Causes There are many different theories as to the causes of domestic violence. These include psychological theories that consider personality traits and mental characteristics of the perpetrator‚ as well as social theories which consider external factors in the perpetrator’s environment‚ such as family structure‚ stress‚and social learning. As with many phenomena regarding human experience‚ no single approach appears to cover all cases. Whilst there are many theories regarding what causes one
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Policy Assignment Three: Canadian Human Rights Report Topic – Violence against immigrant women in South Asian‚ African and Korean communities Instructor: Jane Birbeck March 21st‚ 2011 Annotated Bibliography: Violence against Immigrant Women in South Asian‚ African and Korean Communities An annotated bibliography Annotated Bibliography Introduction This paper analyzes the phenomenon of violence against immigrant women‚ specifically within South Asian‚ African and Korean
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Police Response to Domestic Violence Seminar in Police Problems Professor Valentin May 17‚ 2010 Police Response to Domestic Violence In 2005‚ the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that 1‚181 females were killed by an intimate partner. That means everyday‚ 3 women are killed as a result of domestic violence. These overwhelming statistics also state that out of all the women murdered in the United States‚ one out of three of the murders are the direct result of an
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Domestic violence can happen to both men and women‚ although there are more evidence that shows that women experience more violence than men. Since most of the states in the U.S. have mandated arrests for domestic violence‚ it is important for the police officers to know and appropriately distinguish the perpetrator and the victim of violence. The gender of the suspect and the victim should not be the only variable that the police officers must consider. Other variables should also be carefully
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The audience I will be addressing is parents‚ caregivers and school educators about the dangers of prescription drugs and how we can better educate teenagers and young adults on the dangers of abusing them. There are many ways that we can teach and educate our teenagers and young adults‚ but it’s important that families‚ schools and communities are involved. The rate of prescription drug overdose among teenagers and young adults have sky rocketed over the past several years. This has become a growing
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however proven that domestic violence‚ lack of affordable decent housing‚ and unemployment are the main causes of homelessness among people. These causes and their corresponding effects tend to make people miserable for most parts of their lives. I. Homelessness A. Increased rate in this problem B. Examples of situations of homelessness C. Main causes of this dilemma II. Domestic violence as one of the main causes of homelessness A. Various forms of domestic violence B. Main victims of
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Domestic abuse against women In her news article‚ the spokesperson for amnesty international describes domestic violence as a worldwide phenomenon that violates the human rights of female victims (Mite‚ 2005). In addition‚ the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) described violence against women as “a global epidemic that kills‚ tortures‚ and maims – physically‚ psychologically‚ sexually and economically. It is one of the most pervasive of human rights violations‚ denying women and girls
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2011 Living With Domestic Violence Domestic Violence is an epidemic in societies with dramatic‚ negative effects on individual‚ families and communities. It has many different names such as family violence‚ battering‚ wife beating‚ and domestic abuse. All these terms refer to same thing ‚ abuse by marital‚ common law or dating partner in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence is not limited to physical beating. It is any behaviour
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Gish‚ J. A.; Gill‚ M. J. (2010). "Domestic Violence Screening: Prevalence and Outcomes in a Canadian HIV Population". AIDS Patient Care and STDs 24 (12): 763–770. doi:10.1089/apc.2010.0235. PMID 21138382. edit 3. ^ Markowitz‚ Sara (2000). "The Price of Alcohol‚ Wife Abuse‚ and Husband Abuse". Southern Economic Journal 67 (2): 279–303. doi:10.2307/1061471. JSTOR 1061471. 4. ^ a b Dutton‚ D. G. (1994). "Patriarchy and wife assault: The ecological fallacy". Violence and victims 9 (2): 167–182. PMID 7696196
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Drug Abuse and Addiction‚ Problems & Solutions in Turkey Drug Abuse and Addiction‚ Problems & Solutions in Turkey Abdullah Furkan Kaya İstanbul Şehir University 30.4.2012 Drug abuse is an addiction‚ which has different substance types and can ruin people’s life or even cause death. People use it for variety of reasons such as getting away from their bothers or getting high. Approximately 200 million people abusing drugs‚ most of them are addicted in the world. This number is
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