Types of Crime against Women Through The ages‚ there have been various crimes and various forms of crimes practised in our country. Few prominent amongst them are as follows: 1.) Sati Pratha 2.) Dowry and Dowry Deaths. 3.) Rape 4.) Prostitution and Immoral Woman Trafficing 5.) Domestic Violence 6.) Child Marriage Now We shall briefly understand about the origin of these humanly sins and as to how did it become a practise and came into origin. 1.) Sati Pratha - The burning
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Domestic violence as a definition has developed significantly over time‚ previously this behaviour was limited to just physical violence‚ however the current definition has branched out to include emotional‚ financial‚ sexual and psychological abuse. The Home Office defines this as being ‘any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling‚ coercive‚ threatening behaviour‚ violence or abuse.’ There is no doubt that the law has evolved over time to generate an increased awareness of domestic violence
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How Domestic Violence Affects Children It has been well documented that children exposed to domestic violence suffer many forms of trauma‚ particularly children who witness violence inflicted by one parent on the other parent. To begin‚ Domestic Violence is typically not about one incident of actual violence but a sustained pattern of abusive behaviors and attitudes that may escalate over time. Threatening words and gestures become part of a pervasive atmosphere of fear. The intimidation is frequently
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Sexual Assault against Women I choose this topic because sexual assault is one of the most offensive crimes committed in our society. Not only is it a threat to the community‚ but it has a physically and psychologically effect on the victim in many ways. For the last couple of decades‚ sexual assault‚ rape‚ and child molestation has become the focal point of public concerns today. According to a 1993 National Crime Victimization Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice‚ about 500
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Alcohol and violence According to the National Coalition against Domestic violence‚ in 1994 more than half of the men convicted for murdering their spouses had been under the influence on alcohol. Violence has been an ongoing act correlated with substance abuse. There are many contributing factors to how alcohol affects people; the brain‚ when induced with alcohol‚ responds differently than it would normally. According to the International Center for Alcohol policies men are not the only ones
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to domestic violence‚ available data on the effectiveness of domestic violence protection orders is limited (Young‚ Byles & Dobson‚ 2000). In addition to this‚ the personal characteristics‚ such as age‚ marital status‚ education and mental health of domestic violence offenders is also limited with no available data on the reasons why domestic violence offenders breach domestic violence orders and why these offenders are not deterred by the legal ramifications of breaching a domestic violence protection
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Nino December 18‚ 2012 Asia Essay One of the largest options for increasing trade efficiency would be the option of free trade among WTO‚ which writes on http://www.wto.org “the data show a definite statistical link between free trade and economic growth. Economic theory points to strong reasons for the link. All countries‚ including the poorest‚ have assets — human‚ industrial‚ natural‚ financial‚ which they can employ to produce goods and services for their domestic markets or to compete overseas
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ARTICLE Open Access Workplace violence against physicians and nurses in Palestinian public hospitals: a cross-sectional study Mohamad Kitaneh and Motasem Hamdan* Abstract Background: Violence against healthcare workers in Palestinian hospitals is common. However‚ this issue is under researched and little evidence exists. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence‚ magnitude‚ consequences and possible risk factors for workplace violence against nurses and physicians working in public
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import/export of Cultural Goods in a specific area: South East Asia. Singapore is the 14th largest exporter and the 15th largest importer in the world. Historically‚ international trade has strongly influenced the economy. According to the WTO (world trade organization)‚ Singapore has the highest trade to GDP (Gross domestic products) ratio in the world at 407.9 percent. Due to its geostrategic location (Singapore is an island situated South East Asia and is part of the cities of the ‘4 dragons’)
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Domestic Violence and Psychological Disorders in Children In my paper‚ I will be discussing how domestic violence is linked to psychological disorders in children. This subject is important to me for many reasons. One is that I come from a home where there was domestic violence and as a child‚ and now also as an adult‚ I have dealt with anxiety‚ which I link to my upbringing. I believe this information is important to the field of Human Development and Family Studies
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