A Report On Stockholm Syndrome

Children are forced to forfeit their homes, their safety, their public and self-image, and their primary source of comfort and affection (Bernstein 2005). A national survey found that almost 70% of children when present when their parent was arrested (Bernstein 2005). Researcher Christina Jose Kamfner interviewed children who had witnessed their mother’s arrest and found that many suffered from post-traumatic stress symptoms; they could not concentrate or sleep and had flashbacks of the arrest (Bernstein 2005). The majority of the children at the scene of an arrest are taken away in a police car which is more intimidating than to say if they were taken away in a child welfare worker’s car (Bernstein 2005). Many of these children (is no other family is available) are shuffled around in the course of an arrest; the hospital for physical examinations first, then the police station for appropriate , “paperwork,” then to a juvenile detention center and lastly, they are deposited at a foster home (Bernstein 2005). Anyone can vouch that the process of what to do after the arrest is clearly a traumatizing one at that. After the arrest, children wait anxiously for the level of the sentence that their parent has to face. In most cases, children are unaware of why their parent is being sentenced because they were unaware that their parent was involved in the crime. Carl, for example, only remembered

Mary Rowlandson did not suffer from Stockholm syndrome. Although true she displayed symptoms that could be interpreted in such a way to convince one she truly suffered from the disease. However the symptoms displayed by Mrs. Rowlandson also can be associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

A child being kidnapped is a parent’s worst nightmare. This happens to thousands of parents each year. For this, we have a system called, AMBER (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response). This system has been around for almost twenty one years, saving hundreds of lives.

There have been over 60,000 reported abductions worldwide. In most cases, the victims are returned but don’t remember a thing. And in some, the victims are lost forever. The story I’m about to tell you is one of the most bizarre ones ever recorded. So bizarre that it took more than ten years to be able

After the released from abduction, it is almost as hard to re-inter the world as it was being a victim. Survivors are faced with the media, the excess freedom and the added stress of “getting back to normal”. Families need to give emotional support,

Within the United States, child maltreatment is becoming more and more commonly reported as there is over 3 million reports each year. Due to the constant increase of child maltreatment reports, society has become more aware of the issue, which has led to awareness campaigns. (Payne, 87). Even with societies’ knowledge of such abuse there are still serval child maltreatment cases that are not reported. The children that are victims of maltreatment pertains any sort of harm to the child whether it is by injury, neglect, physical, emotional, or even sexual abuse by someone who holds a major role in the child’s life, a parent or guardian figure (“What is Child Abuse”).

Phillis Wheatley was a slave from West Africa who was kidnapped by human traffickers and brought to Boston at the young age of seven. Later she became the servant of Susanna Wheatley. Being a house slave meant that Wheatley was exposed to western ideology like the bible which caused her to leave paganism and become a born again Christian. Phillis truly did believe that the bible was a guide for life like the revolutionaries did. It could reasoned that she could have chronic Stockholm syndrome because she says “Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, May be refin’d, and join th’ angelic train”( Wheatly,55) though her race are the evil seeds of Cain, the first murderer in bible. She thought black people could be saved if they believe in

This documentary caught my attention right from the opening lines. People, in general, do not like to admit when they are wrong, so when the narrator began by claiming that the entire set of beliefs he had grown up with and lived his life by were wrong and “untrue” it made me stop and consider how that would affect a person. To have your entire way of thinking be proven invalid would be an unsettling situation to put it simply. I could not begin to imagine how that would feel, but I tried to keep this thought in mind as I continued with the rest of the documentary as it explored complex ideas involving education, employment, and obedience.

The current problem is the continued rise in child abuse and neglect today. Within the United States, the problem of child abuse and neglect is far much common than most people would like to admit. Sanchez (2012) stated that child maltreatment is a global epidemic and a major social problem in the United States resulting in at least 740, 000 visits to hospital emergency departments and more than $124 in child welfare, criminal justice, and health care. Norman, Byambaa, De, Butchart, Scott, and Vos (2012) also observed that child abuse and neglect is a global problem that is mostly perpetrated by parental guardians and parents. Sexual abuse is the infringement of a child’s

According to Child Rescue Network, over 2,100 child abduction cases are reported each day in the United States. This amounts to a total of 766, 500 cases in a single year and in over 50% of the cases, the child kidnaped, shows signs of sexual abuse from their perpetrators when they are rescued. In 1991, an 11 year-old girl, Jaycee Dugard, happened to be one of these 2,100 cases. Phillip and Nancy Garrido stole Jaycee from her California home and kept her as a prisoner. While many thought it would be a short case, Jaycee’s case lasted for 18 years. Jaycee’s also showed multiple signs of sexual abuse when she was finally able to travel back home. At age 14, she gave birth to Phillip’s daughter, and in 3 more years, birthed his second daughter.

disorder as a result of the abuse that took place.’ ("Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division," 2013, para 3). This crisis he faced led to a failure of coping mechanisms including: abusing alcohol, being haunted by feelings of abandonment by their parents through Stockholm Syndrome (Fontaine, 2010, pg. 132), social anxiety, and his inferiority complex.

Reports suggest that majority of young sex trafficking victims are either currently in foster care or have been involved with the child welfare system in the past. In 2013, 60 percent of the child sex trafficking victims recovered as part of a FBI nationwide raid from over 70 cities were children from foster care or group homes. (Saar) Children in foster care often feel as though no one cares for them- many see themselves as only a paycheck for their foster parents. These children crave attention and stability and can be easily seduced by sex traffickers. Furthermore, traffickers will even send one of their girls into group homes to find victims, urging them to come with them by saying that they will have a “family” and financial stability. (Saar) In summary, the current child welfare system makes children feel worthless and in need of stability, making them a much larger target for sex trafficking than non foster care children. Secondly, victims of human trafficking experience emotional and physical suffering that can last a lifetime. Trafficked men, women and children are usually taken to brothels, escort

The majority of abductions are caused by the children’s family members. More than 200,000 children are taken by their family members. 58,000 additional children are taken by non-family members. The primary motive is sexually related. Only 115 reported abductions had the strangers abducted and killed the children. Many people are aware of their neighborhood registered sex offenders. It is portrayed that registered sex offenders are the primary abductors. This assumption is wrong according to statistics. Registered sex offenders are the lesser part of the problem of child abductions. In 2009, of the child abduction cases less than 2 percent of these cases was the abductor a registered sex offender. In 2010, registered sex offenders being the abductor has dropped to 1 percent in child abduction cases. Some type of sexual abuse is involved in many child abductions. A kidnapping for a child is both physically and emotionally harmful. The first few hours of an abduction are most dangerous for the abductees. 9 out of 10 times the children are killed within the time of 24 hours. ½ are murdered within the hour of the abduction. ⅔ are

The kidnapping could have been avoided if they simply had ignored the strangers or run back to their parents. These days Kidnappers will try whatever it takes to kidnap a child. From puppies to ice cream trucks or even convincing the kids with lies about being family friends. A decrease in kidnapping can occur only if the kids are properly educated the true dangers of talking to people they don’t

Imagine being 6 or 7 years old and being ripped from your mothers grip as some stranger takes you to a different unfamilar place. There are two major types of kidnapping stranger and parental. Today every 40 seconds in the