Physical abuse

of dating violence, a staggering figure that shows just how prevalent this issue is (Dating Abuse Statistics). Dating violence can be defined as any violence towards a couple that have been in a “dating relationship” within the last 6 months. The relationship doesn’t require a sexual or non-sexual relationship. Dating violence can include physical abuse, psychological abuse, emotional abuse, or sexual abuse. Certain factors and experiences in teens make them more likely to be a victim of…

How does childhood trauma impact aggression in adulthood? The abuse a child has endured can have various effects on their life as an adult afterwards. Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse can seriously affect the development of skills that are needed for maintaining relationships and controlling emotions. (Borderline Personality Disorder and Trauma n.d.) Someone that has experienced a traumatic childhood might think that using anger is a way to communicate because that is what they have seen…

With Peter’s consent, I was able to complete the legal status screening section, educational and leisure recreational and abuse/neglect/exploitation sections with mom. The result indicates that Peter experienced neglect and abuse, as a child, at the hands of his father. His mother provided medical records of Peter’s hospitalizations that were due to physical abuse. Peter mother was diagnosed with major depression when she was eighteen-years-old. Peter’s father died of liver-failure of years of…

There are many types of child abuse such as: physical, emotional, sexual, substance abuse and abandonment. Physical abuse is no accident, but, done intentionally for many wrong reasons (Crosson-Tower, 2013). The physical abuse can result from being minor to major bruises. The parent will mistreat the child by demonstrating in punching, shaking, stabbing, choking, burning or any…

Patterns and Characteristics of the Abuser and the Abused Human services professionals are often called upon to conduct complete assessments in cases where abuse has occurred. In order to conduct an accurate assessment, there must be a clear understanding of the patterns and characteristics often associated with abusers and the abused. Patterns and Characteristics of Family Members of the Potentially Abused Child Patterns are typically exhibited by family members of potentially…

Introduction Maltreatment is harm or threats to harm, a child or young person’s emotional or physical survival. Maltreatment presents itself as emotional, sexual, and physical or neglect. (Child, Youth and Family Fostercare Handbook ,2010) In 2002, there were 15,898 child abuse allegations in the military (Hoshmand & Hoshmand, 2007). Military families face many obstacles such as deployment, which can make a family vulnerable that can lead to maltreatment among family members. Research suggests…

Psychology 112 December 10, 2015 Caregivers face various psychological distresses due to the extensive labor required in providing aid for young, elderly, ill, and disabled. Often news of an abusive caretaker or babysitter arise depicting physical abuse committed towards another who is less competent. According to the statistical data collected in 2011, 1 in 10 of the elderly, solely, were abused by a caretaker (NCEA) and the probabilities continue to increase. The fundamental attribution…

different forms. Regardless of physical, emotional or psychological and these behaviors are used to gain control or exert power over the partner. Certainly, abuse may worsen over time when the abuser’s physical attack can range from bruising to murder as a result of more frequent and serious attacks. Between two and four million women are physically abused each year in the United States and of these, 2,000 women die of the injuries they suffer (“Women”). These physical attacks often include…

Elderly abuse has been going on for decades but one seems to want to talk about. In society people tend not to talk about things that many stir up problems. Since America is a democracy and they also have to first amendment so people are entitled to say what they want because well they are protected. Elderly abuse is a big deal because the people that are being abused is someone grandmother, grandfather, mother, father or friend. It is wrong to abuse anyone but it is especially wrong to abuse…

over-powering towards the victim. Lastly, the oppression in both “The Banality of Heroism” and “The fair deserve the grape” slides contains the emotional and physical abuse towards one or more particular victims abused from the oppressors. The oppression in those articles states the passive aggressiveness from the abuse and how it correlates to the emotional response of the victim who was abused harshly by the oppressors. For example, in the Banality of Heroism, it states the…