Category: Abuse

Evaluation When looking back at the content of the research I have put together for my study on Extreme Sports , I have come across a question of what motivates Athletes to participate in Extreme Sports. The website addicted to success suggests the following: Money: In some cases. Yet only a few chosen ones will…

The understanding of Trauma in lower and middle countries is said to be a major burden disease, in South Africa as it falls into the middle-income countries. This essay will start by defining trauma as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Secondly, the essay will describe the criterion used to diagnose this disorder. Thirdly, the essay…

Violence against women: Sexual behaviour you dont want; such as being forced into sexual activity against your will, or physical and social .. to either bring physical or emotional pain. On average at least one woman a week is killed by a partner or former partner in Australia. One in five, women have experienced sexual…

Introduction Substance abuse can be explained as the use of harmful psychoactive substances. It also includes the use of alcohol and other prohibited drugs. The use of psychoactive drugs may lead to dependence syndrome which is a series of physiological, behavioral and cognitive patterns that come about as a result of recurrent substance use. This…

What is domestic abuse? (Experience). Using the term domestic violence has caused difficulties in what the term exactly entails; due to it being interchangeable with phrases such as wife battering, this often relegates abuse to sometimes stereotypical terms i.e. only women can become victims of abuse. Other studies have broadened the term to look at…

Policy Identification In 2010, Nevada changed the Battery Domestic Violence Laws making it illegal to touch someone forcefully without consent. The NRS 200.481 is the law for the crime of battery in the state of Nevada (Berkheiser 65). There are court cases dating back to the mid 1900s when the law was not in full…

Domestic violence is an issue that takes place far too often around us. It consists of spousal abuse, parent and child abuse, and abuse to elders. Retributive justice consists of knowingly violating the rights of others, but having the punishment of doing so fit the crime that was committed. With that being said, domestic abusers…

In The Pedestrian, mankind advances to where the technology takes over their lives and even focuses less on relationships. Leonard Mead is taking a walk when a police officer comes by and questions his actions, Where are you taking me?…To the Psychiatric Center for Regressive Tendencies (5). In society today, it is not unusual to…

Did you know that roughly 47,100 deaths occurred by suicide in the US in 2017, due to the underlying depression? Many of these deaths were influenced by alcohol or drug abuse. Substance abuse can fill a person’s mind with negative thoughts and the feeling of loneliness, which in return, puts them in a more depressive…

Picture this, youre 16 and in an extremely abusive relationship. It was mentally, physically, verbally, and sexually abusive. You finally manage to get out but it doesnt end. Youre stalked and threatened constantly so you go and do something about it. You show the police everything and give them proof but they do nothing. He…