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    Causes Of Hate Crimes

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    typology, “For example, if a victim reports to the police that he was attacked because he is Hispanic, but upon investigation the police discover that the offender had himself been an assault victim recently and was trying to retaliate for that attack, many police officers are less likely to categorize such an assault as a hate crime.” (Mcdevitt, Levin & Bennett, 304) In cases of bias crime, there is no gains for the aggressor. There is not attempt to take money or personal items and there is…

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    that may follow an assault like this. While the word ‘survivor’ reads empowered, strong, and driven to move forward with life, despite the scars left on one’s soul. This is very important in the recovery process of the survivor. Many times the Church’s stance upon hearing of such event is to advise the survivor that they must instantly forgive the person who did them wrong and forget this every happened. This is not something I can agree with. During the time after the assault, the last thing a…

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    Hambrook adds that because of the violence women endure they sometimes have to leave their homes while the men get to stay. She even mentions the danger of domestic violence against children being physically and sexually assaulted by men (¶12). Women do become less fortunate in the battle of domestic violence with having to leave their homes and almost starting life over completely. Women endure disorders like Battered Woman’s Syndrome and PTSD while overcoming economic struggles as a result of…

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    Custodial Rape Essay

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    INTRODUCTION “The probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance” Every individual have power, a person whose state of mind is unified with power gets coercive and from there on a feeling of supremacy over society is felt. Proof to this is the widespread evil is the custodial rape in our society. And due to this we are lead to conclusion that the power relation of the society is unequal. This unequal power connection…

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    service is provided (2003). Perpetrator risk factors would include patients with mental health disorders such as: dementia, anxiety, and drug or alcohol intoxication and many others. Patients with dementia were noted as a high factor in most physical assaults in nursing homes (2010). Male patients caused a significantly greater amount of violence than female patients. This could be because men are more physically capable of causing more bodily harm. Men are also usually more likely to be more…

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    It is very difficult to determine if the rate of assault and sexual assault is higher or lower between groups of people and high profile sports, but according to Todd Crosset’s 1999 review, there were more sexual assaults with male intercollegiate athletes than other male students, but because of background differences between athletes and students made the data difficult to interpret…

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    Chapter 13 looked at homicide and physical assault. When it comes to the scope of exposure it was stated in the book that “comparing rates of physical assaults across nations is difficult because legal definitions of crime differ. In addition, there is limited access information about physical assaults that are not reported to police. If the legal definition of physical assault differs in two countries or if the proportion of cases reported to police in each country differs, then comparisons…

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    that followed are recorded differently by Mr. Walker and PC Adams. Nonetheless, Mr. Walker was arrested a few minutes later and taken to the police station were he was detained for another 7 hours before being released . Mr. Walker was charged with “assault of a police officer in the execution of his duty” but was acquitted on the grounds that PC Walker had unlawfully infringed upon his freedom of movement. Two years after the trial in Camberwell Green Magistrates Court, Mr. Walker issued a…

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    Violence In Youth Sports

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    As a high school football player, I understand the physicality of the game, however it has gone over a certain level that is no longer appropriate. Over the past few years, news coverage on NFL player’s domestic violence, assault, and murder charges has brought up the discussion about the league’s promotion of violence. Many youth players see their idols scoring touchdowns on the field, yet the next day they read a headline that they have been arrested for hitting their fiancé…

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    When it comes to crimes, there is always a criminal and there is a victim. The criminal if convicted is sent to jail and they have to serve out their sentence. But the victim, even though they may obtain justice, will still have to live with what has been done to them. And depending on how law enforcement treats the victim, it will either allow them to move past the violence of the crime, or to live in it every day because nothing was done to be able to move them forward. Because of the lack of…

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