...Course. HCASP Contemporary Issues in Counselling II Essay Title: “Domestic Violence – An Overview of safety in the home” Due Date ; 13th April 2007. Introduction The issue of Domestic violence is one that pervades through all levels of society. It is widely recognised as being a serious problem in society and one in which there are many theories and intervention methods. This essay hopes to cover some of the major theorists and their relevant theories and to illustrate the overview of the problem and issues arising from the area of domestic violence. How it may be defined and recognised, who are involved and affected and why, and if it can be prevented and/or stopped. Definition. Domestic violence as the popular ad says ‘does what it says on the tin’. It is violence perpetrated by one person or more against another or others in a home situation. It is "the intentional and persistent physical, emotional or psychological and financial abuse of anyone in the home in a way that causes pain, distress or injury". It includes all partners either living together or apart, heterosexual gay or lesbian. Abusers and victims can exist in a home situation and can be of any age, sex, or profession. Any person can be a victim, there is no set of rules nor socio economic indicators that qualifies anyone to be a victim. Although most women and children are victims, men can also be abused in the home. In a recent UK Government report it was...
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...and within a week he contacted me. As our conversation picked up, he began to share and I found myself weeping as he shared his story. He opened up to me about how he was a survivor of domestic violence. In this essay I am going to share the effects of emotional abuse from both his perspective and my female’s perspective. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) defines domestic violence as 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. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence, and emotional abuse. Typically when you hear the words domestic violence, it’s often assumed to be associated with women and although the numbers are astounding for women there are many untold stories of men who have suffered abuse as well. I knew firsthand how women are fearful and find it very difficult to cope, but honestly if was my first time hearing the heart of a male victim. It sounds rather strange, however, I can share from my male friend’s perspective that men are also victims of abuse. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), one in four adult men in the U.S. will become a victim of domestic violence during...
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...Week 8: Revising and Editing the Essay Write a paragraph of 150- to 300 words that summarizes the editing changes recommended by Write Point and by my feedback on last week’s rough draft. After reading both feedbacks, I saw where I made many common mistakes. for example missing words ,I used the words like you and you’re a whole lot, I also saw where I had a lot of spelling words .but when it comes to Making sure that I follow APA formatting for this paper’s i have to remember to always review the APA formatting guidelines. For example, my paper should have a title page and be double-spaced. I also have to remember not to use caps in the middle of a sentence. One tip that I was given with the write point is that when it comes to academic writing I must avoid starting a sentence with a conjunction. When it comes to punctuation, I have to try my best to leaving a space before a comma. The feedback is very important for the outcome of my paper. It helps me to see the mistakes that I made and what direction I need go in to correct it. Write a second paragraph of 150- to 300- words that summarizes the next steps to be taken in the revision process, according to my feedback from last week as well as the Plagiarism Checker (Turn It In) report. Be sure to consider the following revision questions and provide examples to support each response: Each of the topic sentence directly address the thesis as well as the state of topic. When it comes to each of the paragraph, I have...
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...Elder abuse and neglect among the elderly is one of the many challenges we face today. Elder mistreatment is a common, yet frequently ignored problem in our society. The elderly population is increasing dramatically. By the year, 00 demographic predictors say the population of 65+ will grow to 70 million, which represents a 100 percent increase over 0 years. So elderly abuse and neglect will continue to be serious problem in the United States. It is estimated that in the year 000 “11,000 Americans age 65 or older experienced a violent crime”. Elder abuse not only happens in institutional settings, but it is also appearing in domestic settings. The close, extended, and often times unsupervised visits that helpers have with patients has increasingly highlighted the need to protect elderly clients. Like any other form of abuse, elder abuse is a multifaceted problem, and it is easy for people to have misconceptions about it. When you hear the words “elder abuse and neglect” you often times think of elderly people sitting all alone in nursing homes with no visitors. But I have mentioned earlier that elder abuse is not just a problem of older people living in nursing homes, but it is right in our midst. Most of the incidents of elder abuse doesn’t happen in a nursing home setting. Often times there are reports of nursing home residents who are mistreated, but for the most part elder abuse takes place in the home. When elder abuse happens in the home it is usually done by a family...
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... It is a common issue that people suffer from especially women. It can be physical,sexually,and emotional abuse by strangers or their partners all over the world. Women worldwide faces more intense and frequent violence. Domestic violence is very serious and scary many people face it everyday. We all in the world need to understand how important it is to know about domestic violence. This essay will let readers know that there are several reasons why domestic violence is so serious and what can be done to help. All forms of domestic have one purpose: to gain and maintain control over the victim. The abusers use many things to get power over their partner which is dominance,threats,humiliation,intimidation,denial and blame.There are many different type of violence. Violence by a person against their intimate partner is done as a way for controlling their partner. Intimate violence occur between gay and lesbian couples and women against their male partners. There is a type of violence that is called common couple violence (CCV) which is when two people get in a argument and one or both partners lashes out at each other. It can cause serious injury to the person. Domestic violence is nowhere to solve problems at all. So many people experience domestic violence all over the world. Physical,sexual,verbal,emotional, and economic abuse are all different types of abuse. Physical abuse cause feelings of pain or bodily harm. When people are being physical abused by someone they are...
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...developed slavery system in place, granting slave owners an absolute and tyrannical life-and-death authority over their slaves or 'chattels' and their children (Slavery in the United States, Junius P. Rodriguez ). Stripped of any identity or rights, enslaved black men and women were considered legal non-persons, except in the event of a crime committed. Documents and research on the slave era in the antebellum south are awash with horror stories of the brutal and inhuman treatment of slaves, particularly women (Slavery in the United States, Junius P. Rodriguez). Considered 'properties' by their masters, enslaved black women endured physical and emotional abuse, torture, and sometimes even death. By the 1800s, slavery had percolated down mainly to the antebellum south. While a majority of enslaved men and women were designated as 'field servants' performing duties outside the house, a smaller percentage, particularly women were employed as domestics or 'house servants', mammies and surrogate mothers. In the absence of any security, and with laws granting owners full power over their slaves, these women in bondage were frequently harassed, sexually abused and used as long term concubines by their masters. Enslaved men were powerless to challenge or intervene on the woman’s behalf because the consequences of such actions could lead to death or being sold to another plantation (Africans in America, Charles Johnson)....
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...It can be stated that abuse can be conducted against the elderly when within the care of others. In this essay, I will be discussing the abuse, and the different types of mistreatment directed at the elderly in both care homes, and outside. I will be looking at what predicts elder abuse, the different types of abuse regarding some of the typologies made, the perpetrators involved, where it may occur, and the repercussions one may experience as an elder having been abused. Mistreatment can be defined as “Intentional actions that cause harm or create a serious risk of harm, whether or not intended, to a vulnerable elder by a caregiver or other persons who stands in a trust relationship to the elder” (Bonnie and Wallace, 2003, p.39.) The concept of ‘elder abuse’ is a moderately new idea although it has been occurring since the beginning of humanity, only having been focused on in Ireland since the 1980’s. Previously, it was primarily researched in the United States of America and the UK during the 1970’s. Nowadays there is more research done on elder abuse than ever before, as it is a growing topic of discussion, along with...
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...The set of essays I read focused on three major aspects of HIV/AIDS social work: general group and individual therapy for HIV positive homosexuals, rehab for HIV positive people with substance abuse issues, and research and therapy for infants and children born and tested positive for AIDS virus. Each essay focused on what each social workers day was like on the job and what their cases entailed daily. In the first essay, the social worker is an HIV positive gay man who had lost his own partner to the AIDS virus. He continues to counsel other gay men in the same positions of dealing with the loss of loved ones and partners to the virus (Shernoff p.73-79). The second essay is about a rehabilitation clinic that houses HIV positive clients also dealing with substance abuse (Lorber p.81-87). The third focused on counseling children and babies that acquired the AIDS virus at birth because either of their parents were infected and had passed it on to them (Haggerty p.89-93). HIV/AIDS is a very taboo topic in our society. Usually it is stereotyped around only affecting gay men and women. I was motivated when reading these essays and seeing how there was no judgment passed and no discrimination. These social workers do an amazing job with helping clients understand and interpret technical medical diagnosis and offering emotional support for each client differently. I felt that the first essay hit me the most because after all he has faced, he continues to help others deal with life...
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...thinking of controversies surrounding the Olympics, what usually comes to mind is drug-related abuse, foul play, and the corruptness of the Russian government. And, although all are controversial, when one event triggers a chain reaction showing the underlying issues surrounding men in power abusing power, and how big organizations that put those men in power in the first-place gaslight the victims and silence them, turning their raging waterfall into ambient noise, only then can the severity of the situation(s) become addressed in such a bright light. Larry Nassar was the USA Gymnastic national team doctor, who, over the course of 30 years, molested, and sexually abused more than 250 girls. This is the biggest scandal in the Olympics. The cumulative criminal acts that Larry has done: affecting the lives of over 250 girls, exposing the corruptness of USOC and USAG, with addition to showing the prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual abuse in sports and countless others how great the impact was. The people of today and the people of tomorrow need to understand how greatly he affected those women, and how he is still affecting the future generations of today....
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...Title: Healing from Childhood Sexual Abuse Publication: May 2010 Peer Reviewed? Yes What words did you use to find this article? Abuse What type of article is this (research, summary, reflection, essay, etc.)? Summary Did this article include an abstract? Yes Summarize the article (75 to 100 words) Childhood sexual abuse is a social problem in the healthcare arena. A lot of children who have endured sexual abuse in their lives, usually have long term psychological, behavior, or social effects. The National Child Abuse Data estimates that at least over 700,000 children were victims of abuse or neglect in the U.S. A national survey conducted during the periods of 2001 to 2003 documented that 1 in 15 adults in U.S experienced forced sex in their lifetime. In women sexual abuse is related to poor health, gynecological and gastrointestinal symptoms. But for men physical health and functional impairment is what seem to be underlining issue. Childhood Sexual Abuse is usually associated with anxiety, depression, and mood swings. While tackling the effects on the Childhood Sexual Abuse, begin to make changes in the way they parented their in order to protect them abuse. Source 2 Author: Coleman Smith, Virginia Date: 2/2/13 Title: The Reluctance of Women to Respond to Preterm Labor Publication: 4/2012 Peer Reviewed? Yes What words did you use to find this article? Infant What type of article is this (research, summary, reflection, essay, etc.)? Research Did this article...
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...to be a rapidly rising problem across the United States. When domestic violence occurs between intimate partners, one partner inflicts willful intimidation, physical, emotional or sexual harm against the other partner, regardless of marital status or whether the behavior occurs in current or past relationships (ncadv.org). This deranged behavior has no discrimination, and has a long rooted past in our society. It was just recently defined as a crime in the 1970’s. Research shows that an occurrence of violence between intimate partners is committed, the man is usually the aggressor and the woman is often the victim. Does the thought of someone you think you know and love, causing you bodily or emotional harm seem unreal? It was for me, I never thought that I would ever experience such chaos in my life, but I have. I want to provide the knowledge I have from my abusive experience help other abused women. So as for the purpose of my essay, men are the aggressors and women are the victims. I was raised to be lady, the concept “If you don’t have something nice to say to someone don’t say anything at all.” Because I am and was raised to be a lady, I will respect the person that caused me so much damage, I will not tell his name I will refer to him as “my aggressor”. Aggressors don’t think about the effects of the abuse being inflicted against their partners, a selfish type, their only concern is to fulfill their need to maintain dominance and control of the relationship. In reality,...
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...violence in her lifetime 2. Be prepared to identify common myths about family violence (see chap. 1 in the text) Family violence is uncommon - Many statistics on family violence are underestimates less reported than other violence WHY? Some victims may not perceive it as abuse Much media reporting on family violence is on sensational cases Studies have shown that lower-class families experience more violence HOWEVER: Poor people may be more likely than those who are better off to turn to police or social service agencies WHY? How might these impact estimates of FV by social class? It does not mean that ONLY poor families are violent or that ALL/MOST poor families are Are Abused children usually abusive as adults? * No * On average, abused children are more likely to be abusers as adults * But majority of abused children DO NOT grow up to be abusive adults * Childhood history is neither a necessary nor sufficient cause of family violence Alcohol is involved in 1 in 4 cases of wife beating * Binge drinkers three times more likely to hit wives * HOWEVER: * Majority of men who drink do not hit their wives * As many numbers of men who are sober abuse wives as those who drink/use drugs Some women “ask for it This is a form of ‘VICTIM BLAMING’ * ‘If she didn’t like it, why wouldn’t she just leave?’ * ‘She nags too much; She drinks too much; she comes from a dysfunctional family’ * Takes attention away...
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...Domestic violence is a large social issue in the United States today, as well as all over the world. Domestic violence includes sibling abuse, elder abuse, spouse abuse, and child abuse. Domestic violence has many names; family violence, wife or child beating, and domestic abuse. Spouse abuse talks about abuse from a marital or a dating partner in an intimate relationship. Domestic violence is merely not just physical, but is any behavior that is intended to control another person through the use of verbal assaults. Domestic violence is a very important social issue because it has a large negative affect on the victims. Even though Domestic violence can be caused by either male or female it is usually caused by the male due to the large physical advantage. This essay will discuss the history of domestic violence, as well as explain the different types, and ways to prevent it. The history of domestic violence goes back to the beginning of man. Ever since life was created, inferior people were always taken advantage of by dominant people in society. Since men are stronger physically than women, the women were usually the inferior ones that were taken advantage of. If you go back to Roman Times, if a wife was to ever cheat on her husband in the past, she could be sentenced to death. During the middle ages, the husband had every right to abuse his wife. If you look back to the 1960’s and 1970’s, you will see that little was done to prevent or stop domestic violence. If the police...
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...Miguel Mendoza Dr. Mc Fadden ENGWR 302 July 22, 2014 Sex and Violence Essay Lost Children The experience of a child growing up is meant to be exciting and fun. It is a time when children experience and learn about themselves and their morals by simply being a kids and having fun. To have one’s childhood forcefully taken away from them is inhumane, and unfortunately sexual, physical, and mental child abuse has always existed. Thorn is a technology task force made up of twenty technology companies including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter that lend their knowledge, time and resources to fight the sexual exploitation of children. According to Thorn, the exact number of child abuse victims is difficult to identify due to illicit nature of this activity, but it is estimated that there are 100,000 to 300,000 children at risk of commercial sexual exploitation in the United States and one million children exploited by the global commercial sex trade each year. Given these figures there are three questions that come to mind: Why does child sexual exploitation occur?; What are the consequences of sexual exploitation on the victims?; What can be done to stop it? According to NSPCC child sexual exploitation (CSE) is a, “…form of sexual abuse that involves the manipulation and/or coercion of young people under the age of 18 into sexual activity in exchange for things such as money, gifts, accommodation, affection or status.” A direct link has been observed between...
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...seek personal validation and self-worth through male attention. I feel like there are a number of reasons why I do this, but this essay will focus on the impacts of society and my parents’ relationship on my psyche. I come from a well-standing middle class family; however, my socioeconomic standing required me to take the first job I came across, regardless of the environment. At first, this job seemed perfect. It did not require much responsibility, it was close enough to home that I could walk there after school, and I could work on homework when the store was not busy. While all of those things were true, I would have benefitted from the opportunity to explore other options if I did not need to start earning immediately due to my family’s average income. After just one day, I learned that one employee had been working there for years and had tried dating every cashier. This was possible because the owner’s son only hired cashiers of a certain age,...
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