1) The setting of Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman is in Lara Kelly's small neighborhood along with many more characters. It takes place in modern times, with internet and Facebook. As of social condition, it's very poor, everyone is arguing with each other and Lara isn't mentally stable. An old fri...
Violence against women is a critical public health concern, that has both devastating physical and emotional abuse for all involved. Many women are abused mentally, physically, and sexually by partners and strangers. Domestic violence during the last twenty years has been acknowledged as a huge grow...
Child abuse includes assaults in any of many areas-- physical, sexual, or emotional-- and may be acts of commission (abuse) or omission (neglect) (Zigler, 1989). Child maltreatment and neglect includes a variety of intentional actions or lack of actions by a parent or caregiver that causes harm to ...
Domestic violence and abuse can happen to anyone, but sadly it is often overlooked, excused, or denied. Most define abuse as physical, but it can also be psychological. Emotional abuse can cause just as much, if not more damage. It is difficult to understand why some chose to live in fear of the per...
This is interesting to note because it would seem to indicate that, if these individuals were willing to take on the responsibility of caring for strangers, it was proof that there were many people who did care about the welfare of children. ...
