    Examine the patterns of reasons for domestic violence in society (24) Domestic violence can be summarised by ‘The Woman’s Aid Federation (2008)’ as a ‘physical‚ psychological‚ sexual or financial violence that occurs within an intimate of family relationship and forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. it may involve ‚ partners‚ household member or other family members or relatives’. Domestic violence is referred to as the ‘darker side’ of the family. Another view however is that

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    Domestic Cycle of Violence   Incident * Any type of abuse occurs (physical/sexual/emotional) Tension Building * Abuser starts to get angry * Abuse may begin * There is a breakdown of communication * Victim feels the need to keep the abuser calm * Tension becomes too much * Victim feels like they are ’walking on egg shells’ Making-Up * Abuser may apologize for abuse * Abuser may promise it will never happen again * Abuser may blame the victim for causing

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