But what if that baby was only shaken once and the baby seemed normal? What if that "normal child- was now going to be a criminal for the rest of its life due to an undetected brain injury? ... When a criminal has suffered from a severe head injury, the cognitive deficits, as mentioned prior, may make the individual incapable of going through their day-to-day routines like those of any "normal- individual. ...

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This routine was pretty consistent so, of course, I was expecting a regular school day. ... Chapman also states that peoples" rights under normal conditions must be overlooked when the circumstances arise in the time of a crisis (Chapman Online). ...

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In Manteca, California, two young boys murdered a disabled man by violently kicking, stabbing, beating and finally choking him. When being questioned by the police as to why the boys poured salt in the dying mans wounds, one of the boys responded, "Oh I don't know. I just seen it on TV- (Levine, 1996, 71). Instances like this are all too common in today's society. Violence on television is overwhelming and the negative affect it has on viewers is frightening. ...

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Teen Violence Teen violence has not always been as prevalent in society as it is today. However, teen violence is a serious and rapidly growing problem in America. From the horrible incident that occurred at Columbine High School in Colorado, to the everyday incidents of youth violence, it is a...

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Joel appears angry, grunts, cannot hold eye contact and presents with quiet anti social behaviour, I would ask Holly if this was normal behaviour for Joel. ... This could also cause a disturbance with Connie's feeding and sleeping routine. ...

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Exposure to trauma, especially violence in the family, interferes with a child's normal growth of trust and later investigative behaviors, which leads to the development of independence. ... Some health care institutions have routine screening for domestic violence and offer specialized domestic violence services in-house, such as safety planning and support groups for battered women or therapeutic interventions for the children. ...

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From the late 1980s, research on gender, crime and social issues, has hugely focused on the study of masculinity, and how there has become a correlation between masculinity and violence. Feminists have researched extensively on all types associated with gender, including gay and lesbian, thus acting towards the literature on masculinity slowly increasing within the past 20 years due to the pressure from feminist works. In this essay, I will begin by reviewing theories on masculinity, and evaluating why such ideas create the assumption that violence appears to be associated with masculinity. I ...

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The female is, as it were, a mutilated a sort of natural deficiency. It is not appropriate in a female character to be manly or clever. The male is by nature superior and the female inferior." Introduction Domestic violence has been present in our society and an accepted practice of many cultures for hundreds of years. Up until the late 1800's, a man in this country had the right to chastise his wife until the practice was declared illegal in two states (Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence Manual, p. ...

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