...Laws and Policies that Address Children’s Exposure to Domestic Violence Laws and Policies that address children’s exposure to domestic violence Despite the high rates of violence against women and the recent attention to the physical and emotional consequences of this abuse, until recently relatively little attention had been given to the unseen victims—the children. More than half the female victims of domestic violence live in a household with children under the age of 12.Greenfield (1998). Research suggests that between 3.3 million and 10 million children in the United States are exposed to domestic violence each year and more than a decade of empirical studies indicates that exposure to domestic violence can have serious negative effects on children. These effects may include behavioral problems such as aggression, phobias, insomnia, low self-esteem, and depression. Children exposed to domestic violence may demonstrate poor academic performance and problem-solving skills, and low levels of empathy. Exposure to chronic or extreme domestic violence may result in symptoms consistent with posttraumatic stress disorder, such as emotional numbing, increased arousal, avoidance of any reminders of the violent event, or obsessive and repeated focus on the event. Retrospective studies indicate that there may also be negative effects in adulthood, including depression, low self-esteem, violent practices in the home, and criminal behavior. Carlson (1992). Families affected...
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...Innocent: False Allegations of Domestic Violence Brian Burwell 0481195 Tesc; Oct 2011 AOJ-102-OL009: Intro to Criminal Justice 609-367-4317 bluntreality@gmail.com Abstract This paper examines the prevalence of false allegations of domestic violence within the criminal justice system; detailing how the accused are often viewed as guilty until they are proven innocent. In Part I, I will reveal the problems associated with false allegations of domestic violence, and why this topic is of importance to me. Part II will examine the flawed responses to these accusations that pervade the criminal justice system. Part III will explicate the incentives by vindictive people to make such claims – e.g. winning a divorce case, or receiving custody of the children. Part IV will review the statistical analysis of false domestic violence claims, and outline the cost to not only the accused, but the government as well. Lastly, in Part V I will summarize the topic by arguing that laws should be changed to reflect that some individuals use false allegations of domestic violence in a malicious manner, and that...
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...Domestic Violence and Elderly Abuse Policy By; Shay B. Young May 28th 2012 CJA 464/ Criminal Justice Policy Analysis Ronald Stock Domestic Violence and Elderly Abuse Domestic and elderly abuse is two forms of violence that happens to individuals from birth aged children to elderly individuals. Domestic and elderly abuse is a major issue that is experienced all around the world. These two forms of abuse and violence have many similarities, often times the abuse that starts as a child leads to abuse during adulthood. This paper will be going over the two forms of abuse, factors, statistics, and later a policy that is in place for the reduction of the two forms of abuse. Domestic Violence Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of behavior to gain power or control over another individual in a relationship. The abuse can come in forms such as physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological actions or threats coming from the control partner to the other partner. Domestic violence happens to anyone of any race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender. Domestic violence affects all people throughout different backgrounds, social levels, and educational levels. Factors that perpetuate domestic violence As mentioned above there are different factors that play a role in a domestic violence setting. Culture factors may include but are not limited to gender, the role within the relationship, values, and acceptance of violence as a means to resolve...
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...Domestic Violence in the Workplace This checklist is designed to help businesses develop domestic violence programs that can help protect both their workers and their bottom line. The fact is, domestic violence is not a private matter that stays in the home. It follows victims to work, and nearly every organization is likely to be touched by it. Statistically, one in five employed people in the U.S. experience domestic violence sometime in their life and ninety-six percent say that the abuse affects their ability to perform their job. And whether victims experience physical injury at home, psychological intimidation, stalking or threatening phone calls, the result is impaired performance, missed work, tardiness and, often, an inability to hold a job. Co-workers are also affected when they have to “cover” the victim’s work or be concerned about their own safety. 1;2 For businesses, the cost of lost productivity exceeds $727 million annually. As a nation, the cost of domestic violence exceeds $8 billion when adding in the direct medical and mental health services---much of which is paid for by the employer. 1;3 The following strategies can help employers develop policies to help reduce—and prevent--the emotional and economic toll on their workers and their organization. Getting started Secure buy-in from the top down. “It’s key to establish a company culture that ensures abuse victims of their safety and job security,” says Kim Wells, executive director of the Corporate...
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...the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Lake County, California, Arrest Policies Project: A Process Evaluation Author(s): Brenda K. Uekert Ph.D. Document No.: 201874 Date Received: September 2003 Award Number: 98-WE-VX-0012 This report has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. To provide better customer service, NCJRS has made this Federallyfunded grant final report available electronically in addition to traditional paper copies. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Institute for Law and Justice 1018 Duke Street Alexandria, Virginia Phone: 703-684-5300 Fax: 703-739-5533 E-Mail: ilj@ilj.org Lake County, California, Arrest Policies Project A Process Evaluation April 5, 2000 Prepared by Brenda K. Uekert, Ph.D. Prepared for Lake County, California National Institute of Justice Violence Against Women Office Introduction The Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies Program encourages jurisdictions to implement mandatory or pro-arrest policies as an effective domestic violence intervention that is part of a coordinated community response. Congress appropriated funds for the Arrest Program under the Violence Against Women Act (1994). The Program assumes that the arrest of a batterer will leverage the coercive and persuasive power...
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...Bridget Holmes 2659890 SWK 201Kirven DOMESTIC VIOLENCE According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2003-2012 domestic violence accounted for 21% of all violent crimes in the U.S. and of those crimes 76% of the victims were female and 75% of the victimizers were current or former spouses, boyfriends or girlfriend. This is an interesting topic to me because it is an issue that crosses racial, socioeconomic, religious, and cultural lines. It is an often unreported crime that occurs in every community with sometimes long term and devastating effects. This topic is important to me because I myself was a 2 time victim of domestic violence. The first occurred with my children’s father whose physical, mental and emotional abuse towards me began early and increased over time, until I ended it by severing our relationship ties. The second was a former boyfriend who stalked and harassed me for almost 2 years, until he was finally arrested and served a year in jail. No one would have ever suspected that I would have experienced such things, especially because a lot, perhaps too many of the incidences went unreported and were covered up by me, the victim. Historically, women...
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...Unit 2 Project: Preventing Domestic Violence Against Women Mark Ramos Kaplan University CM220-03 Professor Amanda McCleary August 14, 2012 Preventing Domestic Violence Against Women The “Big Idea” I have decided to tackle is Prevention of Domestic Violence Against Women. My working thesis statement is Domestic Violence is a serious issue nationwide and women are at greatest risk of becoming victims of this form of abuse. Therefore, the only way to break the cycle of domestic violence is to take action; the sooner the better.” I believe my topic is extremely relevant to the present day context. With the necessary research and past experiences I plan to acquire, I hope to develop an effective essay wherein I put up a convincing argument for my reader. To start with, I will research many reliable online sources such as VAWnet.org, an National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, which contains resources relevant to research on domestic violence including Applied Research Documents, data sets, research and evaluation tools, fact sheets, research reports, and other publications that provide an analysis, critique and/or review of current related issues (VAWnet.org, 2011). I will look to the Kaplan library’s extensive database to find articles on case studies and statistics of the actions taken against the abusers. I will also be interviewing a few people in my family and friends circle who have been victims of such a heinous act and...
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...What is domestic violence? Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior in a relationship that is used to gain or maintain power and control over the other partner. Domestic violence could occur between family members or household members involving physical harm or sexual assault. Domestic violence and abuse can happen to anyone regardless of gender or size. Some of the signs of domestic violence are feeling afraid of your partner, your partner yell or humiliate you, criticize you and put you down, have a bad and unpredictable temper, hurt you or threaten to hurt or kill your children or take them away, threaten to kill themselves if the woman leave them, force the woman or other partner to have sex with them and jealous or possessive. Also the person being abused may show some sign of low self-esteem, black eyes, being choked or kicked, making excuses for the abuser or maybe the person being abused may have a bruise on their face. The child that lives in an abusive home may have an aggressive behavior such as being the school bully or may even take that behavior to school or to the playground. In April 2007, The Court of Appeal made a judgment in AI (Pakistan vs. SSHD) that the domestic violent rule applies to the victims of domestic violence: “If the person has been allowed to enter or stay because of their relationship with a person who is present and the relationship has broken down because of domestic violence.” When the reference is made to “relationship”...
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...Child Exposure to Domestic Violence Giavanni King CJA/ 314 January 14, 2015 David Jacobson It is estimated that between ten and twenty percent of children in the United States are exposed to domestic violence annually. While much is known about the impact of domestic violence and other family problems on children within the home, little is known regarding the extent to which these problems spill over to children outside the family. The widespread perception among parents and school officials is that these externalities are significant, though measuring them is difficult due to data and methodological limitations. We estimate the negative spillovers caused by children from troubled families by exploiting a unique data set in which children's school records are matched to domestic violence cases filed by their parent. To overcome selection bias, we identify the effects using the idiosyncratic variation in peers from troubled families within the same school and grade over time. We find that children from troubled families significantly decrease their peers' reading and math test scores and significantly increase misbehavior of others in the classroom. The effects are heterogeneous across income, race, and gender and appear to work primarily through troubled boys. The results are robust to within-sibling differences and we find no evidence that non-random selection is driving the results. It is estimated that between ten and twenty percent of children in the United States...
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...Mother Blaming: How Welfare Systems Reinforce Institutionalized Oppression Critical Response Paper Mother Blaming: How Welfare Systems Reinforce Institutionalized Oppression Introduction States have established several entities to ensure the safety and well being of their citizens; of particular importance is protecting the welfare of vulnerable populations, such as the disabled, minor children, and the elderly. Social welfare policies and programs also serve to afford equal and/or equitable opportunities for vulnerable populations, to level the playing field and minimize the effects that years of oppression tends to have on members of the non-dominant culture. Although welfare systems aim to improve the lives of our nation’s vulnerable populations, institutional oppression has also permeated this system, influencing the research, practices, and policies of professionals in their respective fields. Consequently, a system that was established to protect and assure the well being of vulnerable populations has also served to re/victimize and reinforces the oppression of the lives of those involved with these systems. The manifestation of gender bias and institutional oppression in the welfare systems are social justice issues with vast implications for vulnerable populations; according to the NASW Code of Ethics, as professional social workers, we have an ethical responsibility to challenge social injustice and pursue social change, particularly on behalf of vulnerable...
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...THESIS ON IMPACT OF EDUCATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Sparkles Soft offers under stated Services 1. Plagiarism free writing services 2. PHD Research Papers 3. MBA Dissertations Writer 4. MBA Thesis writer 5. MBA Assignment writer 6. ACCA,BSC Applied Accountancy Project 7. Australian MBA Assignment writing Services 8. UK MBA Assignment writing Services 9. LLB Thesis writing Services 10. LLM Thesis writing Services 11. LLB Assignment writing services 12. LLM Assignment writing Services 13. Australian and UK LLB Thesis writing Services 14. Australian and UK LLM Thesis writing Services 15. Australian and UK LLB Assignment writing services 16. Australian and UK LLM Assignment writing Services https://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Students-in-UK/170124656395756 SPARKLES SOFT Skype sparkles.soft Email sparklessoft@gmail.com Viber/WhatsAPP 00923004604250 Uk LandLine +441252594901 SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 3 INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 Pakistan as a country: 3 1.2 Domestic Violence: 3 1.3 Western Vs local Domestic Violence: 5 1.4 Research Question: 6 1.5 Research Objectives 6 1.6 Research Significance 7 CHAPTER TWO 8 EDUCATION SYSTEM IN PAKISTAN 8 2.1. Education: 8 2.2. Education System: 8 2.3. Education system of Pakistan: 10 2.3.1. Problems of Education system of Pakistan: 11 2.3.2. Policies and Reforms in Education system...
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...Domestic Violence Against Women This essay aims to discuss vulnerability as a concept in relation to domestic violence against women. The author will identify the purpose of the chosen service (Women’s Aids Federation) and how it supports in meeting the health needs of women experiencing domestic violence. It will also demonstrate how the service relates to relevant health and social care policy and critically examine the influence of rights, policy, and the law on service delivery. Furthermore, the author will scrutinise the appropriateness, accessibility and effectiveness of the service in meeting the needs of women living with domestic violence. Finally, it will critically evaluate the contribution of nurses to the services. Vulnerability and domestic violence against women. Domestic violence is a global phenomenon, which is increasable being recognised not only as an issue of human rights but also as a serious public concern because of its short-term and long-term health consequences for women who have experienced it, and the serious impact on children who witness it (WHO, 2005). A vulnerable adult has been defined as ‘anyone who is above 18 years of age and who is or may be in need of community care services by reason of mental or other disability, age or illness; and is or may be able unable to take care of him or herself or unable to protect him or herself against significant harm or exploitation’ (DoH and Home Office, 2000). Vulnerability refers to an individual’s...
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...SNAPSHOT The impact of domestic violence on children Key Points Domestic violence and children • Children, especially babies and young children, affected by domestic violence experience significant emotional and behavioural difficulties. • More than half of women in Australia who experience violence from a partner during their lifetime will be caring for children when the violence occurs. Living with domestic violence has serious effects on the emotional and behavioural wellbeing of children and on their development. However, good support services can help children cope with and, over time, recover from the effects of domestic violence. In mid 2011, against the backdrop of proposed amendments to Australian family law which were intended to better protect children from ongoing violence and abuse post-separation, The Benevolent Society commissioned the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse to undertake a literature review of the latest research on the impact of domestic violence on children. The review also summarises the research evidence on how best to support and work with children and families affected by domestic violence. • Children continue to be at risk of violence during and after their parents’ separation. • Shared care parenting arrangements for children from separated families where domestic violence is present place these children at significant risk of harm. • Children can cope with and recover from the effects of violence, drawing on both their own...
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...changes in the police response to domestic violence however there are still many areas that need improving. The purpose of this essay is to analyse the relative response made by the police to crimes of domestic violence by examining the theories and statistics from the study of various criminology scholars as well as scrutinising the impact of any changes or improvement that may have since occurred in policing. The Government defines domestic violence (DV) as "Any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional) between adults who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality." This includes issues of concern to black and minority ethnic (BME) communities such as so called 'honour killings' [homeoffice.gov.uk]. In analysing the adequacy of police response to domestic violence, it is vital to firstly understand the scale of abuse against victims of DV. Several statistics, such as Stanko’s study in the year 2000, found that police in the UK received one call every minute for support concerning domestic violence. According to Dodd et al (2004), only 40.2% of actual domestic violence crimes are reported to the police. Moreover, 20 incidents of DV may have occurred before it is reported [Walby and Myhill, 2000]. As of 2005, 17% of all reported crimes were of Domestic Violence (Nicholas et al). What's more, even though the concept of domestic violence is not targeted at a particular...
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...The NFL’s Policies are Unjust This past offseason, the NFL was turned on its head when news arose that Ray Rice was arrested on charges of Domestic Abuse. Rice and his fiancée, Janay Palmer, started arguing as they left a New Jersey casino on February morning. Palmer became physical with Rice, and soon Rice snapped and knocked Palmer unconscious with a left hook. When the elevator got to their floor, Rice tried to drag Palmer out of the elevator and to their room, but was stopped by a security guard. At first, Rice tried to play it off like she passed out from too much to drink, but video then surfaced of him striking her. This story spread like wildfire and Commissioner Roger Goodell had a big decision to make. At first, Goodell made a gut decision and suspended Rice for 2 games, a term that is shorter than the minimum 4 game suspension for players who violate the substance abuse policy for the first time. As the summer progressed, Goodell received a lot of negative feedback about...
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