Essay Question: Should restorative justice be used in cases of Domestic Violence? A comparative analysis of the effects of domestic violence on female victims and child witnesses. Introduction: Domestic violence is a widely discussed topic in society with its effects far-reaching and destructive. However‚ since it is a crime that generally goes underreported in crime statistics various means of research have allowed us an understanding of this crime and its effects on the individual as well as
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Bridget Kelly November 19‚ 2000 Research Paper Elizabeth Antalek One out of thirteen adults are considered to be an alcoholic or suffer from a drinking problem. Today‚ fourteen million Americans suffer from a disease that is caused by a combination of physiological‚ psychological‚ social‚ and genetic factors. Alcoholism is a developmental disease that progresses slowly over a number of years and is based on both the physical and emotional dependency on alcohol. In many cases it leads
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received no justice in return when they were faced with such abuse. Modernly named as domestic violence‚ this abuse was once very common and ignored as long as it “didn’t go too far” or was done in moderation. In 1882‚ Maryland was the first state to pass a law making wife-beating a crime; the punishment would be either forty lashes or a year in jail (Domestic Violence Timeline). Attention to domestic violence didn’t appear until the feminist movement around 1870; women became more involved in
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12 April 2011 “The Inside Story on Alcoholism” Going back to the early 1920’s‚ alcoholism was an issue for many men‚ evident by the push for the Prohibition by many women at that point in time. Women wanted the 18th amendment so that their husbands would stop throwing their money away at bars‚ when many families lived from check to check‚ this was when the phrase “when you have a relationship with someone who is addicted‚ you have a relationship with an addiction‚ not a person” was coined by individuals
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War on Drugs and the Correlation to Crime and Violence Martha Mendoza Arizona State University CRJ 408 Drugs and Crime Word Count: 1‚186 “In the nine years from 1980 to 1989‚ the arrest rate for possession of drugs increased by 89%‚ from 199 to 375 per 100‚000 population” (Belenko and Spohn‚ 2015‚ p 117-118). The 1980’s contemporary War on Drugs established by Ronald Reagan lead us into a more retributive era of drug law enforcement. Changes in laws were rooted
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The Impacts of PTSD and Alcoholism and Treatment Options among Gulf War Veterans GRAD 716 Sullivan University Brent Casey January 21‚ 2011 The Impacts of PTSD and Alcoholism and Treatment Options among Gulf War Veterans Introduction The purpose of this paper is to investigate and analyze the lived experiences of Gulf War veterans who are in treatment or recovering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and alcoholism. Approximately 697‚000
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The Causes of Alcoholism (revised) Many people drink moderately‚ enjoy it‚ and come to no harm; however‚ some people become too dependent on alcohol. They are unable to lead a normal life. When people cannot control their drinking‚ it is considered to be abnormal behavior. Alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control their drinking. “Alcoholism is the dependence or addiction to alcohol” (Marlatt 211). The reason why one person develops alcoholism and another person does not
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age‚ race‚ class‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ sex and disability is rife amongst the employed and unemployed alike‚ unemployment creates further segregation amongst these already stratified people. This essay will look at unemployment from the functional and conflict theory perspective‚ as well how four main institutions (family‚ education‚ government and health) are affected by unemployment. It will also look at Karl Marx and Emile Durkheim and their contribution to sociology and the theory of functionalism
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Domestic Violence against Children Domestic violence is a term that can be easily defined as violence within the house between the partners. To have a domestic violence case‚ it does not need to be physical it can be emotional. According to the domestic violence organization (2009)‚ domestic violence is defined as “Domestic violence and emotional abuse are behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other. Partners may be married or not married; heterosexual‚ gay‚ or lesbian; living
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1. According to statistics on alcoholism and alcohol abuse statistics‚ even though alcohol has been used in a number of diverse ways. a. Throughout history these ways can be called "useful‚" however‚ known thousands of years ago that abusive and excessive drinking led to negative outcomes and adverse alcohol side effects. b. The symptoms associated with this are mostly societal and personal problems. 2. Research studies have shown that teenage alcoholism is correlated to the age at which teens
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