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    A place where they can find counseling, a place that offers legal assistance with divorce and child custody also with getting orders of protection, a place that victims and survivors can feel safe, a place they can call home for as long as needed. We at Stop the Violence You Are Not Alone-CCMG want to raise awareness about Domestic Violence. Furthermore, we want to help women and children across the Chicago area with a goal of expanding nationwide.(lets start nationwide…) As a Domestic Violence

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    Investigator Stockwell stated in September, 2015 an allegation of sexual abuse was reported by the victim. Investigator Stockwell stated reports of sexual abuse were made against the child’s step father. The reporter stated a case was open by law enforcement and DHS at that time and the child was placed in her grandmother’s care; Mr. Adams was instructed that he should not have contact with the victim. According to the reporter, on 12/13/15 a call was made to law enforcement to report the child’s

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    The party that is at fault is also known as the primary aggressor (Strnad). The primary aggressor is basically the person who is escalating the dispute. They are also the ones who are responsible for causing bodily injury and damage. Any form of physical and

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    The novel of Wuthering Heights involves passion, romance, and turmoil but most significantly carries cruelty as an overarching theme. Cruelty is apparent throughout the work most importantly when dealing with relationships between Heathcliff and Hindley, Heathcliff and Hareton, and even the emotional cruelty between Heathcliff and Catherine. The relationship between Heathcliff and Hindley revealed and developed the abusive nature of Heathcliff. Heathcliff was taken in as a young boy into a wealthy

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    within the community so they have resources when they are in need of help. Metro Nashville Police Department offers the Domestic Violence Section to help individuals who may be experiencing domestic abuse. They provide a number of options on their website that can help with any type of domestic abuse including: teen violence and domestic violence in the work place. Domestic Violence Program The Metro Nashville Police Department offers a domestic violence counseling classroom every Thursday from 5:30-

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    Abuse is when you treat someone with cruelty or violently regularly or repeatedly. In the story Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese abuse is one of the main themes. In the novel, Saul is hurt physically and mentally due to racial abuse and this leads him to abuse alcohol. Saul is hurt physically and mentally due to the racial abuse he experiences in the school. The first piece of evidence was when the author states, “ They took me to St.Jerome’s Indian Residential School… St.Jerome’s took all the light

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    Unit 6 DB 1 Introduction For this assignment we were asked to read two articles and describe the theses or hypotheses that would guide our research. This learner chose to use the following articles for this purposes which are Hackett 's 2011 article, "Domestic Violence Against Women: Statistical Analysis of Crimes Across India, and Hunter and Graham-Bermann 's 2013 article, "Intimate Partner Violence and Child Adjustment: Moderation by Father Contact?". Domestic Violence Against Women: Statistical

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    “Child Sexual Abuse" a 17.2% of people are physically abused and 8.4% of people are sexually abused (“Child Sexual Abuse”). Michael Petit, who “served as the state of Maine's human services commissioner, and as deputy of the Child Welfare League of America” stated, “Over the past 10 years, more than 20,000 American children are believed to have been killed in their own homes by family member” (Petit). Abusing a child, can make it difficult for a child to speak up and trust others. Child abuse, lets learn

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    Dear ladies and gentlemen of the Human Services Committee, My name is Brittany McClary and I am here on behalf of the Advocates for Victims of Human Trafficking Non-profit Organization. This organization is located here in Baltimore, Maryland, and stands to combat human trafficking through prevention awareness, advocacy, and by assisting victims with resources and services. First and foremost I’d like to thank the committee for the honor to give my testimony today and for considering human trafficking

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    Should one punish their child by the use of spanking to correct their child’s wrong behavior? Is it morally correct to punish a child in this manor? Punishment takes place universally, meaning it happens in places all over the world. Punishment is characterized as a type of training that is often used to correct a child from repeating the act of doing something wrong beyond the first action of the wrongdoing. There are many forms and types of punishment that parents may chose to use on their child

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