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  • Sexual Abuse of Children

    Sexual Abuse of Children

    Sexual Abuse of Children Throughout history child sexual abuse has been a major problem plaguing many societies. Child sexual Abuse has been defined by the text Human Sexuality, as, an adult engaging in sexual contact of any kind with a child- inappropriate touching, oral-genital stimulation, coitus and the like. *Child sexual abuse is an abuse of power that encompasses many forms of sexual activity between a child or adolescent (most often a girl) and an

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Jack
  • Child Sexual Abuse

    Child Sexual Abuse

    There was a boy who was kidnapped from his yard at the age of 7. For 10 years her was kept as a sex slave and treated like an animal. He was told by his kidnapper, Pernell, that his parents didn't want him anymore and had given him to his kidnapper. He was also told that he had been legally adopted and his real parents had moved away. Being so young at his kidnapping, he

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    Essay Length: 494 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Child Sexual Abuse: Moving on

    Child Sexual Abuse: Moving on

    Child Sexual Abuse: Moving On Child sexual abuse is prevalent in our society. It is said that one in six women will be sexually abused and one in thirty-three men will be sexually abused during a lifetime. Of these instances, at least 15% are instances where children were the victims, under age 12. This may be disturbing and disgusting statistical information, but it’s not just statistics, it’s the truth. Child sexual abuse is a problem,

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    Essay Length: 766 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Bred
  • Childhood Sexual Abuse and Bulimia

    Childhood Sexual Abuse and Bulimia

    Research and studies conducted have shown that the relationship between sexual abuse and the disorder known as bulimia nervosa are typically the symptoms of many female patients. These women who have suffered childhood sexual abuse, have also suffered from bulimia. There were two studies presented in this paper. The first was conducted by Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, an expert on memory at the University of Washington. The second study was conducted by Dr. Harrison Pope, a

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    Essay Length: 816 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Male Sexual Abuse

    Male Sexual Abuse

    While doing research on Mother Teresa for my speech, I realized the immensness and vastness of her goodness. She was more loving, giving and selfless than I had known or imagined her to be. I was so inspired by her and I realized I had taken on a huge responsibility and was completely incapable & unskilled of portraying her and justly inspiring you all just as I was. I almost panicked and started researching other

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    Essay Length: 1,418 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: February 15, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Sexual Abuse

    Sexual Abuse

    Introduction Research into the psychosocial consequences of sexual abuse in childhood has focused mainly on disturbances that arise shortly after the abusive experience. Long term effects have proved more difficult to investigate. The relevant literature mainly comprises case reports and studies of special populations,[1] most of which failed to use standardised instruments to measure psychopathology. Two recent community based studies, however, found an association between adult depression and sexual abuse in childhood,[2 3] and studies

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    Essay Length: 467 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 22, 2010 By: Vika
  • Analysis of the Inquiry and Subsequent Intervention Of- the Little Children Are Sacred Report: Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse.

    Analysis of the Inquiry and Subsequent Intervention Of- the Little Children Are Sacred Report: Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse.

    ANALYSIS OF THE INQUIRY AND SUBSEQUENT INTERVENTION OF: Ampe akelyernemane meke mekarle: “little children are sacred”. Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse. The 2007 inquiry into The Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse was prompted after a number of allegations were made relating to the sexual abuse of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory. Also known as the Little Children are Sacred, the

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    Essay Length: 1,809 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • Interviewing Techniques with Children in Sexual Abuse Cases

    Interviewing Techniques with Children in Sexual Abuse Cases

    Interviewing Techniques with Children in Sexual Abuse Cases Approximately 5 children die every day because of child abuse in the United States. A total of 68 percent of children are usually sexually abused by a family member. Research indicates that 2.1 of 3 girls and 1 of 5 boys will be sexually abused before they turned 18 years old. (ChildHelp, 2005) Conducting research or a study on this population (children) is very interesting as

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    Essay Length: 3,383 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: May 21, 2016 By: mlovesr2001
  • Child Abuse

    Child Abuse

    Child abuse is one of the biggest problems facing America today. Children whose parents abuse them often turn to a life of crime, or suffer physical or mental scars. In severe cases the child may even die. In Saint Louis a boy was attacked by a pack of dogs, after he had finished playing basketball at the local court. If his mother had reported him missing he may have been found in time to rescue

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    Essay Length: 1,624 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2008 By: Victor
  • The Effects of Child Abuse

    The Effects of Child Abuse

    This is a REport on the affects of child abuse on American Society as a unit, through history and modern examples. Child Abuse: An Exposition By Dominic Ebacher Imagine for one moment that you are not yourself any longer. Visualize instead that you are a young girl; old enough to know right from wrong yet still young enough to be terrified by the dark shadows in your room. It is a cool autumn night and

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    Essay Length: 2,245 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 10, 2009 By: Artur
  • The Use and Abuse of History

    The Use and Abuse of History

    The Use and Abuse of History By Friedrich Nietzsche Forward "Incidentally, I despise everything which merely instructs me without increasing or immediately enlivening my activity." These are Goethe's words. With them, as with a heartfelt expression of Ceterum censeo [I judge otherwise], our consideration of the worth and the worthlessness of history may begin. For this work is to set down why, in the spirit of Goethe's saying, we must seriously despise instruction without vitality,

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    Essay Length: 11,128 Words / 45 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2009 By: Yan
  • Prevent Child Abuse America

    Prevent Child Abuse America

    Since 1972, Prevent Child Abuse America has led the way in building awareness, providing education and inspiring hope to everyone involved in the effort to prevent the abuse and neglect of our nation's children. Working with chapters in 39 states and the District of Columbia, we provide leadership to promote and implement prevention efforts at both the national and local levels. With the help of our state chapters – and concerned individuals like you –

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    Essay Length: 553 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 13, 2009 By: Janna
  • Sexual Harassment

    Sexual Harassment

    At this point it is clear that Mary is being sexually harassed by Frank. Her job was also being threatened by Frank. Mary did the right thing to reject Frank, and contacted Human Resources with her complaint. Most employer should have complaint procedure and grievance system available. (Federal Communications Commission, 2007) Mary should inform Frank directly that his comment is unwelcome, and if he doesn’t stop it will escalate to a more serious complaint. First

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    Essay Length: 787 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Sexual Discrimination

    Sexual Discrimination

    Understanding and developing methods of containing sexual discrimination in the workplace is a difficult issue to tackle, and won’t be dealt with correctly until both sexes have a general understanding of each other first. Mary looks down as all her papers she just organized abruptly and violently fall to the floor as she clumsily drops them. Dave, a fellow employee decides to help Mary pick her papers up being the gentleman that he is.

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    Essay Length: 773 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Teen Sexuality

    Teen Sexuality

    The media is just one of the factors responsible for the increase in teen sexuality. Throughout a humans adolescents years they are subject to a number of sexual pressures. Through research I have found that peers are among the most influential. An adolescent is not limited to peer pressure though. They face pressures from the media as well. I believe that media pressure is just a influential as peer pressure. There is also other pressure,

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Bred
  • Steps to Ne Taken When You Feel You Are Being Sexual Harrased

    Steps to Ne Taken When You Feel You Are Being Sexual Harrased

    STEPS TO NE TAKEN WHEN YOU FEEL YOU ARE BEING SEXUAL HARRASED. Don't blame yourself or ignore the sexual harassment. Tell or write the person who is harassing you to stop. It's important to let them know that you don't like what they're doing. They may not realize how hurtful their behavior is and may need a clear message from you about how it makes you feel. Talk to a friend or someone you trust

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    Essay Length: 342 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: David
  • Spousal Abuse

    Spousal Abuse

    "Spousal abuse" refers to the violence or mistreatment that a woman or a man may experience at the hands of a marital, common-law or same-sex partner. Spousal abuse may happen at any time during a relationship, including while it is breaking down, or after it has ended. There are many different forms of spousal abuse, and a person may be subjected to more than one form. Physical abuse may consist of just one incident or

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    Essay Length: 379 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Janna
  • Guido Ruggiero’s the Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice

    Guido Ruggiero’s the Boundaries of Eros: Sex Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice

    Introduction Unfortunately, in today's society, sexual promiscuity and perversion is rampant. From the sexual revolution of the 1960s till today's modern age, sex has been seen as a liberating source for some and a cause of scandal for others. But we can all agree that sex can be seen everywhere from TV, to movies, to the internet. One might think that in the early centuries, such disregard for the privacy and dignity of the sexual

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    Essay Length: 1,431 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Substance Use and Abuse Among Children and Teenagers

    Substance Use and Abuse Among Children and Teenagers

    Substance Use and Abuse Among Children and Teenagers Michael D. Newcomb University of Southern California Peter M. Bentler University of California, Los Angeles ABSTRACT During the past several years, there has been a renewed national concern about drug abuse, culminating in the current "war on drugs." In this review, we emphasize that even though child or teenage drug use is an individual behavior, it is embedded in a sociocultural context that strongly determines its character

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    Essay Length: 305 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Education Personnel’s Responsibility to Recognize, Report & Prevent Child Abuse

    The Education Personnel’s Responsibility to Recognize, Report & Prevent Child Abuse

    Child abuse is a problem that cannot go overlooked. In 2002, an average of 12.3 per 1,000 children were victims of child abuse, that’s an astounding estimate of about 896,000 abused and/or neglected children (Dalton 37). The effect of such abuse is devastating. When abuse is happening in the home, children often feel as if they have no one to turn to. More times than not, children confide in their teachers, school counselors, principals

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Military

    Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Military

    Women in the U.S. military have always had a "tough row to hoe"; those women who literally broke ground, opened doors, and made the choice of a military career easier for those who followed, were the beginning. Today the fight is continuing. Inequality and sexual harassment towards women continues to persist, because the militaryЎ¦s leadership when faced with the option of ill repute or justice ignores justice. Women deserve fair treatment, a non-hostile environment, and

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    Essay Length: 2,926 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Jack
  • Revealing Child Abuse in “my Papa’s Waltz”

    Revealing Child Abuse in “my Papa’s Waltz”

    Rik Wyatt English 1102 B 6 Oct. 2003 Revealing Child Abuse in “My Papa’s Waltz” In Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz,” the persona reveals an incidence of child abuse that happened earlier in his life. He divulges the occurrence of abuse through the use of certain words and noting the actions that go on during the “waltz.” Through the use of graphic diction, Roethke informs the reader that “My Papa’s Waltz” depicts an episode of

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    Essay Length: 565 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Jon
  • Domestic Abuse

    Domestic Abuse

    Domestic Abuse Tanisha Durham Intro to Sociology Professor Kim Hilby Paper #1 Domestic violence is a problem that continues to grow daily. Many people that are abused are usually done so by a spouse, partner, friend or a family member. There are many forms of domestic violence. It is not just considered being physically abusive towards someone but it details others ways of abuse. Such as stalking, intimidation, withholding their own personal belongings, name-calling or

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    Essay Length: 1,495 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Child Abuse in the United States

    Child Abuse in the United States

    On Monday, January 6, 2008, four young children were thrown off a bridge to their death by their own father. Lam Luong confessed to authorities on January 9, 2008 that he had thrown his children off the Dauphin Island Bridge in Alabama after a fight with his wife. The children ranged in ages from just a few months to three years old. Family members of Lam had told authorities that Lam had a drug addiction

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    Essay Length: 1,396 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Monika
  • Child Abuse

    Child Abuse

    Child abuse is the intentional unexplainable suffering on a child. There have been many researches on child abuse, and trying to find out why people would do such a horrifying thing to a child. One of many reasons is that the person has psychological problems, or was themselves abused as a child. There are four kinds of child abuse. They can be physical abuse (such as getting beating and neglect), sexual abuse, incest, and

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Tommy

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