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Developmental Trauma Causes of Dissociative Identity Disorder are wide and conflicting but one popular theory that is generally accepted in the field of medicine and psychology is that DID is a result of severe trauma such as rape, abuse, etc that one has experienced in the past. Dissociation becomes a coping mechanism for people whose memories of certain incidents are so harrowing that their brains respond by temporarily removing themselves from the situation. This results in a person becoming…

A broad array of stakeholders interact with detained juveniles on any given day. Social service agencies, community-based substance abuse treatment programs, law makers, Judges, lawyers, preachers, teachers, mental health professionals and youth advocates just to name a few. These stakeholders provide resources and or services that contribute to the juvenile justice system. These relationships shape the environment in which treatment and community-based research takes place. A paradigm is…

According to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary abortion is the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus. There are many different reasons why women seek abortions; some may be voluntary while other may be forced. The main focus of this study is to determine the relationship between abortion and sexual violence along with the effects Medicaid has on abortion. Abortions that are not accessible or affordable can lead women to…

Violence against young women is a significant societal problem.As reported by Canada Public Health Agency, it stated, ‘data show that 16% of all women (1.7 million) have been involved in at least one incident of sexual or physical assault by a date or boyfriend by the age of 16, and 24% of women 18–24 years had been sexually and/or physically assaulted by a date or boyfriend.Footnote5Johnson H. Dangerous Domains: Violence against Women in Canada. Toronto, ON: Nelson; 1996. There remains a gap…

The emotional mechanics of lone wolf terroristic violence Summary Committing a violent act is emotionally difficult for an individual. Microsociological analyses of violence have demonstrated that there exists an emotional barrier that inhibits violence. Violence is only enabled through a number of situational factors. While most forms of terrorism have these enabling factors, lone-wolf terrorism presents a unique challenge for an individual looking to navigate through the emotional barriers…

This article details the history of imprisoning women from the late-1800’s through 1989. Prior to twentieth century, women who committed crime were seen as needing moral correction and protection and were placed in reformatories specifically for women and run by women. Their offending was generally viewed as particularly heinous since women’s offending violated social norms of femininity in a patriarchal society. A shift in the thinking about women’s offending occurred in the latter part of the…

Published in 1948, Theodore Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” has had many readers questioning the motive of the poem. Many people see his poem as a story of a drunk father’s violence toward his son, showing what we would call child abuse. Others see it as a cherished memory Roethke has of a loving drunk father playing with his son. Both of these accusations can be valid, depending on what part of history you choose to start your “evidence” with, and how you perceive each line of his poem. In 1948,…

The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the primary objective of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to generate information of crime statistics toward a data collection system in an annual publication. For example, it lists ten most wanted men in America are Eduardo Ravelo, Alexis Flores, Yaser Abdel Said, Walter Yovany Gomez, Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel, Luis Macedo, Jason Derek Brown, Robert William Fisher, William Bradford Bishop JR., and Robert Francis Van Wisse. These…

The article, The Terrorist Mind: An Update by Sarah Kershaw, the writer questions what causes individuals to commit suicide and kill others for no reason. Terrorist acts do not occur at the spur of the moment and do not involve individuals without some knowledge of the act the will accomplish. Terrorists are individuals who have planned and/or trained for the violence they will commit. Why a person would decide to take such a violent path there are various factors for it. According to the…

Children Act 1989 This legislation attempts to simplify all the previous policies and procedures on child protection. The Children Act 1989 made clear what the duties of people looking after children and young people are, and how all professional should work as a team in cases of child abuse. Children Act 2004 Following the tragic Victoria Climbie case in 2000, it became clear that the existing services and resources allocated to prevent and address child abuse were still largely ineffective.…