The first factor is the addiction of drugs. While the nation struggles to bring narcotics use under control, a legacy of adult drug abuse is being etched into the lives of next generation - children who will carry it's scars even if they never smoke a joint, pop a pill or snort a line of cocaine. ... Social workers, psychologists and children themselves say that for many youngsters today, growing up in America means maneuvering through an obstacle course of drugs and drug related activity. ...

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He buys a lot of night clubs, he controls the casino and prostitution ring as well. Lucas is the biggest gang leader, and drug dealer in Harlem. ... The drug business also abuses power, because it leads to destruction and to violence. ... Frank thinks he is very smart and stays away from the drugs. ... Franks downfall occurs when the war ends; he realizes he cannot get his drugs into the U.S anymore. ...

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First off learned helplessness is a condition that is arrived at after degrees of apathy and feelings of a lack of control are increased within a person. ... A person will start feeling depressed and he or she may feel removed from the situation because he or she has no control over it. ... The child will begin to feel that he or she has no control over what happens to him or her, because he or she will begin to learn that the assault is outside their agency of control. ... Drug users, for example, who cannot overcome their addiction by themselves may believe they are going to be drug user...

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The types of violence are defined as follows: Physical abuse, which includes any attempt or actual use of physical force, with the intent to injure, control, hurt or causes the victim to be afraid of the abusive partner. ... Further, leaving an abusive partner doesn't guarantee that the abuse will stop, as many abusive partners continue the abuse and attempt other ways to control their partner. ... These problems can then further result in getting involved with drugs, skipping school, or using violence to solve problems or control situations. ... Outside influences such as alcohol con...

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This is used as ways to achieve power and control over her body and herself. ... The perpetrator wants power and control as labeled in the power and control wheel. ... During the violence, they feel helpless because the perpetrator takes the control and power of the incident. ... Rape and incest victims often go through periods of needing to have sexual control over themselves by acting out in behaviors such as prostitution and promiscuous behavior. ... They want the power and control that they did not get while they were being raped and sexually violated. ...

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Another myth or stereotype about rape, is that most rapes occur on the street, by strangers or by drunken or out of control men. ... Drugs and alcohol can play a large role in the occurrences of rapes and sexual abuses. As statistics show, seventy three percent of the abusers involved in rapes, and fifty three percent of the victims, had used drugs or alcohol to stimulate their minds, before the assault occurred. These acts of drug use help to cause the victims to be disoriented and it prevents them from resisting. ...

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Adolescence is a transitional period of life when emotions, judgment, impulse control, and identity are still developing. In fact, recent discoveries reveal that the brain continues to develop into the early twenties, with the executive functions, such as impulse control, identity, decision making, and morality, developing last. ... Throughout the process of this report I have done a little bit of research on the juveniles being sentenced to the death penalty and a high percentage of juveniles have suffered from all, or a combination of, the following abuses; mental abuse...

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The parents can suffer problems that deal with drugs or alcohol, which may lead to them taking their own problems out on their children. ... Some of he characteristics include; personal charm, a controlled mood, and along with many others (Ronald Holmes). ... Therefore, analytic attention has been focused on control through violence without regard to the relationship of the killer to the social environment (Levin and Fox)....

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Domestic violence is an abuse of power usually perpetrated by men to exercise control over women and children (BWRI 2003). ... Emotional abuse is being continually humiliated and degraded, being intimidated, systematic criticisms and belittling comments, isolated from friends and family, and many other tactics to mentally control the victim (BWRI 2003). ... Children who witness domestic violence may seek comfort in food, sex, or drugs (Ballard 2003). ...

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They are withdrawn, chronic depression, excessive seductiveness, role reversal, overly concerned for siblings, poor self esteem, self devaluation, lack of confidence, peer problems, lack of involvement, massive weight change, suicide attempts (especially adolescents), hysteria, lack of emotional control, inappropriate sex play and premature understanding of sex, threatened by physical contact, closeness, unwilling to change clothes in front of anyone, exhibits fantasy or baby-like behavior, frequent nightmares, high level of unexplained anxiety. ... Pre-teens can revert back to childhood, beco...

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These abuses may be triggered in someone when they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. ... Most people are usually too scared to seek help that help solve their problems of controlling their anger. ...

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This theory suggests that the physiological effects of alcohol include a state of lowered inhibitions in which an individual can no longer control his behavior. ... People with drug-dependent friends and neighbours, however, consistently report that during recovery the abuse not only continues, but often escalates, creating greater levels of danger than existed prior to their partners? ... In the cases in which battered people report that the level of physical abuse decreases, they often report a corresponding increase in other forms of coercive control and abuse-the threats, manipulation and ...

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Homelessness Among the Young: Law Enforcement and Runaway Juveniles. Abstract Throughout my paper, I discussed the question of what it means to be homeless. Several characteristics of this heterogeneous population are mentioned, as well as estimates of the group. Why is it that juveniles are...

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Domestic Violence is power and control. One person has more power and is able to control many of the aspects of the relationship. ... Drugs, alcohol, stress, or battered women provoking her partner do not cause domestic violence. ... Some say that battering is only a momentary loss of temper, but it isn't because battering is the establishment of control and fear in relationship through violence. ... The control most batters have on victim it becomes difficult to find a way to escape the situation. ...

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Most of all acts of domestic violence are involved with alcohol and drugs. ... Economical abuses are dealt with when your spouse allows no access or control over money and forcing you to love without money. ...

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Domestic violence is any emotional, physical or sexual abuse by a family member, often by a partner; this is not a private matter. People who hurt loved ones are not just bad husbands, boyfriends or girlfriends, they are criminals. In other words domestic violence incl...

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A prostitute can make between $200 and $600, depending on her beauty, however, the drugs offered to developing countries for AIDS are far too expensive for these children. ... Torture is used freely in Tibet, mainly as a form of interrogation and of control and punishment. ...

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The final form of emotional abuse is Corrupting, where parents permit alcohol and drug use, watch cruel behavior towards animals, watch pornographic materials and adult acts, and or witness or participate in criminal activities. ... Also, the abuser may have a need to always be in control. ...

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We learn the minor details of their lives--from an early schooling, to first kiss, last divorce, drug problems, hopes and fears.2 Celebrities on their own property are not safe from high-powered lenses, I will discuss what celebrity stalking is, why we should have harsher laws against stalking, and what the difference is between photojournalism and the paparazzi. ... Victims lose a sense of control in their lives and are plagued by self-blame, fear and a lack of self-esteem. ...

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"Abuse is all the physical, emotional, or psychological actions or threats of action that influence power, control, or force over another human being. ... Older boys may start to abuse drugs and alcohol. ...

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Most bullies do what they do for intimidation, power, and control. ... The abuse starts as disciplinary actions to bring the child under control. ... The parent of the child will have certain urges within them that they can't control, so they take it out on the nearest person. ... Popularity is the behaviors or actions of adolescents in a school/social area where they exhibit power control, social astigmatisms, or any other theories to their own beliefs. ...

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Sociobiological theorists would explain that the function of marital violence can be found in the potential purpose of coercive control in marriages which can be viewed as being motivated by the male need to guarantee his paternity by ensuring compliance through power and control (Kashani & Allan, 1998). ... Although this particular theory has been criticized by some researchers, it has been altered to the extent that "learned helplessness does not result immediately from abuse, but as a reaction over time to battered women's realization their partners' violent behavior cannot be con...

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