The term drug abuse most often refers to the use of a drug with such frequency that it causes physical or mental harm to the user or impairs social functioning. Although the term seems to imply that users abuse the drugs they take‚ in fact‚ it is themselves or others they abuse by using drugs. Traditionally‚ the term drug abuse referred to the use of any drug prohibited by law‚ regardless of whether it was actually harmful or not. This meant that any use of marijuana‚ for example‚ even if it occurred
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Unit 3 Assignment- Theory of Domestic Violence Kaplan University- Family and Domestic Violence Heather Warren August 27‚ 2013 Classical criminology grew out of a reaction against the barbaric system of law‚ justice and punishment that was in existence before 1789. It sought an emphasis on free will and human rationality. The Classical School was not interested in studying criminals‚ but rather law-making and legal processing. Crime‚ they believed‚ was activity engaged in out of total free will
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THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Classification of the literature about violence against women is difficult because violence against women cannot be understood in terms of a single factor. Most of the researchers focus on a few different reasons and not on a single one to explain why men use violence against women. Their arguments are sometimes so similar that even their approach is defined in different perspectives. For example‚ approaches by Gelles and Straus‚ who have many essays and
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Abstract : purpose of this paper is to inform my classmates the rate of substance abuse for Iranian high school students. High school students who are either experienced being prison or awaiting a trial for a crime that they made‚ either with HIV or without it.This research has been done by me‚ Dr. Arash and Kamiar Alaei 5 years ago in Iran. Dr. Kamiar Alaei spent over 3 years in prison and his brother Dr. Arash is still in prison for their phenomenon research on AIDS in Iran. I will discuss about
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Trauma of domestic violence is a risk factor for all women. “Domestic violence is the willful intimidation‚ physical assault‚ battery‚ sexual assault‚ and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another” (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence‚ n.d.). Women of all ages‚ socioeconomic status‚ sexual orientation‚ race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ and communities are at-risk of domestic violence. Women are significantly
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For generations‚ Mexico has faced interminable drug violence as it has been the home of powerful drug cartels that generate violence with their illicit activities. The drug cartels have transformed Mexico into a producer of illegal drugs ‚and the proximity between Mexico and the United States has converted Mexico in the perfect and convenient transit route for the smuggling of illegal drugs to the United States. Over the last years‚ the violence that drug cartels generate in Mexico has increased in
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idea of prevention is to limit the availability of drugs (Hart & Ksir‚ 2011‚ p. 400)‚ but this is not essentially the best way. Addiction affects everyone. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)‚ substance abuse cost our nation “more than $484 billion dollars (The National Institute on Drug Abuse ).” So although you might not be directly impacted by drug abuse‚ as a whole your tax dollars are spent on fighting the war on drugs. Currently there are several different types of substance
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Intervening in domestic violence Name: Course Title: Course Number: Instructor’s Name: Date: Intervening in domestic violence From previous experience‚ domestic violence is defined as the nature of abusive behavior in a relationship or marriage that is used by one of the partners to gain power over the other. It can be physical‚ sexual‚ economical‚ emotional or even psychological and threats that intimidate the other intimate partner‚ (Lupri & Grandin‚ 2004). Exposure to domestic violence on children
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Domestic Violence: Beyond Patriarchy In the Beginning The Battered Women’s movement of the 1970’s enlightened society about a much secreted‚ and what at the time‚ was considered a family matter‚ that of violence against women by their male intimate partners. Many lives have been saved as a direct result of society’s public awareness of this much-hidden scourge on our families. Federal and state laws prohibiting Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) have been enacted‚ and funding has been put in place
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Effects of Drug Abuse Effects of Drug Abuse COM/156 February 9‚ 2014 Amanda Yates Effects of Drug Abuse Drug abuse is a growing issue all over the world‚ and while the concentration on drug awareness has dramatically increased over the years‚ the number of families effected by drug use continues to rise at an alarming rate. Drugs are defined as “: a substance that is used as a medicine: an illegal and often harmful substance (such as heroin‚ cocaine
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