...Esma Batca Community Resource Management February 18, 2013 Clifton Police Department and Resources After calling the Clifton Police Department I spoke with the duty officer who provided me with some of the information regarding resources that they mainly use to help those in need. He explained to me that when an officer encounters someone who is homeless they advise the person that they should be put into a shelter where they may find food, clothing, warmth and donations. He advised me that there are many shelters and churches that look to help individuals who are in need. However, the officer also stated that in some situations certain individuals do not wish to be helped. In this case he mentioned that he personally finds these people food from a pizzeria that may throw the food out towards the end of the night. Eva’s village is one of the main resources that that these officers count on. It provides a soup kitchen, emergency overnight shelter, addiction treatment programs, and affordable housing options. The website for Eva’s village may be found on http://evasvillage.org/helping-feed-hungry-poor-soup-kitchen.shtml. A phone number to reach Eva’s kitchen is 973- 523-6220. The officer also stated that “Straight and Narrow” was also a great resource that was used. This resource is a non-profit organization who helps and educates those in needs regarding alcohol and drugs. More information for this resource may be found...
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...Comparison Matrix Marquita S. Henderson Grand Canyon University: PSY-801 July 10, 2013 Comparison Matrix A Comparison Matrix is a grid created specifically to display information in a structural format. In week two of the PSY-801 course, students were presented with the task of completing a comparison matrix, consisting of empirical articles and details of their content. The intent of this particular document is to revisit the matrix from week two and compare the provided findings on a deeper level. The following qualitative assessment will serve as a tool of preparation for the doctoral program. The purpose of developing and reviewing a comparison matrix is to ultimately compare, contrast, and synthesize researchers’ discoveries and conclusions in their works. The comparison matrix in reference, focuses on different facets of bullying in professional environments. The first article, titled, “Individual and situational predictors of workplace bullying: why do perpetrators engage in the bullying of others?” is an examination of the explanation(s) that aggressors tend to intimidate their co-workers. The second article, “Does trait anger, trait anxiety or organizational position moderate the relationship between exposure to negative acts and self-labelling as a victim of workplace bullying?” highlights traits relative to whether or not an individual is indeed a victim of bullying and the correlation between bullying actions. The emphasis is on influences and determinants...
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...Comparison Matrix Grand Canyon University: PSY_801-0105 September 12, 2012 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to review the comparison matrix of three empirical research papers and make a comparison of the information provided. This qualitative assessment will help in preparing for doctoral journey by comparing, contrasting and synthesizing what each researcher has stated in their research papers. Article 1 was a research on workplace bullying that focused on individuals and situation predictors that engaged in bullying others. The purpose of the research was to examine the reason that perpetrators in the workplace bully their co-workers. Article 2 focused on trait anger and anxiety that may relate to individuals being labeled as victims of workplace bullying or what is the relationship between the acts of bullying. The purpose behind this study was to determine what influences are in place that causes a victim in the workplace to be bullied. Article 3 related to how employees are coping to workplace bulling and how the effects of bullying are affecting their job performance. The main purpose with this study was to determine the role of human resource management in coping with bullying in the workplace. Comparison of each matrix research questions Although all articles focused on one thing that was common and that was individuals who are being bullied; there were however, some differences in the research questions. For instance...
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...INTRODUCTION The principal aim of this paper is to trace and analyze the development of victimology. Firstly this paper will be concerned with defining the concept of victimology and the concept of victim before explaining the origins of the study of victimology. Furthermore, this paper will explain and evaluate the development of victimology as a field of study, in a broad sense this paper aims to acknowledge where the field of victimology originated and how it has developed and in addition this paper involves a general overview of the victim’s role in various systems of justice throughout history. Defining the concept “victimology” Defining the concept victimology is tricky because different people define victiomology in different ways, there is no universally accepted definition of victiomology, however for the purpose of this paper one broad definition of victimology will be used but not necessarily meaning that this paper does not acknowledge that other definitions do exist. Victimology refers generally to the scientific study of victims and victimization, including the relationships between victims and offenders, investigators, courts, corrections, media, and social movements ( Karmen 1990 ). Defining the concept “victim” The origin of victimology The origin of victimology can be traced back to several articles, books, and research projects initiated by criminologists during the 1940s and 1950s. According to Walklate (2007) victimology's roots are often attributed...
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...Bullying: Bullying is and has probably always been a problem in our society and takes place wherever people interact in different social environments. In this essay I will provide some examples of different ways of bullying, some reasons why people get bullied and some strategies to avoid bullying. There are a lot of different reasons why people are bullied. Some of them could for example be body size, appearance in public, religion, hobbies, sexuality and social background. Many people are for example overweight and struggle to deal with this problem. When I played badminton, there was a girl, who was very overweight. Sometimes it looked kind of funny, when she played, and we sometimes laughed at her behind her back. Some of the others even called her names. Looking back I´m not at all proud of the way we treated her. It most certainly made it even more difficult for her to fit in, and as a result, she stopped playing badminton shortly after. As a human being you are very sensitive to how other people see you, and you feel that your appearance, looks and body defines, who you are. Of course some people and age groups are more responsive than others, especially teenagers and ‘old’ kids are very sensitive and insecure about themselves. A good example is for instance the little boy Dylan Stewart, we read about in class. Dylan Stewart was only 12 years old, the same age as my own younger brother, when he chose to kill himself as a result of long time continuous bullying...
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...Joanne Arel 11530131 Assignment 4 Prevention of Bullying As we know, prevention on bullying is an ongoing process that we, as educators, must continually work on. Often, children who are labeled as ‘bullies’ are misunderstood by their peers and adults. They tend to be the victim in other areas of their lives. It is necessary for us as responsible adults to understand how these behaviors that the bullies exhibit develop, so that we can work to not just ‘punish’ but rehabilitate and heal. I feel this is the area in which I have excelled. I have a zero-tolerance policy, teach the steps of problem-solving, have classroom expectations, and praise/reinforce good behaviors demonstrated by bullies. The one thing I think would be a good idea would be to have a written contract and to contact parents more based on positive behavior. Prevention of Victimization The effects of bullying can be traumatizing to children (the victims), and can often lead into their adult lives. This trauma can be seen firsthand in tragic events that have happened in our country. Some events, like Columbine, Matthew Shepard, etc. get a lot of media coverage, while others do not. I have learned, and witnessed through my own teaching experience, that the victims often are the ‘forgotten group’, not the very popular or very unpopular kids. As educators, we so frequently give our attention to the bully, when the victim needs our support just as much, if not more. Victims, by definition are the...
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...Quiet Despiration- The Effects of Competition in School on abused and Neglected Children Carin Hall Liberty University Online Psychology 221 Quiet Despiration - The Effects of Competition in School on abused and Neglected Children The Effects of Competition in School on abused and Neglected Children by Gerald W. Neal begins with him meeting in his office with a young boy named Phillip. Phillip is notorious around school for being a troublemaker. Neal is the newly appointed assistant principal and so it is now his job to distribute punishments. He tries to get on his level. In doing so Phillip begins to open up and he reveals that his father is abusive and negligent. He tells Neal that whenever his father gets extremely drunk and abusive, he takes his brother and they go and hide out .Neal then reflects back on when he was a child and was also the victim of abuse. His safe haven however was his bunk bed. He does not disclose any of the information to Phillip he just tells him that he is not suspended but he doesn't want to see him back in his office again for any misconduct. Following this discussion Neal decides to make a visit to Phillip's home. He initially tells the father he is there so he can fill out some forms regarding the school lunch program. He then brings up what Phillip had shared with him a few days prior and tells him if he hears of anything like that again not only will he report him to Protective...
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...“A Love Song for Ms. Lillian”: The Victimless Courtesan Critical Analysis A victim can be defined as a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime; in the novel, Miss Lillian simply does not fit this description. The narrative focuses on the life of Miss Lillian, the town “courtesan”. Although her job title is not one that people adore, she has notable respect in the community. Women envy her because their husbands admire her beauty and sometimes use her services. Miss Lillian is a respected member of the Guyanese society despite her line of work. She has some misfortunes throughout her life, but in no way can be considered a victim. In the short story, A Love Song for Miss Lillian, author Mark McWatt depicts the Guyanese society as a tolerant community due to the considerate way the citizens refuse to victimize Miss Lillian for her profession. Miss Lillian is respected by members of the government and people with high power in the Guyanese society. Judge Ramcharitar wouldn’t allow Raymond to refer to Miss Lillian as a “prostitute” because she has honorable status in the community. This is displayed in the quote, “Come, come, my boy, one would never use that term to describe Miss Lillian; she’s too beautiful, too refined: her traffic in the pleasures of the flesh is too delicately managed and too intricate and exciting for such a word to describe it justly” (McWatt,168). Due to her fame and beauty, Miss Lillian is seen as more than a prostitute and anything less...
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...Maron John B. Vistan COM/CONT.E TGE002 MS. VIRNA Cause & Effect “Bullying” Bullying as everyone knows is wrong. Doing some pranks, calling someone names, hurting people emotionally and physically has no purpose at all. Moreover, still a bully feels good hurting the people around him but he doesn’t know or even care that he is doing so much damage and traumas’ to the person that he is bullying. Also bullying now is getting even advance because of the internet and it gives more opportunities for bullies to do their thing more through cyberbullying. With cyberbullying the bullies has more tricks to do like blackmail, bad pictures, fake website, bashing through the social media and so many more. Cyberbullying has take so much leap for bullying’s side. The effects of bullying are that it can change the victims life, it can change his whole being. It can cause the person to lose his confidence, his over all personality, he will be change over all and also he might be sad and depressed. Because of this it would be hard for them to try new things, to trust other people again. A bullying victim might have some anxiety and would lose his social life and rather chose to be alone than be with someone. There are still so much worse effects of bullying that leads to serious consequences. Bullied people sometimes become so mad, depressed, scares that they may hurt themselves and feel that they have no where to go anymore. They are so many reports that there...
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...Engelsk afl. Sticks and Stones Bullying permeates the school. A new large-scale study shows that at least five children in each class regularly exposed to bullying. And that colleagues can not figure out to intervene and help the bully victim, although they would like. Everyone have been bullied somewhere, at school, at home, at work and outside. The bullies have no idea what they are doing. For them is just fun, cool or they are trying to be cool. But what they don’t know is that they are making the other people sad or makes them to suicide. We have all heard from news, that “a 11 years old girl suicide after being bullied”. Bullying is a huge burden for both the learning environment and students' learning ability. The negative attitude creates negative atmosphere. Strand, wet sand, dry sand and small pokes of sharp grass. Is what he dreaming often. He laces to the top of the dune and looks down onto the strand. There is water and wet sand and dry sand and small pokes2 of sharp grass dotted along the beach. He stands on the lip3 of the concrete defencea; looks east, to the line of groyness, then west, to the lighthouse in the distance. There's no one he can see, no one he can call to for help. Below s him, the drop onto the beach is fifteen, maybe twenty, feet. He jumps because he has to, jumps out into the air, and sees as he falls one more thing: a cloud of white birds hanging on the skyline. There is a hot taste filling his mouth, like molten iron, and a...
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...Violence can be tied to many reasons behind it and as well as the theories that are closely associated with the reasoning’s behind violence. With Intergenerational transmission of violence being one of the theories, we can get a better understanding if and why violence is in turn carried within families from generation to generation. Can aggression within a household eventually be carried out in violence with future relationships? How is one to tell the boundaries for aggression have gone too far? When a father releases his frustration on his children they are paying the price in the future. After all the father is molding them into the adults they are to become later in life. Many roles are transmitted from generation to generation. Skills such as being honest, wise, confident and being money suave, but with good there is always bad. Bad trait such as lying, cheating, and above all abuse. After watching the film on demand, “Breaking the Cycle of violence”, I could relate to where the father was coming from when he wasn’t sure how to hold back his aggression but opted to trying a different ways to control his son instead of showing force towards him. Raising kids is no easy task, but when we as parents cross the boundaries on enforcing discipline. Relating this to Morris & Gibson and their article on the influence of corporal punishment on children helps us distinguish the many rights and wrongs when it comes to disciplining children. It may help them or ultimately teach...
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...DE LEON, SANDRA YSABEL CHER S. July 20, 2016 10-12 St. Stephen Harding Ms. Ma Theresa F. Navales Society is better without Victim-blaming Victim-blaming is a case where society questions the actions of the victim instead of the attacker. Hartnell (2016) stated that the idea of victim-blaming has rooted from the book called “The key in the starry night” back in the 1830s. The people realized that the villain’s method of destroying the hero’s soul, which is the method of victim-blaming, can help them escape their insecurities. I despise the idea of using another person just to reduce my fears and increase my fantasies. Because of victim-blaming, victims are afraid to report the immoral deeds done to them in fear of being judged. This issue results to mistrust and misanthropic view of others. They blame other people, even the innocent ones, that they are the reason why they are disgruntled and make foolish mistakes. “Perpetrators especially sex offenders will try to intimidate the victims to avoid getting caught”, explained by Ms. Barry to the ABC News (Hartnell, 2016). Shame is the abuser’s best insurance against detection. Victim-blaming changes the morality of people for it is also about avoiding vulnerability (Breines,2016). “Victims threaten our thinking that the world is a safe place where good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people...
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... Do you believe only victims of cyberbullying suffer consequences? Or do the bullies suffer as well? When there is a situation involving a billy and a victim, there is sometimes a reason as to why that’s happening. Bullying is a two way street and it should be look at more in detail. In cyberbullying between teens, there seems to be an ongoing trend of who does it and the effects it has. An example of a trend in cyberbullying is, according to research, Gregg Macdonald says cyberbullying is “traditionally served for boys” but actually it’s the girls who are involved in it more. To explain it better, it means that in cyberbullying, a trend of gender is shown which is the fact that girls are more involved which is proof of one trend. Another example of a trend in cyber bullying is that the ones who do the bullying tend to under look it’s consequences. Teens tend to think that bullying is all fun and games until they’re confronted by the consequences because of the fact that they failed to think it through. Bullying is the number one reason for teen suicide, which is another trend that is very likely seen in cyberbullying. Victims of bullying are two to nine times more likely to commit suicide than those who are not. Many people tend to ignore the fact that cyberbullying can and does lead to many suicides and suicide attempts. When it comes to cyberbullying, people of all ages seem to have all different types of perspectives on it. From the perspective of a bully, they seem...
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... There have been dozens of cases of students being severely damaged by the symptoms of bullying. A large amount of these occurrences were due to the absence of a school or other neighborhood officials in the situation. But, if schools were to assist a student when bullies are significantly hurting them, lives could be saved. Despite many believing a school should not be responsible with what happens between each of their students outside of the classroom, it is important for a school to step in when a child is being bullied due to parents' inability to help on certain occasions, to prevent a bully’s negative effects on other teenagers, and to lessen high suicide rating due to bullying. One important reason as to why schools should be involved with bullying outside of the classroom is the constant inability of parents to help their child. In certain occasions, a parent can not aid their child when they are being hurt. But, a school can help one to do this. Two parents of a daughter in New Jersey stated that, after they discovered inappropriate messages sent to their daughter by a twelve-year-old boy, confronting the boy’s parents would be “Too awkward, they replied. The fathers coach sports together… A criminal investigation would be protracted, the parents had decided, its outcome uncertain. They wanted immediate action.” (Hoffman) To put it differently, the parents did not want to confront the boy’s parents as speaking to them would be too uncomfortable. To solve this, they...
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... Bullying has been around for many years. Bullying affects all age groups. According To focusas.com, “ Bullying is a common experience for many children and teens. Direct bullying seems to increase through the elementary school years, peak in the middle school/junior high school years”. People bully for many different reasons, and there are multiple types of bullying. Also, according to focusas.com, “bullying is abusive behavior by one or more student against a victim or victims. It can be a direct attack, teasing, taunting, threatening, stalking, etc. Result in victims becoming socially rejected and isolated”. It occurs in a variety of places, such as school, work, or even at home. Some cases of bullying are worse than others. Severe bullying can lead to suicide. According to bullystatistics.org, “ bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide”. Although bullying is a very common and dangerous, there are solutions to help stop bullying. One solution to stop bullying, is letting adults know. Victims of bullying should always tell an adult, this includes teachers and parents/caregivers. Often students tend to keep the situation a secret. According to focusas.com, “students typically feel that adult intervention is infrequent and ineffective and that telling adults will only bring more harassment from bullies”. It's important that students speak up. Adult intervention can help stop bullying. They can hold meeting with both the bullies and the victim's parents...
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