Statistics and rising crime levels indicate young people had left their homes because of the increase in domestic violence, poverty and instability. ... Child line, a non-governmental organization in South Africa held a Children's Art competition where the organisation claims majority of entries showed widespread killings, sexual abuse, beatings, drugs and other related phenomena. ... "The truth of the matter is our children are not safe with anyone teachers, priests, police, or social workers, or even their own parents in their own homes." ... The government is paying close attention...

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Parents normally have it done illegally in the home by poorly trained persons. ... A girl Amanda Bates, 13, died in her home of complications of untreated diabetes, infection was obvious in her toes. ... FYI - in all of the cases that arised - none of the cases held the Church liable, since it does not direct what actions should be taken by individuals in their own lives. ... Although you still find this in old fashioned - religion following homes. ... Sometimes what can be even worse, normally in third world countries, once the parent finds out that the child was in trouble at school - th...

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(Wikipedia) "Institutional Abuse or Neglect is that which occurs in any facility for children, including, but not limited to, group homes, residential or public or private schools, hospitals, detention and treatment facilities, family foster care homes, group day care centers and family day care homes.... CHILD ABUSE – LOCAL STATISTICS (As per the Study on Child Abuse India 2007 by Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India) India is home to almost 19 percent of the world's children. ... The child may be fearful, shy away from touch or appear to be afraid to go hom...

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Many people can appear as just normal, but later go home and abuse their animal for a slight mistake. ... Tim stated, "I believe that one reason may be that some people have experienced violence themselves at home as kids. ... Many people think that animals held in a shelter stay there for a while. ...

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Feminists drew attention to the fact that rape (then conceptualised as sexual intercourse without consent) was a crime committed by men against women, not only in dark back-alleys but in homes, workplaces, and in the context of intimate and family relationships (see Brownmiller 1975). ... This is similar to figures from England and Wales, which reveal that sexual offences account for less than one per cent of all notifiable offences (violence against the person, burglary, robbery, theft, motor vehicle theft and criminal damage) (Home Office 1998, p. 29). ...

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Yet, as the public looks toward improving the lives of the elderly, abuse and neglect of elders living in their own homes have gone largely unidentified and unnoticed. ... Elders living in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, or other institutional or group facilities were not included in the study. ... Its findings confirm some commonly held theories about elder abuse and neglect, notably that officially reported cases of abuse are only the "tip of the iceberg," or a partial measure of a much larger, unidentified problem. ...

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The Violence Against Women Survey held in 1993 focused upon four central variables in order to reveal weaknesses that lie in previous studies. ... The VAWS avoids the problem of situating abuse only in the context of settling disputes in conflict situations by asking respondents straight out whether or not they have experienced any violence in their home and by acknowledging the existence in many different types of families. ... Routine Activity theorists believe that adolescents and young adults are at a higher risk of becoming victimized due to the large amount of time spent in peer group ac...

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The Violence Against Women Survey held in 1993 focused upon four central variables in order to reveal weaknesses that lie in previous studies. ... The VAWS avoids the problem of situating abuse only in the context of settling disputes in conflict situations by asking respondents straight out whether or not they have experienced any violence in their home and by acknowledging the existence in many different types of families. ... Routine Activity theorists believe that adolescents and young adults are at a higher risk of becoming victimized due to the large amount of time spent in peer group ac...

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Domestic violence against women is widespread phenomenon that has affected the lives and health of women's mental and physical health. Domestic violence can be sexual violence between couples such as rape or incest. One out of every three female homicide victims is killed by their husbands or boyf...

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Home Office figures state that "of men born in England and Wales in 1953, 7 in 1000 have a conviction of sexual offences against a child, by age 40- (One in Four website, 2003). ... "The issue of the sexual abuse of children appears to have touched a nerve in the sport establishment because it both challenges long held assumptions about the moral goodness of sport and attempts to empower children through affording them legal and social rights- (Brackenridge, 2001: 10). ...

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