Social workers seek to challenge inequality and disadvantage, promote social justice and advocate for resources and opportunities for individuals, groups and communities (Burke and Harrison, 2009, as cited in Teater, 2010, p.11). ... Social and emotional handicaps are perhaps the most serious long-term consequences of maltreatment. Family and environmental factors High local unemployment rates, intimate partner violence in the home, poverty, social isolation or lack of social support. When investigating, organizations have risk assessment policies and procedures to help social workers assess...

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The social learning theory believes that people are not born with violent tendencies (Gosselin 2010, p.75). ... Many children will see this behavior that they are watching and find that the violent behavior is acceptable and act in the same manner as the television show. Television seems to be a very influential source of modeling behavior which is acceptable since the television shows do not show punishment but instead these people committing the violent crimes in the shows are considered to be hero's or heroine. ... One important aspect of social learning theory is behavior or modeling ...

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A child being abused and feeling neglected can affect the domains of development such as psychological , emotional, behavioral, and social. ... Problems such attachment and interpersonal problems, aggressive behavior, and social conflicts can all be a result of childhood abuse. ... Without any punishment the children can see there parents behavior as acceptable and in some cases that child can feel as they deserved it. Growing up seeing what there parents did was acceptable they can so start to act the same abusive behavior as their caretaker. Resulting in aggressive behavior with others and...

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Agents of social control (eg. police or social workers) may have different perceptions than participants. ... Most of the incidents consist of slaps, pushes, kicks, bites and punches, but there are also incidents of dangerous behavior occurring as well. ... Unless a child kills or maims a parent, it is unlikely that the child's violent behavior will come to public attention. ... Our society has given approval to spanking as an acceptable method of child raising and discipline. ... With the violence the annoying behavior usually stops. ...

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Social media is the way teens stay connected in modern days. ... Anyone that meets an age limit to a specific social media website can make an account, whether it be their real identity or not. ... Bullying, cyberbullying, and related behaviors may fall under a single law or multiple ones. ... Its horrible to think that there are so many kids out there that think it is acceptable to act so harsh towards other people and get away with it. ... It should not be acceptable for someone to do such a thing to another person, even if it isn't face-to-face. ...

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It enforces these aggressive tendencies which tell people it is acceptable to be violent. ... Violence, when used in media against other social groups, is used to dehumanize and rob these groups of the respect that they deserve. ... Violence as a means has become more acceptable as an alternative to resolve issues. ... In the Columbine case, it was basically an easy way for the NRA and the media to make money by catering to the aggression apparent in teenage behavior. ... Instead of going to the movies for social events, one can try other options. ...

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Whether in the form of physical or emotional abuse, violence is never acceptable at any level. ... With programs such as "Stand Up, Speak Up", and "Real Alaskan Men Choose Respect", examples are being set for youth today about what is acceptable in present day relationships, and what isn't acceptable. ... In addition, programs demonstrating appropriate behavior in relationships aren't able to reach those that would greatly benefit from this, because of the remote locations. ... Social workers placed in these small communities would be able to, over time, earn the ...

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When the children arrive to facility it is presumed that they are "deviant" and emotionally unstable therefore, the residence automatically provides each child with a therapist and have behavioral groups in attempts to change behaviors in a way that will be "acceptable" to society. ... The residents that live at Casa must be "supervised" constantly by staff members and volunteers as well as following rules that are strained through social control. ... The readings, by Swan et al and Wagner, showed the significance of exactly how many agencies who claim to be "...

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According to the American Society for the Positive Care of Children, youth in the LGBT community, youth with disabilities, and socially isolated youth are prone to being bullied. ... They knew she would not defend herself making it that much easier to harass her.Because of the bullying he knew his daughter was enduring it's understandable why he would react the way he did but it was not acceptable. ... Supporters are children who are witnesses and often encourage the bully to participate in bullying behaviors without personally taking action against the victim. ...

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Domestic violence could be our nation's number one social problem. ... Their resistance to therapy is often rooted in not wanting to face their behavior or their early family life. ... She may have come from a home that was abusive-which conditioned her to believe that abuse is expected, acceptable, and normal. ... Children often think they are responsible for the abuse, believing they have done something to cause this behavior. ... They can perform poorly in school, may exhibit aggressive behavior, or may be withdrawn and isolated. ...

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The consequences of children living with violence have social effects, as well as individual ones. ... The general performance such as attitudes, social skill, and school performance are often affected negatively. ... They tend to think abuse is acceptable in relationships therefore become abusers. ... Some programs emphasize the development of social problem-solving skills that are often damaged by constant exposure to domestic violence. ... Those that do will only work with batterers who have done extensive work to change their violent behavior ("Health Plus"). ...

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Partner violence occurs in all countries and transcends social, economic, religious, and cultural groups. ... Asking behavioral questions "for example, "Has your partner ever physically forced you to have sex against your will?... Societies often distinguish between just and unjust reasons for violence, as well as between acceptable and unacceptable amounts of aggression. ... Even where culture itself grants men substantial control over female behavior, abusive men generally exceed the norm. ... At the same time, denial and fear of social stigma often prevent women from reaching out for h...

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This section of the report deals with the connection between political and social violence in Palestinian society and the manner in which each of these forms of violence interplays with the other. ... Women's rights promote political, social and economic equality for women in a society that traditionally confers more status and freedom to men. ... They are the result of "culturally inherited" values that are put upon women and are said to be expected behaviors for them to follow but of course it's derived from prevailing patriarchal norms and standards (wclac.org). If women and girls...

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These are large and disturbing numbers that may go well beyond the comfort zone of statistical limitations in terms of its behavioral influence on social structures and adult relationships. ... Purpose of Bullying The purpose of bullying in its adolescent form is for a bully to destroy confidence, abuse normally acceptable social rules of engagement, and instill anxiety, fright, terror, panic, and flight in its victims. ... Higher percentages of teachers regarded bullying-like behaviors (indirect and ambiguous) as bullying than students. ... The concern of many researchers, teachers, and pr...

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They are from all social economic, racial, and ethnic groups. ... Society also suffers the legal and economic burden of arrest, prosecution and imprisonment of abusers and added danger to law enforcement personnel, and the social cost of crime. People who are violent often witnessed or suffered abuse as children, violence is a learned behavior. ... There are many sources of help for troubled, such as hotlines, family and social service, clergy and religious groups, shelters, self-help groups, legal assistance centers, hospitals and mental centers, law enforcement officials and support gro...

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(Los Angeles Times Poll) "Slasher" films further distort reality by sending out the message that sexual violence is normal or acceptable. ... In one study, up to one-third of parents were concerned about possible anti-social behavior (i.e., violence) influenced by these games (Stalking). ... It is estimated that one in twenty women will become targets of stalking behavior at least once during their lifetimes, (Miller, G. and D. ...

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., although a small number of studies have examined the incidence of runaway behavior and the characteristics of the young people involved in it. ... Defining homelessness and runaway behavior and distinguishing between the two is important. ... The most reliable estimates, from Caton's point of view, of the size of the problem of runaway behavior comes from a nationwide study carried out by the Opinion Research Corporation in 1976, consisting of a telephone survey of a probability sample of 62,895 households, of which 13,942 included a youth between the ages of 10 and 17. This survey ...

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" Children are exposed to so much now because of social medias and technology which causes them to encounter such images. ... Women go through a menstrual cycle every month it is nothing out of the "norm" so why has the social media instagram repeatedly removed the image of a women in stained trousers? ... Because they are doing this in public and are showing their breasts it is seen as wrong yet when there are pictures of female breast (that do not show the nipple) in magazines it is socially acceptable. ... Some studies investigate behavioral blame, which concerns the victim&#...

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Bullying can be a wide range of acts of aggressive behavior to another person, but can be something as simple as two students calling each other names. "A considerable body of research has been conducted on traditional bullying, defined as aggressive behavior or intentional ' 'harm doing'' by one person or a group, generally carried out repeatedly and over time, and which involves a power differential.... " (Austin) From these results, it is proven that practically every student will be bullied at some point during their school careers, but even though this issue...

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Cyberbullying is defined as bullying through electronic means, such as instant messaging, through the Internet, on social websites, through text messaging, and through phone calls. ... Cyberbullying is more than just sending a nasty comment on a social site; it can also be in the form of harassment, impersonation, and cyberstalking. ... The Internet has made it easy for someone to create a fake profile on a social media site, like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, pretending to be someone else. ... Cyber stalkers use online chat rooms, email, or social media sites to form a relationship with a ...

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Cyberbullying is defined as bullying through electronic means, such as instant messaging, through the Internet, on social web sites, through text messaging, and through phone calls. ... Cyberbullying is more than just sending a nasty comment on a social site; it can also be in the form of harassment, impersonation, and cyberstalking. ... The Internet has made it easy for someone to create a fake profile on a social media site, like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, pretending to be someone else. ... Cyber stalkers use online chat rooms, email, or social media sites to form a relationship with...

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According to Sue Read, this was simply formal recognition of a factor so all pervading in social life that it has been taken entirely for granted since time immemorial (9). ... In addition, in order to establish a prima facie case, the plaintiff must show that she is in a protected class, that she was subjected to unwelcome behavior based on sex, that her response led to adverse job consequences, and that the employer is liable for the harassment. ... Instead it is the work environment that becomes intimidating, offensive, or hostile because of unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature, or the v...

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Tribunals The EOC has looked at 54 employment tribunal decisions, in sexual harassment cases that were heard between 1998 and 2001, to see what those cases revealed. Successful cases The employee Thirty-four cases were successful. In three of those cases the person making the complaint was male. In most cases the harassment began while the person bringing the complaint had been working for that employer for less than one year, and their work tended to be low paid (e.g carers, shop and factory workers, office staff). Shift work was a factor in a third of cases. ...

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