ambulances and obviously police officers. It was Monday first day of the week‚ and you do not want to start your day with filling out incident reports. I approach to the officers and introduce myself in order to learn what was going on? It was a domestic violence issue that it has been increasing in the last two years in the city. I continue talking to the officers and few clients approached to me to try to tell me what happened. I immediately needed to leave my stuff in the office and they client started
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Stricter Gun Laws Gun laws are an incredibly controversial topic. Stricter gun laws advocate for restrictions on purchasing firearms‚ and owning them‚ and enhancing public safety. Even though there have been numerous mass shootings in the U.S. alone in the last couple of years‚ people still have different opinions on the topic. Some people believe stricter gun laws should be put in place to minimize the amount of mass shootings. However‚ others believe that there should not be stricter gun laws because
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loss‚ marital breakdown‚ mental illness‚ and alcohol and drug addiction. But when it comes to youth in particular‚ the reasons tend to revolve around the family. Homelessness can also be caused by physical‚ emotional‚ or sexual trauma such as domestic violence. Some might say what all homeless individuals have in common is an internal on-going terror‚ as well as loneliness‚ despair‚ fear‚ and dread. Affordable housing is a huge concern in our society. Youth live on the streets because their families
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Stricter Gun Laws Gun control has long been a controversial issue in the United States‚ with a lot of advocates on both sides of the debate. Yet‚ in recent years‚ as gun violence continues to cause great harm across the nation‚ it’s become more urgent to deal with this problem. As mass shootings happen often and gun-related deaths rise to high numbers‚ the situation is serious‚ and the need for action has never been more pressing. In this essay‚ I will argue that despite opposition‚ sensible and
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I was dispatched to the scene of a domestic violence disturbance: The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jones 1305 E. 348 St. I was advised that Mrs. Jones was thrown to the ground and punched in the face by her husband Mr. Jones‚ they also state that the couple is currently separated. There was also a second call to 911 placed by a possible witness. On my direct route to the home a red pickup truck is backing out of a nearby driveway‚ and children are running across the street. The couple across the street
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Paper 5 Researchers believe that stricter gun control laws can help curb the increasing violence in the United States. They argue that tighter control on hand gun sales and the banning of assault rifle would be beneficial to our society. Can new gun laws put an end to gun violence in the U.S.‚ or do they infringe upon constitutional rights provided by the Second Amendment‚ and serve no purpose other than to take away guns from law abiding citizens? Pros "The U.S. has the highest rate
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should be more laws or restrictions regarding gun control? If a person has access to a firearm‚ there is a high possibility that someone will die. People are more likely to start fights when they are in possession of firearms than without and because of this‚ more people are dying everyday. Since there are so few restrictions when it comes to acquiring a firearm‚ many people have access to them. So‚ if we tougher gun laws‚ fewer and fewer people would have access to firearms. Tougher gun laws are needed
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The time is around midnight. I am in a hospital bed‚ beaten‚ bloody‚ pregnant‚ and cold. As I lay there‚ I wonder if this is love. How could a man say he loves a women but then hits her? I thought he loved me. I thought we would be a happy family now that I am carrying his baby. Wow I must have thought wrong. This isn’t love this is painful. We have been together for only a couple of months. He said he would take care of me and the baby. He lied. You might ask why I don’t leave. Well let me take
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(Hansen‚ 2001). Raped women (and raped men) have been absent from historical records that usually describe the victories‚ defeats‚ and heroic battles from a male perspective (see for instance Nikolic-Ristanovic‚ 2002). In discourses on collective violence wartime rape was silenced‚ placed outside the political sphere and therefore rendered mute by appropriation into the language of property rights‚ with women considered
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In the United States of America there is a large debate regarding gun violence and gun control laws. Primarily over the last thirty years‚ the rate of firearm violence has increased. Firearms are the primary weapons used in homicides‚ suicides‚ and mass shootings across the country. America needs to enact stricter gun control laws to lower the rate of suicides‚ homicides‚ unintentional killings‚ and mass shootings carried out by guns. The mere presence of a firearm makes a conflict much more likely
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