While violence is not new to the human race‚ it is an increasing problem in modern society. With greater access to firearms and explosives‚ the scope and efficiency of violent behavior has had serious consequences. We need only look at the recent school shootings and the escalating rate of youth homicides among urban adolescents to appreciate the extent of this ominous trend. While the causes of youth violence are multifactorial and include such variables as poverty‚ family psychopathology‚ child
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In Trinidad and Tobago we are presently faced with an alarming number of acts of violence and crime. Whatever the precise cause of the problem‚ the harsh consequences are that as a nation we are losing our young people‚ particularly to a life of crime and violence because most of our crime are being carried out by young peoples particularly males. In the fight against the increase in acts of crime and violence in Trinidad and Tobago we as a nation must take the initiative to address the issues of
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and any apparent relationship between them is illusory. Substance abuse‚ as used in this paper‚ refers both to the abuse of alcohol or other drugs‚ and to dependency on alcohol or other drugs. While partner violence includes same-sex violence‚ this discussion of partner violence will be limited to abuse of women by their male partners or ex-partners‚ so the term woman abuse will be used throughout this paper. Perspectives On Substance Abuse and Woman Abuse The relationship between substance abuse
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knowledge of the law relating to psychiatric practice and issues of criminal responsibility. One of the areas that this discipline is currently addressing is violence in the mentally disordered. This essay will outline the role and contribution of forensic psychology in one particular set of mental disorders‚ namely psychoses and their relation to violence. If the tabloid press and many movies were anything to go by‚ one would assume that anyone with a psychotic disorder was crazed murderer‚ with evil
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CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Domestic violence is one major human right abuse in Ghana. In Ghana‚ the prevalence of domestic violence is said to cut across all sectors of society and ages. Victims of such violence are predominantly women and children. On physical abuse only‚ studies have revealed that one out of three Ghanaian women has been physically abused by an intimate partner. Domestic violence is one of the most brutal consequences of the economic‚ social‚ political and cultural
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DOCUMENTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS: A HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING METHODOLOGY May 2011 DOCUMENTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS: A HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING METHODOLOGY May 2011 ABOUT THE ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS The mission of The Advocates for Human Rights is to implement international human rights standards to promote civil society and reinforce the rule of law. By involving volunteers in research‚ education‚ and advocacy‚ we build broad
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years‚ children are exposed to the real world earlier and earlier. Growing up in the age violence is everywhere‚ it is hard to escape it. Violence is on the television‚ computer‚ and in video games. Does seeing all this violence have a negative effect on society? When asking this question one may get a wide range of answers. The truth is that it does have a negative effect. When all the young people of society are seeing day in and day out is killing and abuse and foul activities‚ it begins to mold
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concerning is that our children can work the remote better than we can. Former President George Bush Jr. once said‚ “We cannot blame the schools alone for the dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. When our kids come home from school do they pick up a book or do they sit glued to the tube‚ watching music videos? Parents‚ don ’t make the mistake of thinking your kid only learns between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.”(qtd. in Alexis 247) .The connection between the desensitized youth of our nation and the American
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Domestic Violence Every day someone is being a victim to domestic violence and everyday these crimes are being unreported‚ swept under the rug or some people think that it’s not their business to get involved. Domestic violence is a violent confrontation between a spouse or ex or current lover involving physical harm‚ sexual assault‚ or fear of physical harm. Domestic violence can harm family‚ children and friends and even coworkers because they want to help but feel helpless at times. The factors
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RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE: Introduction: The 12 year old brother had triggered and shot the 8 year old younger brother while playing with their father’s gun. Up on asking the 12 year old‚ he mentioned they were acting out what they had seen on television a night before. A person tends to adapt what one sees and the media engraves images into ones’ mind‚ so they think it is the norm although‚ it is an absurd idea. Kids are generally influenced by the media. The American Academy of Pediatrics
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