A few words of counsel I frequently question myself-’Have I become the scriptwriter of my destiny?’. Many a time ‚the answer to this question is never in the affirmative. I dreamt and still dream of a lucrative career (well‚ not at all a distant utopian dream). I couldn’t crack the MBA examination -Common Admission Test. I always had a longing for excellence but no idea of where to go next and how? Nevertheless‚ I had a longing for glory. As I couldn’t crack CAT‚ the undoing of my
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understanding of violence‚ Lenore Walker published her work The Battered Woman in 1979. On the belief that her findings could answer the question‚ Walker introduced BWS as a set of psychological characteristics common to battered women‚ including low self-esteem‚ feelings of guilt and traditional views about marriage and gender. Through her work‚ she countered the idea of ‘female masochism’ stating that people often label battered women as masochistic for not leaving the relationship without considering
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Battered Person Syndrome: When The Victim Fights Back Domestic violence is “a pattern of behavior used to establish power and control over another person through fear and intimidation‚ often including the threat or use of violence‚” according to Safe Horizon (SH‚ 2015). Domestic violence can occur in many different relationships‚ such as parent-child relationships‚ dating couples relationships‚ or even sibling relationships. The psychological consequences of domestic violence are overlooked‚ most
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effective counselor? This paper will discuss in details the characteristics of an effective counselor. Characteristics of an Effective Counselor When you hear characteristics of an effective counselor‚ what are some characteristics that come to mind‚ or how do you think an effective counselor should act on his or her job? When I think of an effective counselor‚ I think of a person that is caring‚ empathizes with their clients‚ an effective counselor has to be genuine and they have to be able to connect
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The Lawyer as Counsel de oficio The movie‚ Gideon’s Trumpet (a true story from the US landmark case Gideon vs Wainwright‚1)‚ was the sad plight and triumph of Clarence Earl Gideon‚ charged in a Florida State Court with a non-capital felony‚ breaking and entering a pool room. He appeared without funds and without counsel and asked the Court to appoint counsel for him‚ but this was denied on the ground that the state law permitted appointment of counsel for indigent defendants in capital cases
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Psychologists are brought in as expert witnesses in court on many occasions including battered woman syndrome and automatism syndrome. In both syndrome’s people have a strong opinion one-way or the other with little ability to believe in a middle ground when deciding if they believe in the syndrome or if they do not. Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) - "The syndrome denotes a set of distinct psychological and behavioral symptoms that result from prolonged exposure to situation of intimate partner
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“(A) The general assembly hereby declares that it recognizes both of the following‚ in relation to the ’battered woman syndrome:’ (1) That the syndrome currently is a matter of commonly accepted scientific knowledge; (2) That the subject matter and details of the syndrome are not within the general understanding or experience of a person who is a member of the general populace and are not within the field of common knowledge. (B) If a person is charged with an offense involving the use of force against
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Battered woman syndrome is a psychological disorder that develops in victims of domestic violence as a result of serious‚ long-term abuse. Women have no rational control and will kill or cause serious bodily harm in order to escape their abuser. Although the individuals in these situations are trying to protect themselves‚ they can still be charged with a criminal offense. Although some might oppose‚ Women should be able to use BWS as a plea when repeated abuse occurs within a relationship with a
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Poverty It is the following of Jesus‚ leaving behind everything to commit ourselves to him and to the Gospel. We follow Jesus‚ the Christ of our faith‚ the Risen Lord‚ when we adhere to him and to his Word by faith. According to some Gospel: Jesus came to Nazareth‚ where he had grown up‚ and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
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have only recently considered the probability that battered women can experience anger in the form of a slow burn but it is yet to concede to the fact that these women’s perception and reaction to provocation may be different to those previously recognized. Thus‚ before these women can be treated equally by the law of provocation‚ we need to begin constructing their legal subjectivity. One way of achieving this in cases involving battered women is to cultivate the use of expert evidence as to the
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