...Look for books, journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles, reliable Internet sources, and community agencies that can give you the following information: * General information on the frequency of domestic violence and abuse in Hawaii * Warning signs and characteristics of various types of abuse * Very specific information regarding where an adult in an abusive relationship can go for help and advice in Hawaii Based on your research, write a paragraph or two that describes: * frequency of abuse and domestic violence, * the warning signs and characteristics of abusive relationships, * the ways a counselor or community agency can help, * a list of agencies (with addresses and phone numbers), hotlines, and other resources (both local and national) that can help in such situations. Domestic violence and abusing is a huge problem here in Hawaii including the other States. I have a friend that was in an abusive relationship. I didn’t really understand why she stayed with him for so long. I first started suspecting that she was being abused when I was on the phone with her and I heard him screaming at her in the background. She yelled back and played it off like nothing was wrong. She said usually he was a good guy, but merely had a bad day. I kept asking her why she stayed with him and she always replied that she loved him. Her boyfriend had managed to isolate her from her friends and family and she therefore feels that she has no one to turn...
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...The influence of peer pressure in adolescence In our young days we all might have tried it. Maybe we didn’t notice it, but it still had an influence on us. Peer pressure happens every day, and some cases are worse than others. A lot of teenagers might feel very unsecure, and need something to hold on to. Because of that, teenagers join a group of friends, in some cases; “friends”, and to keep their status in the group, they might do things to be respected and accepted in the group. These things can be negative and positive. The negative influence could be if a group of friends start to smoke. Let’s pretend there are five boys in this group, four of them start to smoke, and one of the boys doesn’t do things like that, or rather; he doesn’t smoke. The four smoking boys feel some kind of unity by smoking together, and that exclude the non-smoking boy from the group, and the boy will maybe not be accepted in the group anymore. To avoid getting excluded by the group, he starts to smoke, despite his own will. This example is described as a negative influence. Even worse cases could be if a group of boys want to commit a robbery or break into a store for example. One of the boys in the group doesn’t really want to do these things, maybe because he knows better than the rest of the group. But he follows the group, so in the end he really doesn’t’ know better, because giving in to peer pressure, is not so clever and especially not, when it has such a negative influence...
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...“Bullying-within the school systems” Bullying continues to be a persistent problem in schools today, but with students, parents, administrators and teachers working together, we can hope to attempt to decrease the situation. Bullying has not only ruined the lives of victims, but the bullies lives themselves as well. Students throughout the world are verbally and physically assaulted by their peers every day. At school, bullies rip their victim's self-esteem to shreds while the bully’s self-esteem is considerably higher. While bullying appears to be impossible to eliminate, progress can be made in the fight against bullies and bullying with the proper training and skills given to all parties involved. This is definitely possible if parents step up and get involved, and also if students are taught how to identify bullying and/or bullies and quite possibly how to aide in stopping the action(s). Teachers also need to be properly trained on how to stand up for and support the victims and yet learn to deal with the bullies. These are all possible solutions that would most definitely aide in bringing the issue of bullying to its knees if not its demise. There are many ways that this ending result may be accomplished. Let’s look back at how it is defined and how it started many years ago. Bullying is defined as- “to treat abusively: to affect by means of force or coercion.” (Merriam-Webster) This is ever so true and present even back in 1963 when bullying...
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...Human Services Human service workers and human service assistants play a variety of roles in the medical field to include social workers, social service assistants, case managers, case manager assistants, alcohol drug abuse counselors, mental health aides, community outreach workers, life skill counselors and gerontology aides. All of these positions require a unique person who is dedicated to helping others with flexibility and high ethical standards. The human service area that I plan to concentrate on is a social service assistant and life skill counselor. I would work with clients with a variety of challenges to help them to be self sufficient and confident, to the best of their ability, as positive contributors of society. As a social service assistant and life skill counselor I plan to provide direct and indirect client services. While a client works towards self sufficiency, they may need assistance including food stamps, Medicaid, welfare and other human service programs. My clients are responsible for bringing my payroll records, tax returns, social security cards for themselves and family members, rent receipts, utility bills and additional records that may apply. I use this information to determine their eligibility for programs that are available to them and their family members. For single parents, I submit their income and expenses to see if they qualify for child care assistance so that they can work and return to school. I am also able to determine eligibility...
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...face is kind of funny, right? Sure.” This is how it starts: small. Bullying. A form of abuse: involving repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one person's (or group's) power over another person (or group). Recently, I have learned the going-on of one of the most tragic events ever, The Shoah. Through this learning I have derived some profound insights into not only myself, but others. My World Geography class researched acts of the Holocaust and discussed them at length. These exercises changed me, forever. They provided an experience that was incredibly valuable in changing my view on a variety of things: the role of bystanders, empathy, the power of little things, and how to react. Therefore, studying the Holocaust has changed my view and reaction to bullying, which is now focused on both recognizing and stopping bullying. The first thing we discussed about the Holocaust was the string of continuous discriminatory acts against the Jews. It was a changing moment for me. Before then, I had supposed the Holocaust as a random act of sorts - an event without roots before it. I was wrong. I learned that bigotry against Jews had been happening for centuries. It started in 70 A.D. and continued building and building and building. This genealogy of Jewish hatred made me rethink how I viewed small acts of bullying within my own life. Now, instead of seeing a small act of bullying and ignoring it, I see that small act as a piece, a piece of a chain...
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...Domestic Violence Against Men Statistics for the Behavioral & Social Sciences PSY 325 Instructor: October 17, 2011 When we think if domestic violence we automatically think that it is against the female in a relationship but it is becoming more and more prevalent that the abuse is where the male is the victim. Research has proven that little or no concerns or given to battered men who cry out for help from law enforcement officers and in the courts the cases are given minimum status for prosecution. The focus just is not there nor is there a sense of urgency as it is in the case of abused women. There are very limited resources available for abused men and very minimal funding provide for assistance of any kind. Statics have shown that domestic violence reports rates are higher in women than in men since men tend to hide the abuse due to being socially stereotyped or just because of their own pride. Even so there is a great need for the equal opportunity for the abuse victim regardless of their gender. Researchers into domestic violence believe that it may not against women decrease at a rapid rate but that we should walk away when the men share their pain? Chloe, a thirty five year old female called police regarding alleged abuse by her husband, she quickly came to her senses and admitted to police that she should be the one being arrested. Chloe said that she had physically and verbally abuse her disabled husband; unfortunately law...
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...Nurse Education in Practice (2007) 7, 26–35 Nurse Education in Practice www.elsevierhealth.com/journals/nepr Exploring bullying: Implications for nurse educators Sharon L. Edwards a a,* , Claire Frances O’Connell b Department of Pre-registration, Nursing Faculty of Health Studies, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, Chalfont Campus, Newland Park, Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire HP8 4AD, United Kingdom b Green Lawns, Kilmona Grenagh Co., Cork, Republic of Ireland Accepted 27 March 2006 KEYWORDS Bullying; Violence; NHS; Higher education; Nurse education Summary This article examines briefly the issue of workplace violence and bullying in the hospital environment, but more importantly how the same and different styles of bullying and intra-staff bullying are emerging in nurse education. The content describes the aetiology of violence and bullying and their place in the National Health Service (NHS) including nursing. It explores bullying as the principle form of intimidation in nurse education, the different types and subtle forms of bullying, why individuals become bullies, dealing with and the consequences of bullying. The legislation, guidelines, policies are part of the recommendations for practice. c 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Introduction In modern day society, it could be argued that violence and aggression is a common aspect of daily life. Violence and abuse within the hospital setting occurs...
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...Bullying By Alberto Angulo Think to yourself, have you ever had a mean prank done to you and a group of people started laughing? Well, there is only one reason for that; you have been targeted by a bully. Bullies are known for their sick antics and personalities against people they find weak. These people can hurt you verbally, physically and emotionally they won’t stop. Bullying is sick and wrong, and it needs to be stopped. However according to Amanda Lenhart bullying is most common among the young. About one-third of teenagers pulled in 2006 reported being a victim of this form of intimidation. About one third (32%) of all teenagers who use the internet say they have also been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities. For example, receiving threatening messages or having embarrassing pictures posted without permission are forms of harassment. One in six teens (15%) told us someone had forwarded or posted communications they assumed were private (Lenhart). About (13%) of teens stated that someone had spread a rumor about them online (Lenhart). Cyber bullying although less physical than traditional forms of bulling can have more devastating and longer lasting effects. Educators definitely need to understand how powerful and dangerous this new type of bullying has become as it has greatly impacted the classroom. In the year 2000 a University of New Hampshire studies found that out of every 17 students or 6 percent of kids in...
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...more outlets for interacting with each other virtually than they do for interacting with each other in person. However, with all of the good social interaction that is done using these technological advances also comes the bad. In addition to the physical and verbal bullying that may take place at school, one unfortunate issue that society is strongly facing is Cyberbullying, also referred to as "electronic bullying." Both can be defined as "An aggressive, intentional act carried out by a group or individual using electronic forms of contact, repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend him or herself" (Smith et al., 2008). This topic is relevant because cyberbullying is a growing menace in today's society, especially among teenagers. Cyberbullying can be detrimental to a person’s mental and physical health. The victims of cyberbullying can experience social isolation, fear and feel unsafe. It can lead to emotional and physical harm, feelings of shame and anxiety, low or loss of self-esteem, concentration and learning difficulties. There have also been incidents where people, especially teenagers, have committed suicide. Review of Related Literature: Cyberbullying is a category of bullying that occurs in the digital realm/medium of electronic text (Wong-Lo & Bullock, 2011). Wong-Lo (2009) cautions while a universal definition may be a useful tool for researchers, results suggest that it does not necessarily yield a...
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...legal expenses, Property damage diminished public image, increased security. Definition:- Most people think of violence as a physical assault. However, workplace violence is a much broader problem. It is any act in which a person is abused, threatened, intimidated or assaulted in his or heremployment. Workplace violence includes:“justification for Problem Definition” Threatening behavior - such as shaking fists, destroying property or throwing objects. Verbal or written threats - any expression of an intent to inflict harm. Harassment- any behavior that demeans, embarrasses, humiliates, annoys, alarms or verbally abuses a person and that is known or would be expected to be unwelcome. This includes words, gestures, intimidation, bullying, or other inappropriate activities. Verbal abuse - swearing, insults or condescending language. Physical attacks - hitting, shoving, pushing or kicking “Canadian center for occupational and safety” In hospitals work place violence had different forms as prevalence of handguns and other weapons among patients, their families or friends increasing use of hospitals by the criminal justice system for criminal holds and the care of acutely disturbed, violent Increasing number of acute and chronically mentally ill patients beingreleased from hospitals without follow-upcare, who now have the right to refusemedicine and who can no longer behospitalized involuntarily unless they pose a the availability of drugs and money...
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...In their article “Bullying at the school: a Canadian perspective”, Alice Charach, Debra Pepler and Suzanne Ziegler explored bullying among 4 to 14-year-old children in Canadian schools to develop a bullying intervention program. Bullying was defined as repeated exposure to negative actions on the part of another including direct physical or verbal aggression and indirect aggression through threats, intimidation, exclusion or gossip. Although major studies have been conducted in other countries, the authors indicated that this topic has been largely unexplored in Canada. In this study, the authors investigated student’s, teacher’s and parent’s perception on the prevalence of and perceived reasons for bullying using self-reported information. Age, gender and race patterns, bullying of special needs children, responses to victimization, and the role of adults in dealing with bullying were also researched. Cited studies from Norway and Britain using a self-report survey indicated, that bullying is a somewhat greater problem in the UK (United Kingdom). Although though rates were similar, more British than Norwegian schoolchildren identified themselves as bullies (12%), victims (24%) or as having experienced frequent bullying (14%). The Norwegian study revealed that parents and school staff were generally unaware of bullying. An inverse relationship between supervisor numbers and the frequency of bullying was identified. The survey was adapted for the Canadian school system...
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...School bullying is a widespread issue that affects youths seriously in three essential parts of their lives educationally, psychologically and professionally. Bullying is sort of aggressive behavior against others such as, verbal by calling nasty names, physical by kicking, pushing or tripping up and social by everyone stopped talking to you. Despite some children bully others without aware to the results of their actions but bullying reflects adversely on the victims' lives and leads to be victimization to several disorders like anxiety, depression, loneliness and lose their opportunity to have an ordinary life. However, bullied children are more likely to expose themselves to suicide. On the contrary, perpetrators have less impact on their lives. In my opinion, bullying at school has significant effects in whole children lives. The following essay will discuss the negative effects of school bullying and its consequences. Academic achievement is the first aspects which influence by bullying at school. Therefore, bullied children live within fear, self blame, feel weak and its affect their personality traits and self confidence so this situation makes them unable to study well and they might hate going to school and tend to the truancy. Furthermore, they will lose their opportunities to participate with others or enjoy school activities. Hence, they will gain less academic performance and low educational attainment.There is a strong association between academic achievement...
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...The Need for Enhanced Anti-Bullying Laws and School Programs Lisa Aparicio Saint Joseph’s College The Need for Enhanced Anti-Bullying Laws and School Programs Bullying was traditionally considered rites of passage, something all children and youth must go through. This is a myth. In today’s violent growing society, bullying has been responsible for several acts of non-punishable crimes. The lack of attention to implementing and enforcing anti-bullying state laws, and funding anti-bullying school programs, is only making this problem worse. There is not enough being done to help prevent bullying, and the reason behind this is merely because, not enough is being enforced by our government and schools systems. There are those who believe that enforcing and creating anti-bullying laws are somewhat of a psychological Greek tragedy. There are those who believe that “When we advocate for laws against bullying, we declare the failure of psychology to solve the problem” (Kalman, 2010). They fail to realize that the lives of victims can’t be relied on the “slight chance” of psychology solving the problem. The truth of the matter is, there are people committing suicide and/or thinking about it, because of day to day bullying. It’s going to take more than just trusting psychology to do its magic. Anti-bullying laws have been claimed to be placed in almost every state in the U.S. However, after going through several of the state laws shown in the State School Healthy...
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...A Scapegoat: Video Game Violence Robert Huynh BCOM 275 8/1/2013 Peter Quinn The debate between video game violence and reality has been controversial for the past few years. Parents and adults believe that the younger generations who play violent video games will be heavily influenced into perform violent acts. Tragedies such as: Columbine, Red Lake Massacre, Virginia Tech will never be forgotten and has put a huge stain on America’s history; however, all of which report the students were influenced by video games and sought to portray them in reality. In this article written by Joshua Gardner, a reporter for ABC news has conveniently used video games as a scapegoat for violent actions caused by students at school and creating false dilemmas that does not exist. Video games are not the cause of violent behavior because there is no definitive proof. “The Supreme Court deemed California’s law unconstitutional in 2011. Writing for the court, Justice Antonin Scalia describe the bill as ‘unprecedented and mistaken’. Justice Scalia also wrote that casual links between these games’ content and harm to young people have not been proven and went on to place the responsibility to filter what children are exposed to with parents.” (1). Reason being: there are many other important factors to consider being the source of a young adult’s violent behaviors. For example, the environment in which the individual grew up in plays a much more prevalent role in a child’s personality...
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...inhales a sharp breath as he prepares for another day of beat downs and foul language directed at him. Bullying in schools is a worldwide problem. It used to be considered a part of growing up. However Americans are recognizes that bullying at school can ruin many people’s lives. It comprised of direct behaviors such as teasing, taunting, threatening, hitting, stealing that are initiated by one or more student against a victim. In addition to direct attacks, bullying can also be indirect bullying. It has been stated that 56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school. It has both short term and long term effects on the victim as well as the bully. Most of these problems will start in middle school and continue throughout high school. Many schools have a zero tolerance for harassment; however, many of these schools do not follow their own rules. Students are bullied in all sorts of places such as, the hallway, locker room, bus, and the classroom. While boys are usually engaged in direct bullying, girls are more engaged indirect bullying strategies such as spreading rumors and enacting social isolation. Teenage years are the only time when youth may encounter violent behavior. Usually aggressive behavior and bullying are even more common in high school and universities than in junior school or elementary school. Boys are more likely to be doing the bullying but both boys and girls are equally likely to be victims. The goal of a bully is to gain control over...
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