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    domestic violence, men are often portrayed as the the aggressors toward women. In fact, women also commit acts of domestic violence themselves, but women receive less jail time. Studies show that there are greater sentences for domestic violence committed by a man and lesser sentences for domestic violence committed by a woman. It is important to understand that men are just as equal as women. Indeed, society is biased when it comes to females being the only victims of domestic violence while…

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    How people define violence? Base on Jock Young, violence is difficult to define and measure becuase can vary by culture, race, age, gender and others. People sometimes blame other for their actions when they committing an act of violence. I agree with Jayne Mooney in her article Shadow values, shadow figueres: real violence. Mooney found out that in most of the cases of domestic violence offenders recognize their actions as the victim fault. Also, men that hit their wives or girlfriend justified…

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    supervisor I would seek to optimize our available resources to promote our mission of providing a safe haven and life changing programs to help individuals who have experiences violence and homelessness, their children and families to rebuild their lives- and work with the community to break the cycle of domestic violence. • Following the determination of the key indicators, I will work with senior management to implement change to the existing organizational processes, increasing effectiveness…

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    Title Policy Strategy of Government Services to Women Victims of Domestic Violence 2. Author Hamdanah 3. Source Public Policy and Administration Research 4. Summary of the articles main thesis or premise basic components/propositions In this research paper we will discuss the policy strategy of government services to women who have been affected by domestic violence. This study will “1).describe the expectations of women victims of domestic violence to public organizations, 2) Supports and…

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    domestic violence? Answer Options extremely not relevant not relevant neutral relevant extremely relevant Rating Average Response Count Homemaker 0 0 4 7 8 4.21 19 prostitute 3 2 3 6 5 3.42 19 Man 1 1 5 8 4 3.68 19 woman 0 0 2 7 10 4.42 19 Young 0 1 5 7 6 3.95 19 elderly 0 0 3 7 9 4.32 19 Straight person 0 1 3 8 7 4.11 19 LGBT person 0 2 5 4 8 3.95 19 answered question 19 skipped question 0 The first table shows the typical victims of domestic violence. The…

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    yet, we still get treated like crap? First it was women suffrages, which happened in August of 1920s. To now, we’re still getting look down, we looked at each other as competition, while the male population is looking down at us, just basically kicking the dirt in our eyes, words and pain. Especially domestic violence. One in four women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime (Jennifer Weis). Many would say that domestic violence is affected by drugs and alcohol, but it could…

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    Domestic Violence Offenders who participate in any form of this treatment show reduced levels of aggression as compared to the comparison group who received no treatment. Within…

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    I attended the UCD School of Nursing interprofessional experience where treatment of domestic violence and substance abuse was addressed on two separate days. The first day of the seminar was very interesting to me because it was my first time learning about the signs of domestic violence. I was in a group that consisted of nursing students, and they were all very curious about my role as a Social Worker. They asked me questions such as, what I am currently doing at my internship and what made…

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    Intimate partner violence compounded with substance use can be a complex and difficult struggle to work through with survivors and batterers alike. The power and control dynamics of those relationships can be masked often by or depicted as a result of the disease of addiction, which creates a rather convoluted and perplexing circumstantial environment to work within. This is particularly difficult in communities that initially have limited resources. For this reason, a comprehensive approach and…

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    Community Work Goals

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    I’ve always wanted a career in a field where I would be able to do the greatest good in the community; however, it wasn’t until my last year of community college that I realized Sociology/Human Service was the best choice. When I initially started school, I was interested in Computer Programming, but eventually learned this wasn’t the direction I wanted to move forward with. I’ve always loved helping people, and although working as a computer tech would afford me this opportunity, on some level…

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