However several studies have identified youth under age 13, including some as young as 9. ... Many homeless adolescents report histories of neglect and physical and sexual abuse. ... It is common for homeless children's histories to include multiple family disruptions and institutional interventions (Salamon). Studies report that many respondents have extensive histories of contact with public social service systems, including placements in foster care and other residential programs, many of which occurred at young ages. For example, clients of 11 youth shelters reported extensive hi...

• Word Count: 3188
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To understand the process of assimilation a person must understand history and it affects colonization on native culture. The residential school system has a history that predates Confederation (the first school was established in 1863 by the Roman Catholics at St. ... Another important date and one of the first significant dates in the history of residential schools was from 1842 The year the "Bagot Commission Report advised the government of Upper Canada that Aboriginal's ought to acquire "industry and knowledge," to become valuable members of society. ... The Davin Report of 1879 ...

• Word Count: 3568
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Within these same studies, about 9 per cent are victims, and 7 per cent bully others on a regular basis. ... Some studies have examined specific bullying encountered by ethnic minority children. ... When a student is bullied the assault typically is directed at some personal characteristic (such as, weight, hair, glasses, etc.), racial name-calling is an assault on every level: the victim's physical person to their personality, family, social world, religion, history, and culture (Eslea and Mukhtar, 2000). Eslea and Mukhtar of the University of Central Lancashire conducted a study in B...

• Word Count: 2520
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Don grabbed her by the hair and jerked her out of bed. By this time his verbal accusations had moved from her behavior at the party to the incompetence as a wife and mother. Although Molly knew this was going to get bad, she had neither the energy nor the ability to resist physically or get away. Wh...

• Word Count: 5197
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Studies have shown that victims can be anyone from infants to people in their 80's; people of color, lesbians, gays, people with disabilities, and persons from every racial, ethnic, religious, economic and social background. ...

• Word Count: 7108
• Approx Pages: 28
• Grade Level: High School