Pbs : Breaking The Silence Essay

She talked about her case because she said: “I never want a child to suffer in the way I did. Nobody capable of such violence should be able to adopt a defenseless child.”

situation and weighs the effect on her family. In the end she acts to free

you wonder what is going to happen to her. Also we learn that she only

Astounding statistics reported by the Children’s Defense Fund, “An estimated 3 to 4 million women in the United States are battered each year by their partners, In homes where domestic violence occurs, children are seriously abused or neglected at a rate 1500% higher than the national average in the general population, Between 2.3 and 10 million children are witnesses to family violence, Based on an estimate of 2 children per household, in 55% of violent homes, at least 3.3 million children in the U.S. are at risk of witnessing domestic violence each year,” (Retrieved, 10/12/2011, http://cdf.childrensdefense.org).

1. Why do you think so many people are diagnosed with mental illness in the criminal justice system? Why do you think so many offenders in the criminal justice system suffer from mental illness?

She can go back to her husband and children or she can live a life of solitude like

classes in order to get their children back. The really mind boggling cases are the ones where the

‘Article 3 no torture, Inhuman or degrading treatment’ (liberty-human-rights.org.uk). No one should be tortured, abused, beaten, or treated in a degrading way everyone has a right to be treated as a human without being bullied or treated wrongly for example when you go in a hospital they have signs up to ask you no to abuse them as they are trying to

I thought that Silent Ears, Silent Heart was an excellent book. It really gave you a full prospective of what a family and a person has to go through living a life without being able to hear sound it also helps you realize what someone has to go through that can’t hear what is going on around them. The book starts off with a couple named the Clines there’s Mr. Cline who is Jack who runs his own multimillion dollar business in a glass production. His dream is to have his son at his side and follow in his footsteps and run the family business someday. Then there’s Mrs. Cline who is Margret who is a stay at home wife that is waiting the arrival of their child.

The crime is not in what they did do, but rather what they failed to do. Although they had no hand in the abuse, these women are being tried and convicted for failing to notify the police of the abuse that was occurring. Over twenty five states have specific failure-to-protect laws and nineteen others have more general laws by which a parent can be tried for negligence of a child. For one to be liable for failure to protect, the defendant must have a legal duty to protect the child, the defendant must have notice of abuse, the child was exposed to the abuse, and the defendant failed to prevent said abuse (United States vs Webb). These laws in their conception were gender neutral however in their application, are far from it. Research has shown that women are tried far more than men for failing to protect their children and in many cases, the women themselves are being abused (Apell 1997). While women are tried more, they solely perpetuate about 38% of the child abuse in the country (NIS 4). Although those that commit child abuse, are criminals, there is a problem in criminalizing parents that along with their children were victims of

kids. She doesn’t receive child support from her husband because he lost his job. Other factors that

everyone swears it exists but no one has ever seen it’. Through these examples, and

He has compelled her to submit to laws in the formation of which she has no voice. He has with held from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men-both natives and foreigners.

Even though she is part of the royal family, she is treated as harsh as a commoner. The punishment, which started with death, turned into being locked in a stone cage.

   John Cheever’s "The Enormous Radio" represents the enormous amount of hidden truths in American society of the 1940s. The problems with society during this time were hidden behind a facade of goodness; however, this false innocence becomes visible through the radio owned by the Westcotts. The radio causes the Westcotts to evolve from an innocent, naive pair who believe that everything they see is real, into individuals who realize that appearances are deceiving.