In domestic violence situations‚ blows to the head or body can result in traumatic brain injury‚ or TBI. To raise public awareness‚ a domestic violence lawyer with the law firm Stewart MacNichols Harmell Inc.‚ PS‚ in Kent‚ WA‚ discusses various aspects of this serious condition. The firm’s criminal defense lawyers have represented clients successfully in thousands of domestic violence cases. Traumatic brain injury can occur at any age. Here are some causes and results. Causes: Domestic violence
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Domestic Violence and Child abuse University of North Carolina at Wilmington Social Work 311: Child Abuse and Neglect M. Guarino 3-28-2011 Abstract Domestic violence and child abuse have a tendency to go hand in hand. In the past‚ people overlooked the fact that in most households where domestic violence kids present‚ child abuse and neglect also occurs. An improvement in the collaboration between child protection and domestic violence services is vital for workers to identify‚ interdict
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Book Review on “Domestic Violence: The 12 Things You Aren’t Supposed to Know” Written By: Thomas James T.B. James has written a hard-hitting and incisive book focusing on current myths about domestic violence in the United States that turns the conventional approach on its ear (Domestic Violence: The 12 Things You Aren’t Supposed to Know‚ 2003). A practicing attorney in Minnesota and founder/director of Better Resolutions Mediation Service‚ James’s short‚ quotable book
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The topic I chose for this project was the link between domestic violence and substance abuse. From the research that I did‚ there is a definite link between domestic abuse and substance abuse. According to the National Coalition against domestic violence‚ "Regular alcohol abuse is one of the leading factors for intimate partner violence." Approximately 61% of domestic violence offenders also have substance abuse problems. Domestic violence is the use of intentional emotional‚ psychological‚ sexual
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Nikenya Moore Ms. A. Credle English III 15 February 2013 Domestic Violence In the US‚ it has been estimated that 9.8% of women had experienced abuse within the previous two years. An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of abuse and physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year. According to experts‚ instances of domestic violence across the board are under reported for a variety of reasons. There are about 1‚500 shelters for battered women in the United States. There are more resources
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families can lose their home‚ and the effects can be devastating. There is often physical‚ mental and emotional fallout resulting from being homeless. Inclimate weather poses a large physical threat to people without shelter‚ and this would affect a person without shelter far more. Homelessness can be a result of domestic violence‚ drug abuse‚ and money problems‚ when someone is living on the streets‚ it can lead to these‚ among other problems worsening. Domestic Violence
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Topic: The Social Problem of Domestic Violence ’Domestic violence is one of the most under reported cases in the US ’ ‚ according to National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). An epidemic‚ spanning histories and cultures. It can be intergenerational; handed down through learnt behaviors or multifaceted. Someone who abuses their spouse‚ will have a reason to kick the dog‚ the child and the elderly. We tend to think of domestic abuse as physical violence/assault on a partner‚ but it is
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STEREOTYPES‚ do you think we are a society that stereotypes continuously toward men. (Close your eyes) Domestic violence ‚ what is the first image that appears in your head‚ if it is of a man abusing a woman you have just stereotyped. For men are the ones that suffer the most at the hands of domestic violence as about two in five of all victims of domestic violence are men. which is contradicting a widespread impression that it is almost always women who are left battered and bruised . As the
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February 2017 Domestic Violence The unbroken cycle of domestic violence will continue unless you seek help. If this cycle is not broken it will ruin families and break down women to their lowest point. Abused women develop a post-traumatic stress which includes a variety of symptoms such as depression‚ panic attacks‚ and anxiety plus more. 31 percent of women don’t seek help until the third year of abuse. Domestic violence isn’t only just physical. There are three types of domestic violence which are
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PEACE Domestic Violence Agency; Program Planning & Program Evaluation HSM270 August 28‚ 2011 Shelley Johnson-Gildwarg Program Planning & Program Evaluation; PEACE Domestic Violence Agency The PEACE Domestic Violence program strides to help the public through education. In order to do this the program needs to be developed. The process of developing a program should include program evaluation. The determination of staff and funding is vital to the programs. It is also important
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