My client, Pat Solatano, Jr. is a white, heterosexual, cisgender male estimated to be in his mid-thirties, living in the Philadelphia area with his parents. He formerly worked as a substitute teacher, but is now unemployed. Pat has been recently discharged from Baltimore Psychiatric Hospital following an 8-month court-ordered stay for assault. The assault occurred when he found his now-ex-wife having an affair with a fellow teacher at the school where both Pat and his wife taught. Upon discovering them together in the act with his "wedding song" playing in the background, Pat brutally beat the man. A week before this incident, Pat called the police to report that his wife was "plotting against him" by embezzling money from the high school
The name of my prisoner is Marshall Perkins, he is 59 years old. Marshall Perkins was born on March 2, 1886 in Higginsville, Lafayette County. He was arrested by Kansas City Police Department, under charge of investigation for statutory rape. He was charged by the Sheriff’s Office in Jackson County, Kansas City with statutory rape and habitual criminal act. Convicted of raping a young white female, about 13 years of age, girl (Gladys Jeffries) was returning home around 11 p.m. after seeing a show at Vista Theater, Kansas City with another female (friend).
Dr. Arlett Seijo Perez has been working in a pharmacy since she was 18 years old, first as a pharmacy technician, and then for the last 35 years she has been working as a valuable pharmacist. While working as a technician, with the help and guidance of Michael Escudero, which at that time was her manager, she decided to apply to pharmacy school. She graduated from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) where she earned her degree as a Doctor of Pharmacy (pharm D) . For the first 20 years after she graduated she worked in CVS Pharmacy, a job she loved since she was always passionate about helping patients and having the interaction of pharmacist to patients. After several years, she decided to look for other options, to experience a different
The service user I chose to assess is a 17-year-old Hispanic male whose modified name is Ricardo Sanchez. I provided casework services to Ricardo for two years in my previous role as a Therapeutic Caseworker at my current workplace, the Children’s Village, a foster care agency. Ricardo was placed in foster care after he was removed from his father’s care due to verbal and physical abuse. Ricardo’s father assumed his custody after Ricardo’s mother passed over a drug overdose when he was 15. This was Ricardo’s second time in foster care. Ricardo’s first foster care experience happened when he was 10 years-old as a result of alleged physical abuse by his mother, who at the time had full custody of Ricardo. The report was made by Ricardo’s third grade teacher after noticing bruises on Ricardo’s arms. At the time, Ricardo was only in foster care for two months as
The intervention that was implemented was the invitation for the father to participate in the therapeutic sessions with his son and ex-wife. I explained the client’s recent behavior and the subsequent admittance to my agency. I clarified that the client’s behavior worsens after their divorce which is evidenced by the increased disciplinary infractions he received at school. The client also became more combatant and argumentative with his mother and siblings as reported by them. I proposed the idea of meeting for a family therapy session to uncover the cognitive reasons behind the
A YWCA of Richmond counselor contacted DSVRC advocate requesting assistance with a client who sought a preliminary protective order in the General District Courthouse and had an upcoming permanent protective order hearing. Advocate became in contact with client, Ms. Z was a 22year old African American female whose abuser was her ex-boyfriend, whom she had no children with and did not cohabitate with. Ms. Z ended the relationship a few weeks ago due to physical violence within the relationship, her abuser began stalking her and threatening her through third parties. Speaking with Ms. Z she stated that the judge who heard her preliminary hearing advised her that she was unlikely to obtain a permanent order due to lack of evidence. Ms. Z stated
Defendants, RICHARD DIAZ and CHARLES LOGAN, by and through undersigned counsel and pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, move for Summary Judgment on Defendant’s liability under a civil action using 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Defendants, former correctional officers, engaged in nonconsensual sexual conduct with Plaintiff, an inmate, depriving her of her right under the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution to remain free from cruel and unusual punishment. In further support of this Summary Judgment requesting that Plaintiff’s request for relief be denied, the Defendants respectfully refer the Court to this Memorandum. As grounds therefore, Defendants state the following:
Mr. Max Rios, a 35-year old divorced male, who has been incarcerated at the Cook County Department of Corrections for several months, has been waiting for his trial. As the Cook County Jail is primarily for holding pre-trial detainees, he was recommended by the local criminal justice system for a psychological evaluation before his trial due to numerous encounters with the law. Before the psychological evaluation was performed, Mr. Rios’s medical and juvenile/adult criminal records were requested to be examined along with a meeting with his ex-wife, former employer and parents. According to his medical records, Mr. Rios shows a history of anxiety along with episodes of depression also. As for his criminal record and a background check, it showed a history of problems with the legal system regarding extortion, aggravated assaults, identity theft, money laundering and numerous arrests for minor misconduct offenses along with a string of civil suits as well.
Your client is a young man who has been the victim of a violent crime and as a result has become estranged from his family and is currently living in a shelter.
This paper will go in detail about a conducted in-person interview on a victim advocate named Christine Heer. Christine has a Master’s degree in Social work (MSW), including a Juris Doctor degree (JD). In addition, she is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Domestic Violence Specialist (DVS). Christine earned her education at Rutgers University and has been practicing social work for as long as 27 years and is still going strong. She is also part of the NASW Ethics committee. Christine’s work mainly involves with victim assistance services that specializes in family law, collaborative law, mediation, mental health, education and therapy. As of now, she is teaching at Rutgers Continuing Education and the Victim Assistance Academy.
As described earlier, Mrs. Lentz is responsible for numerous functions with the primary task and goal to assist victims of domestic violence. When I contacted Mrs. Lentz and inquired if there were 20 hours of service of volunteer work that I could provide to her, she immediately said, “Of course.” Mrs. Lenz has been employed as a family violence advocate for the City of Kirkland since 2007. She stated that her main roles as an advocate were to inform victims of court proceedings, provide outside resources, and educate victims about domestic violence. In her legal roles, Christelle assists with protecting the victims’ rights in the criminal justice system (FIND QUOTE) and helps them with obtaining court
Working with victims of domestic violence can be an extremely rewarding and fulfilling endeavor. One of the most crucial aspects for a paralegal working with victim of domestic violence is adequately engaging in the task of educating oneself to understand the commonalities of such victims and the ordeals that they have been through. Such clients are drastically different from other individuals who have suffered other physical and violent crimes. Understanding the background of someone who has lived through domestic violence is absolutely central to being able to provide adequate and sensitive legal care. Most victims of domestic violence are women (95%) though domestic violence can have an impact on ever age, class, race, ethnic, cultural or religious group (purplerainfoundation, 2012). "In the United States, nearly one in three adult women experience at least one physical assault by a partner during adulthood (American Psychological Association, Presidential Task Force on Violence and the Family 1996 Report)" (purplerainfoundation, 2012). These women are often terrified of their partner's temper, apologize when they are abused and often in the most extremely controlling and isolated environment where the abusive partner will control who the partner sees and where the partner goes outside of the home, jealous of outside relationships (purplerainfoundation, 2012). In these abusive relationships the women are hit,
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. (n.d.). Retrieved April 24, 2016, from http://www.ncjfcj.org/our-work/domestic-violence
Cases where the alleged abusers are affluent create specific obstacles for their victims, experts say. The batterer —typically a man, though not always —is often someone well-known in the community. He has the financial means to hire pricey attorneys and private investigators. And his lawyers are well-versed in the intricacies of the judicial system and can easily win continuances and drag cases on for
As we read through the case of Robin Henderson, we can easily understand that this woman had a rough childhood where both parents were abusive against her, both mentally and physically. Various methods of abuse from her family members led Robin’s psychical health to a few disorders, like dependency on alcohol and bulimia nervosa. Together with these disorders she had a suicidal mind and urge for hurting herself. Numerous instances of suicidal gestures and self-inflicting multiple cuts and burns made Robin’s consider her being “too dangerous” to public and herself. Hopefully, her family and husband were supportive and wanted Robin to get well as soon as possible, so Robin’s husband accompanied her to her first meeting
Client’s parents were never married and ended their relationship when her mother was still pregnant with her. The client has 6 siblings. She has not had contact with her father and does not know where he is located. Her mother has refused to discuss him with her. Her mother has had several different live-in boyfriends. Client and her siblings have been in foster care on