Child Sexual Abuse – Past, Present and Future Donna Hurst University of the Cumberlands HSOL 331 April 13, 2013 ABSTRACT This paper explores the issue of child sexual abuse. Sexual abuse of a child has become a major social issue in not only the United States but the entire world. It is imperative that society learns all they can about this issue. As a whole, society needs to discover the indicators of sexual abuse, the appropriate ways to report suspected abuse and how to help those that
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Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse Shobila Kaligounder Marymount University Introduction As per UNICEF’s (2014) definition, sexual violence against children comprises any sexual activities imposed by an adult on a child against which the child is entitled to protection by criminal law. This includes: (a) The inducement or coercion of a child to engage in any unlawful or psychologically harmful sexual activity; (b) The use of children in commercial sexual exploitation; (c) The use of children
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With both parents struggling with drug abuse, Savannah was a victim and started using drugs at the age of ten. Consistently, she was taking pills, smoking marijuana, and drinking. Struggling with depression, bulimia, anorexia, and her parents’ physical and verbal abuse was demanding. In 2009, she ran away from home. At 15 years old, when the cops found her, her eyes were sunken in, her skin was black and blue and littered with cuts; she did not recognize herself. When Savannah entered the juvenile
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genetics on how they do things, but they do not understand that the experience in their lives contorts their opinions and how they react to things, “In many cases serial killings, the behavior is influenced by past experiences and backgrounds…” (Pandey). People's minds are shifted whenever abuse and past experiences sway them. Flashback is a psychology term used to describe someone experiencing a traumatic event and an object or emotion felt during the event will trigger the feelings and events of that time
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THE EFFECTS ABORTION HAS ON A WOMEN'S HEALTH By: Jane Doe Abortion can affect a woman’s health in many ways, such as: Suicide attempts, depression, eating disorders, alcohol/drug abuse, sexual dysfunction, child abuse, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Studies show that 75 percent of women who have an abortion are more likely to die within a year than women who chose to carry throughout the term (El). Though, that may not seem like much but it does consist of many
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Introduction: Understanding abuse is quite hard, most of the people that are abused have no clue about what is being done to them hence, to study abuse it is very important that we understand what abuse is and the ways in which someone can abuse another individual. People who are being abused first of all do not know if they are a victim of abuse, also the ones who are being abusive do not understand what they are doing is wrong and effects the victim’s life in several ways. People think that violence
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· About Us [->15] · [->16] Child abuse on the rise, study shows By Kathryn Crandall[->17] contributing reporter Tuesday, October 9, 2012 · Share[->18] Tweet Discuss According to a recent study, child abuse is on the rise. Yale School of Medicine professor of pediatrics John Leventhal and Julie Gaither GRD ’14 have determined that cases of child abuse may have increased in the past decade. The results of their study, which was published in the November
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their childhood. Instances in childhood such as abuse and trauma whether stemming from parental cause or other factors deeply impact the impressionable children (Salvatore 1). Parents who expose kids to physical and verbal abuse and have a history of substance abuse cause trauma to an impressionable child's mind forming future violent and criminal tendencies Exposure to physical and verbal abuse
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The issue of child abuse and neglect is serious, controversial, and is escalating in today’s society. Many people are not aware, but child abuse is rampant in our society. Many child abuse and neglect cases go unreported because a person may not know the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect or perhaps the person or person may feel that this is an private issue and needs to be handle with in the home and no outsiders should be involved. Without the proper awareness of child abuse and neglect
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Child neglect, which is the most common form of maltreatment in the United States, has been repeatedly linked to an increased risk of delinquency. Recent studies about the link between abuse and delinquency present a very strong case for a strong connection between childhood abuse and neglect and later delinquent and criminal behavior. It is my belief and own personal experience, from growing up in the poverty-stricken areas of Chicago, that child neglect does lead to an increased risk of delinquency
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