...In today's society, people with different family backgrounds are facing various problems. Those problems could be either outside or inside of the home, that causes domestic violence. Women are especially the victim of the domestic violence. Most of the women who experience domestic violence are reluctant to express their voice because they are too afraid of the society. In most part of the world, women are affected by domestic violence. In the U.S., African American females experience intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than that of white females, and about 2.5 times the rate of women of other races ( Roberta Lee). Most of the women try to make an excuse for domestic violence because they are afraid of stereotype or the society....
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...Annotated Bibliography BSHS/345 Diversity and Special Populations Annotated Bibliography Arab Culture: Learn about Arab etiquette and protocols. (2004). In Planet Egypt online. Retrieved from http://www.planetegypt.co.uk/samoora.shtml This article discusses the difference between Arab, Middle-Eastern and Muslim people. The author talks about the region in which a person is from, as well as language and religion is what determines which group one would identify with. The history and cultures of Arabic people are provided in this article. Cacho, L. M. (2001). Asian Americans. University of Hawaii Press The article discusses the relationships between Asian Americans and their families. The author explains how they have to deal with certain stereotypes in order to succeed in a place where they are Americans, but still considered to be foreigners. The article is a good resource for understanding how Asian Americans feel in a country where so many barriers are placed upon them. Caroll, S.R. (1994, December). Why poor black children succeed or fail. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved from http://www.chicagotribune.com/africanamericancultue The conceptual article begins with the broad discussion about African American culture. It projects today’s youth and the inconsistency of what Americans idolize as equality in school systems. It discusses the present’s findings of family and individual studies that factor in the high and low achieving African-American students...
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...linked. They are built upon each other in a progression from ranging from micro, to mezzo to macro levels (Kirst-Ashman, & Hull, 2015). In this paper the case of Charo, 34 year-old Hispanic women are discussed. Detailed are the issues faced by the client, and suggestions from the social worker on the types of interventions needed. In addition, identifying which type of services would best be delivered through...
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...Racial Bias in Therapy: How to ethically treat all cultures Heather Worthey Liberty University Abstract Despite how technologically advanced the United States is, the United States has a long way to go when it comes to bias. Racial bias is alive and thriving today. One's skin color does not make them less or more of a person, but some still hold onto the hatred they have for others. Some racial bias is conscious in the words and language used. Racial bias can be placed on others unintentionally by our thoughts and actions. As counselors, we have to be able to keep our bias in check. Having bias in therapy can be detrimental to our clients and to us professionally. When we let our biases cloud our judgment, we may look negatively on others when she should be trying to help them instead. Letting our biases be part of therapy can also set us up for ethical violations which could endanger our licensure. It is important that helping professionals take the time to educate themselves on racial bias and make the efforts to not let bias effect their clients and the therapy sessions. As counselors, one will interact with many different people from many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Counseling is no exception to the cycles of racism, despite the education and intentions of therapists who would like to think they would never deliberately act in a racist manner toward any of their clients. Unfortunately, even when a therapist has received multicultural training, racism...
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...Northridge, and diversity is a key element. A snapshot of Northridge can be seen as 49.5% whites, hispanics/latinos 50.8%, Asians 14.5%, African Americans 5.4% and others 4.6%. Along those lines, 7.6% are nonEnglish speaking and a large percentage of these residents speak languages other than English in the home. Families (married with children) make up 24.1% of households with single parents accounting for 11.8% of the residents (Lacounty.gov). Summary of Tools Population Economic Status Assessment. The median household income for Northridge in 2013 was $81,511, which is relatively high compared to the median income for California which is $61,632 (Northridge Neighborhood). While the median income is high, one source of data states 20% one in five residents of Los Angeles County receive public assistance (L.A. Times. 20% in Los Angeles County Receive Public Aid). While specific data could not be obtained for Northridge, in Los Angeles County (2011 Census) the birthrate was 130,312 and the death rate came in at 57,988, which means Los Angeles County as whole and its neighborhoods are growing both in population and diversity. In regards to health related deaths, coronary artery disease, stroke, and lung cancer remain the top three for the last ten years. Another health concern is the consistent rise of diabetes in the county, with hispanics 12.3% Community Health Task 1 3 followed by...
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...Americans were the Europeans’ friends. The Native Americans showed the Europeans how to farm, hunt and live off the land in this new America. As time went by and the Europeans became comfortable, they no longer need the Native American people. The Native American people were in the way, they had land that the growing population of the Europeans wanted and needed. This was the start of many treaties that the American Government would make the Native people, and the start for racism against them. Out of all the treaties that the American Government made with the Native People, they kept all of them, but the United States only kept half of the treaties. For federal policies, American government gives an immense amount of respect to such diverse cultures and groups, but where is the respect for the Indians. When the United States first became an independent nation, it adopted the European policies towards these native peoples, but over the course of two centuries the U.S. adapted its own widely varying policies regarding the changing perspectives and necessities of Native American supervision. At times the federal government recognized the Indians as self-governing, independent political communities with varying cultural identities. According the text book, I think Native American is subordinate group. Because, native is significantly less control or power over their own lives than do the member of dominant group....
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...“Through others, we become ourselves.” This is a famous quote said by Lev S. Vygotsky. There is so many ideas both old and new that always rome around us and make us who we are. It could be from your family, friends, or even a stranger. Who I’m I you might ask. I I’m a cluster of many different ideas that surround me from day to day basis, my beliefs, and actions. Through tragic events that have happened in my life, my culture, and beliefs I have become the individual that I am today. I was brought into this would eight-teen years ago by my very young mother and father. I struggled for three months to stay alive in the incubator, but through all the love of my parents I made it through. My parents had to move out of El Paso shortly after my birth to be able to decent way of living. Of course the struggle of having a child so young and having to worry about bills shelter, and food; things started to get really and at home. Domestic violence was an issue in my family which is why my mother left my dad so she can try and raise me on her own and have a good way of living. Till this day of my life I have little to no contact with my father. My mom took the role of both parents for my sibling and I. Economic issues where always something that we had to worry about. We were always in and out of homes, sometimes we had very little to eat. Even though we had so many things going on my mother never cared to show or tell people about our problems because she didn't want to seem weak but...
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...Part 1: Brief Essays – the Beauty Myth 1) In Wolf’s “Chapter 6: Hunger” in the Beauty Myth she argues that anorexia and bulimia is taking over women in the West. She claims that, “Women must claim anorexia as political damage done to us by a social order that considers our destruction insignificant because of what we are-less,” (Wolf, 208). I agree with the feminist perspective in “Hunger” that women are affected by pop culture and media to starve themselves until the point where they are unstable. Unfortunately, many women in the US are influenced to look like women in pop culture, however this has caused millions of suicides and health issues that...
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...Measuring the Effects of Domestic Violence Against Women Bachelor of Science ------------------------------------------------- Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice: Criminology 2013 Student Certification Page I, _______________________________________ hereby certifies that the thesis proposal project represents the student’s own work and that all source information has been properly documented including in-text references to document, the use of someone’s language, ideas, expressions or writing. ________________________________________ Signature ____________________ Date Faculty Certification Page I, _________________________________________ hereby certify that This work meets the partial requirements for Bachelors of Science (Criminal Justice Degree for Mount Olive College) _______________________________________________ Signature _____________________ Date ABSTRACT Domestic violence against women is a serious crime that affects a lot of women from all ages, races, genders, and populations. The question that a lot of people wonder is why do the woman stay in the abusive relationships. Domestic violence against women has been considered as high as one in four. The risk is very high for women that is younger and those that has children. In this study, it will give a broader understanding of what causes domestic violence and how to prevent...
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...Introduction The issue of domestic violence has been examined continual both nationally and internationally, and has generated substantial amounts of literature and observed work on the subject. In 1980, women in the United States joined with women globally to illuminate domestic violence as a concern that needed international attention (Alhabib, Nar, & Jones, 2009). Adding credibility to the cries of women internationally, the United Nation “International Bill of Human Rights” in 1979, and the convention of the elimination all forms of discrimination against women in 1985, was enacted to prevent the unequal treatment of women (Weingourt, Maruyama, Sawada, & Yoshino, 2001). Intimate Partner Violence threatens the lives of women socioeconomic well-being, security, and the lives of millions of women globally each year (McAllister, & Roberts-Lewis, 2010). Women of every class, color, socioeconomic status, and religious association experience the affects of intimate partner violence is frequent, complex, and far-reaching with social and economic consequences (Ringel, & Park, 2008). Interpersonal violence has become a human rights and socioeconomic problem (Hageman & White, 2001). The cost and consequence of which are revealed in the expenditures of global governments. The socioeconomic cost of domestic violence as shown is shocking: “Australia $700 million; Canada $1.2 billion; Chile $1.73 billion; Nicaragua 32.7 million; Jamaica $454,000 or...
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...gangsssssssssss History Gangs have been in existence since the dawn of man. It has never been unusual to see small bands of men protect each other through committing crimes that sometimes involve violence. Gangs in the United States have existed since the 1800s. In the Western regions, gangs of people used to rob trains of passenger's money. They would also steal cattle from unsuspecting cowboys. Other cultural gangs formed on the East Coast as immigrants poured into large, urban cities. The movie "Gangs of New York" was a historically based film that outlined those gangs. The Capone gang and other mobsters began terrorizing neighborhoods in the early 1900s. Today, many American gangs are formed not only in cities but in suburban neighborhoods as well with the common purpose of dealing drugs. Function A gang usually functions through high levels of organization and within their specific cultures. The Mafia, for example, was mostly limited to Catholic Italians from Sicily. The New York gangs of the mid-1800s were drawn from their immigrant and non-immigrant statuses such as Irishmen and those who considered themselves "natives" of America. Organization is typically made up of one head per "family" that evenly divides territory among other gangs within the culture. The head usually has one other member seen as the number-two man. Underneath those two are several captains that are in charge of any moneymaking operations that the head man authorizes to take place. Sponsored...
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...health project paper will consist of a community assessment, a windshield survey, risk factors and identification of health problems as well as ways to educate and prevent not only inner city school bullying, but bullying nationwide. School bullying can be defined as exposing a person to abusive actions repeatedly over time. Being aware of children’s teasing and acknowledging injured feelings are always important (CDC.gov). As the windshield survey was conducted in southwest Atlanta a city in Fulton county I noticed a great deal of challenges the were obstacles in everyday life. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition of community is “a group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who share a common culture, cultures and norms which have been developed by the community in the past and modified in the future” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). There are no rural areas to speak in...
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...Ultimately, the federal prohibition on alcohol throughout the 1920s served as a prime opportunity for the already established crime networks to expand their role in American culture and generate profits far beyond their best days in the gambling and prostitution businesses. Organized crime was structured on the local levels and did not have the systems of nationwide communication and dominance that grew to become commonplace following Prohibition. In essence, Prohibition was directly responsible for the organized crime of the 1920s but was in no way the cause of organized crime in the United States. Illegal trafficking remains a huge issue in the United States today although the demand for alcohol has since been replaced by a desire for foreign drugs. The intense violence between competing mobsters during the Prohibition Era has been transformed into vicious territory disputes between drug gangs across the country. Once again the federal government is unsure of how to solve the trafficking problem just as they found...
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...eliminating all discrimination in law enforcement is close to impossible. Today, institutionalized, contextual, and individual acts of discrimination keep the attainment of pure justice just out of society’s reach. Types of Discrimination Institutionalized discrimination is not always intended, but occurs when a policy or procedure inadvertently leaves or singles out a specific group of people. In modern law enforcement practices, this form of discrimination is reflected through the war on drugs. Through research and years of enforcing drug laws, it has come to be expected that the common drug player will be an African American male. Hispanics are also commonly singled out through the war on drugs. While this discrimination is unintentional, African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to be arrested for drug related offenses than their white non-Hispanic counterparts. Because this stereotype has proven useful in the past, officers are more likely to search for drugs or signs of drug use when encountering a person that fits into the stereotype. When striving for pure justice, institutionalized discrimination hinders process. It becomes difficult to attain a system that treats all individuals as equals when policies and procedures lead to stereotypes that single a group...
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...Women Movement of 1960s Women Movement of 1960s In this paper I am going to discuss how my own life would be different if one specific event of the 1960s had never occurred. I also would like to discuss how this event influenced my course of study and my choice of career path and how different my life would be if this event had never taken place. The event I am speaking of is The Women’s Movement if the 10960’s. Background Since the rise of dawn women have been treated as second class citizens and unequal to men. They were not given equal rights regarding their education, health, career and other aspects of their lives. In many civilizations women are treated as slaves and men considered them their property. From the beginning of History women are considered to be inferior to men. Even scholars, learned men and socialists of the early age called women as the greatest source of temptation and evil. Women were treated second-rated not only by the social norms, but also by the religion. Many religions of the world considered women as a species to gratify male hunger and produce his offspring. Civilizations were of the views that as women are physically weaker than men in the same way they have weaker mental abilities and powers. Even Christian Fathers gave humiliated statements about women e.g. St Jerome, Latin Father of Christian Church has said “Women is the gate of Devil, the Path of Wickedness, the Sting of the Serpent, in the World...
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