there are 50 states all of which have passed some kind of law requiring citizens and professionals to report any signs of child abuse or neglect of any kind. Most laws state that if counselors along with other professionals have suspicion of child abuse or neglect has 48 hours to report it. They also have the responsibility to report domestic abuse‚ and abuse of the elderly. Mandated reporters are required to make a report right away either orally‚ in person‚ or by email‚ and they must follow through
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Jamie Kichler Freshman Composition December 1‚ 2012 Bastard Out of Carolina: Child Abuse At least 3.3 million reports of child abuse are made every year involving more than 6 million children (sometime multiple children in a report). Every ten seconds‚ there is a new report of child abuse in America (Childhelp). It has been a controversial issue as to what punishment should be brought to those who know of a child being abused‚ but does not report it. To carry knowledge of a child being
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highways. Counter-arguments state that most statistics show more elderly drivers get into more fatal accidents is completely false. They describe how it is impossible to record all the accidents of each age group properly. The reason for that is because not all accidents are reported and senior citizens are just the kind of people who will report any accident. Another statement that adds to this counter-argument is the elderly are more likely to report more accidents because they are more prone
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There are several different types of abuse and each type affects people differently. There is child abuse and spousal abuse‚ but there is also physcial and mental abuse. This paper will go over each type of abuse‚ how the abuse affects the person‚ how people can recover from abuse‚ and just some general information To start off I will discuss spousal abuse and its affect on people. Surveys in the US and Canada have shown each year about 12 percent of all spouses push‚ grab‚ shove or slap their
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may sound a little dramatic but is it true that American elderly is not well treated? In this paper‚ I aim to discuss about the American and Vietnamese society’s treatment of elderly. Moreover‚ I also suggest some explanations for the differences between the ways two cultures treat its old people. First of all‚ the strength of the America is: living condition. The developed economy and technology have brought many benefits to the elderly. Old American people live quite comfortably; they don’t have
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Child abuse consists of any act of commission or omission that endangers or impairs a child’s physical or emotional health and development. Child abuse includes any damage done to a child which cannot be reasonably explained and which is often represented by an injury or series of injuries appearing to be non-accidental in nature. Psychological maltreatment is a repeated pattern of damaging interactions between parent(s) and child that becomes typical of the relationship. In some situations‚ the
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Physical Abuse September 17‚ 2009 Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation‚ pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm. Physical abuse can result in bruises‚ black eyes‚ knocked out teeth‚ broken bones‚ internal organ injuries‚ miscarriage‚ brain concussions‚ and even death. It applies to children‚ adults‚ and just as well as the elderly. Women or men who may have been physically abused by their partner in the past may feel surprised when
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Psychological Association‚ there are four million victims of elder abuse each year (APA Article). Elder abuse is defined as any form of mistreatment resulting in harm or loss inflicted on any older person age 65 or above (google definition and cite source). The different types of elder abuse include sexual‚ physical‚ financial‚ verbal‚ psychological‚ or emotional‚ neglect‚ and financial exploitation. Regardless of the type of elder abuse one experiences‚ it jeopardizes any victim’s quality of life as
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some people compete dogs against each other in a brutal fight for the pleasure of others and for gambling. Other people do it for the release of anger. For whatever reason‚ or however a dog is abused it is illegal in most places. Some people who abuse dogs do not do it on purpose. They hurt them because they do not realize what they are doing. Some people try to keep their dogs under control by using cruel types of discipline. They may think that punishment and intimidation are the best ways to
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Identifying elderly people’s needs for communication and mobility Sauli Tiitta HIIT (Helsinki Institute for Information Technology)‚ Finland sauli.tiitta@hiit.fi Keywords Elderly people; communication; mobility; participatory observation; narratives‚ user needs; security and group coherence. Abstract The Finnish parliament’s future commission has listed challenges in elderly peoples lives that could be overcome using new technology. The two most important inhibiting factors affecting the
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