Characteristics of this problem are as follows: unhealthy dependency of the abuser on the victim, the disturbed psychological state of the perpetrator, the frailty, disability or impairment of the victim and isolation of the family. ... Physical and psychological abusers are likely to have a history of psycho-apathy and to be dependent on the victim for financial resources. ... Characteristics of abusers were also discussed in the article. ...

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(Ex: Dildos, vibrators, condoms, etc). .Simulates intercourse with toys, dolls, other children, animals, or adults. .Appears to have little or no age-appropriate distrust of strangers. .Has no sense of physical boundaries, privacy, or modesty when it comes to personal physical space. .Sometimes acts in a promiscuous or flirtatious way that is not age-appropriate. .Uses bribery, coercion, or force in what appears to be otherwise normal sex play with peers of the same age.. .Sexual contact with other children seems to be more adult or mature in nature than age-appropriate. ....

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Although research indicates that among men who drink heavily, there is a higher rate of perpetrating assaults resulting in serious physical injury than exists among other men, the majority of men are not high-level drinkers and the majority of men classified as high-level drinkers do not abuse their partners. ... Through accounts from battered and formerly schoolboys, alcohol violence is now understood to include a range of behaviors - physical, sexual, economic, emotional and psychological abuse. ... In the cases in which battered people report that the level of physical abuse decreases, the...

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Studies have shown that depression is a dominant characteristics for those children who have been abused in their past. ... Both child physical abuse and child sexual abuse have led many people to become substance dependent because they don't know how to cope and how to deal with the things that happened to them. ...

• Word Count: 923
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate