Jamie Kichler Freshman Composition December 1‚ 2012 Bastard Out of Carolina: Child Abuse At least 3.3 million reports of child abuse are made every year involving more than 6 million children (sometime multiple children in a report). Every ten seconds‚ there is a new report of child abuse in America (Childhelp). It has been a controversial issue as to what punishment should be brought to those who know of a child being abused‚ but does not report it. To carry knowledge of a child being
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February 28‚ 2013 Informative Essay Animal Abuse When I was younger‚ I was riding around on my four-wheeler with my friend and found a dead dog. I asked why it was tied to the center-block and what happened to it‚ my friend told me some people had took it down here and shot it because he wasn’t a good enough hunting dog. Was that any reason to shoot it? There are a lot of ways to abuse animals; neglect‚ abandoning‚ starving‚ chaining them up‚ shooting them‚ and making them fight each other.
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Parental Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Temple University Harrisburg Introduction Parental substance abuse and the welfare of children have become a growing epidemic in society today. Thousands of families are facing struggles with addiction which can lead to the interruption of cognitive development and mental growth of their young children. It has been found that “more than 8.3 million children younger than 18 years (11.9%) lived with at least one parent who was dependent on or abused
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Animal abuse Thesis: Animal abuse usually happens when the owner is going through emotional issues I: Animal cruelty is widely known and one of the most committed cases A. Animal cruelty can be beating a animal or refusing to take care or the animal B. Animal cruelty usually happens with teenage males who grew up in a abusive home. II: Most serial killers in America start off by abusing or killing pets or growing up in a abusive home A. If people can stop this abuse it can reduce the
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Hezeng Wang Social Problems Discussion 1 Oct 3rd 2013 Drug Abuse In nowadays‚ drugs become more and more familiar to people. In fact‚ drugs actually are good to human beings. They can be used to help and lessen pain. However‚ drugs abuse has become an important social problem. According to the textbook‚ there are so many drugs in the United States‚ such as marijuana‚ cocaine‚ nicotine‚ heroin‚ alcohol‚ and so forth. According to a survey‚ more than 12.8 million Americans‚ about six
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Burnes (1906) explains that elderly abuse or neglect refer to an intentional act which is physical‚ sexual‚ emotional‚ financial abuse‚ or neglect‚ occurring in a relationship of trust. Researchers‚ and clinicians recognize elder mistreatment is a big problem associated with major consequences‚ including shortened survival‚ and societal costs. It is important to understand the signs‚ types‚ and prevention of elderly abuse or neglect. As elders become weaker and weaker‚ they lose their ability to
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Seniors: Protect Yourselves As a senior‚ I am likely to be vulnerable to senior abuse. Senior abuse is a term given to the act of committing harm or distress towards seniors. An abuser can be a spouse‚ partner‚ relative‚ friend‚ neighbor‚ or any other individual. Investigations have shown that preying on seniors has doubled in the past five years. Seniors need to be watchful and take steps to protect themselves from unsavory characters. Seniors should be cautious when communicating with strangers
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Assignment Questions Part I: Beginning the Activity 1. Choose an activity such as walking‚ running‚ aerobics‚ soccer‚ basketball‚ or rollerblading. What exercise activity will you participate in? Kickboxing 2. Why is the warm-up phase of your training program important? Because‚ fighting is a forever contact sport and the human being is not made to fight that kind of length regularly so proper stretching and warm- ups is good because if your tight you won’t perform as good as you would
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Alcohol Abuse By: Rian Geraldine S. Alberto Alcohol • • • • Alcohol is a drink containing ethanol It is a lipid that is highly water soluble A psychoactive drug that has a depressant effect. Distribution: Ethanol is distributed equally in all body tissue according to water content. • Metabolism: A healthy body can metabolize 15ml of alcohol/hour • Alcohol is metabolized by the liver but 10% is excreted unchanged in the breath‚ sweat and the urine Metabolism of alcohol Alcohol Aldehyde
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Harm and Abuse SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT - THE GREEN FAMILY Assessor – Muriel Stirling Student Name: Emma Byfield ID No: EC1312830 WORD COUNT: HNC SOCIAL CARE DH3P 34 PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS FROM POSSIBLE HARM AND ABUSE MARKING SCHEDULE STUDENT Emma Byfield TUTOR Muriel Stirling SATISFACTORY REMEDIATION 1 Recognised definition of abuse Explanation showing understanding Explanation of value base for this area of work 2 Identified 6 main categories of abuse please
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