. Was there anything surprising you learned about child abuse? Was there anything that you didn't agree with?
I found the statistics very surprising but most I have already learned in other modules. According to the interview, 2,000 plus children die each year from abuse and five plus children are killed each day. Even though is based on 2002, I am wondering to know how accurate these statistics are and how much they have changed. Another surprising thing that I learned was that children who were molested, usually molest others at the same age they were molested. I found this very interesting and surprising because I am curious behind the reasoning why this happens. The last thing I found surprising was Detective Priem’s solution to child …show more content…
According the interview, financial and physical abuse are the most common types elder abuse she has seen and it very sad that people take advantage of people helpless individuals. Most of the cases I have heard about is about how people abuse their elders, and eventually kill them to inherit money. The elderly are just as vulnerable as child and are taken advantage of in similar ways. Just as children can be abused emotionally and physically, the elderly are no different. Many of incidents of elder abuse are not reported because just like any abuse it is very difficult for the victim to report. It is sad to know that people can abused not only as a child but as an elder as …show more content…
Stress can come from a variety of factors and multiple levels of stress can eventually lead to domestic violence. For example, dealing with the stress from finances, children, relationship issues can greatly impact the adults in the household and cause them to use violence. I believe her assessment was accurate, because a majority of examples that I have seen on television involve most of the factors mentioned above. When I used to watch the T.V show Cops, I noticed a majority of domestic violence incidents involved drugs or alcohol. According to Detective Priem, “90 % of the time, drugs and alcohol are involved or an factor. Furthermore, when adults are impaired by drugs and alcohol, other factors such as stress, children and infidelity can increase the possibility that domestic violence will
I found the statistics very surprising but most I have already learned in other modules. According to the interview, 2,000 plus children die each year from abuse and five plus children are killed each day. Even though is based on 2002, I am wondering to know how accurate these statistics are and how much they have changed. Another surprising thing that I learned was that children who were molested, usually molest others at the same age they were molested. I found this very interesting and surprising because I am curious behind the reasoning why this happens. The last thing I found surprising was Detective Priem’s solution to child …show more content…
According the interview, financial and physical abuse are the most common types elder abuse she has seen and it very sad that people take advantage of people helpless individuals. Most of the cases I have heard about is about how people abuse their elders, and eventually kill them to inherit money. The elderly are just as vulnerable as child and are taken advantage of in similar ways. Just as children can be abused emotionally and physically, the elderly are no different. Many of incidents of elder abuse are not reported because just like any abuse it is very difficult for the victim to report. It is sad to know that people can abused not only as a child but as an elder as …show more content…
Stress can come from a variety of factors and multiple levels of stress can eventually lead to domestic violence. For example, dealing with the stress from finances, children, relationship issues can greatly impact the adults in the household and cause them to use violence. I believe her assessment was accurate, because a majority of examples that I have seen on television involve most of the factors mentioned above. When I used to watch the T.V show Cops, I noticed a majority of domestic violence incidents involved drugs or alcohol. According to Detective Priem, “90 % of the time, drugs and alcohol are involved or an factor. Furthermore, when adults are impaired by drugs and alcohol, other factors such as stress, children and infidelity can increase the possibility that domestic violence will