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    recognized as both a social and legal problem. Policy and lawmakers have been avidly defining the roles of the criminal justice system and communities in responding to domestic violence since its official acknowledgements as a public issue. Male Victims’ Experiences with Domestic Violence Our societal norms in the United States indicate that men are significantly stronger than women, and therefore are the more dominating of the two genders. Because of this, men are more commonly displayed as being

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    Minnesota 2015). Normally, female employees are most likely to be the pity victims of sexual harassment. However, male employees can be the victims too. Appendix 5 shows the snapshot of statistics about sexual harassment in the workplace. For most female today, it is important to get a job in order to be successful and independent women. It is a transformation from past decades. The amount of female employees in the workplace is getting more and more. In Malaysia, female employees consist of

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    Bullying And Bullying

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    how those involved are affected. These factors include the role one plays in the bullying, the method through which the bullying occurs, the gender of the victim, and the level of support the victim receives from family, friends, and the other adults they interact with. This research has demonstrated how complex the relationship between victims of bullying and their fellow peers can be, as well as how damaging this phenomena potentially is on those who experience it. The negative effects of bullying

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    which the bullying occurs, and the gender of the victim. This research has demonstrated how complex the relationship between victims of bullying and their fellow peers can be, as well as how damaging this phenomena is on those who experience it. II. First Theme: The negative effects of bullying extent beyond the individual targeted, leaving a lasting impact on all parties involved. 1. First Point: Though bullying has a significant impact on victim themselves, it also affects the social relationships

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    can help rape victims find a healthy approach to recovery. It is important to provide victims with support, contact numbers, counselors and self help strategies in case they do not follow up with a medical professional. If victims refuse to talk it is important to teach them about therapeutic poetry and journaling which are optimal ways of expressing emotions. Holding in feelings over time can lead to self directed violence, nightmares, trust issues, and changes in relationships. Victims are at risk

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    of all the female victims 39% felt frustrated, 36% felt angry and 25% felt sad about it, the males figures were 27%, 36% and 17% for each of those respective categories. Females seem to show high susceptibility to bullying than males. However, this is hardly surprising since males tend to admit emotional weakness less readily than their female counterparts do. Sociologist Robert Agnew developed the Great Strain Theory, which hypothesizes that victims of bullying can develop problematic emotions

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    Women and children are highly sought out by traffickers for sex trafficking, making them a vulnerable population. With 50,000 people trafficked in the United States each year, and with ninety-six percent of them being females, one wonders what leads traffickers to target such individuals (Schauer & Wheaton, 2006). Are we at risk to being trafficked? In an industry with an annual revenue estimated between $14 million and $20 billion, no one is entirely safe (Rand, 2009). Anyone can be at risk of being

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    lure their victims in using vulnerability and emotions.Human trafficking is dangerous and we need to put an end to it. Body 1 All over the world adults and children are victims of trafficking each year. These victims are in dangerous situations. Every year human trafficking continues to grow and expand every year. It is almost never ending. These victims are tortured and abused and they are being considered slaves. Many women and children

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    Schafer were the three early victimologist that proposed victim typologies that were used to classify victims in terms of their responsibility or their role in their own victimization. According to Von Hentig the victim and criminal are NOT in isolation but rather together. Von Hentig's concept of "Agent provocateurs" says that victims may provoke victimization based on their characteristics. Von Hentig's 13 categories of victims are the young, female, old, immigrants, Depressed, Mentally defective, the

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    perpetrators, male victims, female perpetrators, female victims, marriage victims and marriage perpetrators. Murder-suicide is defined as a homicide that is followed by the suicide of the perpetrator within one week, sometimes a max of two weeks in some cases. The definitions of the variables are as follow. A male perpetrator is a male that has committed the act of homicide on another human being, than in return take his life within a week of the killing. A female perpetrator is a female that has committed

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