In many jurisdictions‚ the age of consent is interpreted to mean mental or functional age. As a result‚ victims can be of any chronological age if their mental age makes them unable to consent to a sexual act. Other jurisdictions‚ such as Kentucky‚ eliminate the legal concept of "mental age" and treat sexting with a mentally incapacitated person as a specific crime. Laws vary in their definitions of statutory rape. It is generally intended to punish heinous cases of an adult taking sexual advantage
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Consent‚ risk management‚ and safeguarding are all interlinked ideas in adult care that are important to guaranteeing the security and well-being of those receiving assistance and care. A voluntary agreement or permission granted by a person to accept particular care or support interventions is referred to as consent. Identification‚ evaluation‚ and mitigation of the risks that can result from offering assistance or care are all part of risk management. Protecting people from injury‚ abuse‚ or neglect
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Researchers continue to study the link between the communication of sexual consent and acts of sexual violence. The aim of this study was to determine if past forced sexual experiences changes future sexual consent behaviors. Since these experiences are associated with alcohol use the study also explored the connection between alcohol and history of forced sex. This quantitative study used a cross-sectional electronic survey that was emailed to female students between the ages of 18-25. The students
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Age of Consent My position on the age of consent is that I’m for it. I believe that the age of consent should be and always be age of 16‚ because once have turned 16 you should be mature enough to make your own decision on who you want to have sex with because you are now in high school and you’re old enough to know right from wrong. The legal age of consent is Washington State is 16. Age of consent is the age when the law considers a person mature enough to agree to have sex. In the United
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two important circumstances in which you would consider breaching confidentiality. What factors would you consider and what steps might you take‚ before making this decision? Confidentiality is extremely important for trusting and effective counselling practice (Corey‚2009)‚ however there will be certain situations where confidentiality may need to be breached to ensure the safety of the client or community. Two of these circumstances would be a client under 16 who has been abused or a client
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This assignment will look research‚ its methods and how it can be used to inform counselling practice Research is a systematic process of critical enquiry leading to valid propositions & conclusions that are communicated to interested others1 and good research is reproducible. Research is a collective activity – each study drawing on what has gone before. The important aspect of which is‚ that it is a process that systematically involves a series of steps‚ and generally grows out of our human
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“CONSENT” DEFINED According to Section 13‚ “two or more persons are said to be consented when they agree upon the same thing in the same sense.” (Consensus-ad-idem) “FREE CONSENT” DEFINED Under Section 14‚ Consent is said to be free when it is not caused by 1. coercion‚ as defined in section 15‚ or 2. undue influence‚ as defined in section 16‚ or 3. fraud‚ as defined in section 17‚ or 4. misrepresentation‚ as defined in section 18‚ or 5. mistake‚ subject to the provisions
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Navy Contracting is a complex business‚ while it may seem a simple thing to “bid” on a contract through the vehicles available there are many things one must know before the bidding process begins. To gain a contract from the U.S. Navy will give any business a big lead in all arenas both public and private. Planning is essential to this process to include learning all aspects of the basic contract rules is important‚ since going in blind will lead to the vendor most likely not being able to seal
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management (such as screening)‚ outside resources which the patient may choose to investigate for further information and peer-support and possibilities relating to research participation. Finally‚ non-directional counselling is provided to the patients in order for the patient to make informed choices which fit with their own belief systems and values in a safe and non-judgemental environment‚ and to aid with adaptation to the individual’s risk or condition (Resta et al‚ 2006; Uhlmann et al‚ 2011; Harper
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The Manufacturing Consent – Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky born on the 7th of December 1928 in the midst of the American “The Great Depression” singlehandedly is known to have transformed the face of linguistics. His most noted contribution to generative grammar is the book “Syntactic Structures” elaborating on things like "the initial state of the language learner" etc. Born in a Jewish family‚ his father was a translator of the Hebrew text‚ this in a way invoked the love of language in his and he
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