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    central role to enhance victim safety and ensure offender accountability by adopting mandatory prosecution policies in domestic abuse cases (Finn, 2013). Most research has focused on mandatory arrest policies, few studies have evaluated the effects of mandatory prosecution policies. These policies were first used to describe the policies and actions that prosecutors often charged offenders with when evidence of abuse existed, with or without the cooperation or support of the victim. Ford and Regoli

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    likely to come forward than men. There are barriers that are keeping the victims of rape/sexual assaults at bay. According to Pino and Meier (1999) “the underreporting of this crime is the result of a number of reasons that are related to the ways in which rape is perceived and defined”. The general public when hearing about rape/sexual assault assumes that the victim was a woman; when approximately “5% to 10% of rape victims are male” (Sable, Danis, Mauzy, & Gallagher, 2006). Men and women share

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    Introduction of Subject The military has made progress in reducing sexual assault and connecting victims to services. Sexual assault runs against the grain of military standards of service and value, yet it continues to happen. Repercussions for reporting these assaults are creating challenges for our service members, and hindering the progress of their mental and physical care. Continued and expanded efforts are needed to help support survivors and work to prevent sexual violence from occurring

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    cohesion, a mission, advocacy, and a political/social agenda. There were five antecedent movements to the Victims’ Movement beginning with the Civil Rights Movement from 1963-1972. The Civil Rights Movement’s focus was equality between black and white Americans and this mission highly impacted the later victims’ movement as it fought for equality to rights and services of the both the offender and victim. Next, the Anti-War Movement, which took place from 1970 to the present time, focused on protesting

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    It is an approximated that 2.4 million throughout the world are trafficked each year. The countries that traffic humans the most are due to complicated issues. These issues can be "affecting those who are female, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and from marginalized ethnicities" (Golbya, 2015, p. 28). This crime of human trafficking is also more complex than other crimes, because it generally does not account for other circumstances. Other circumstances include, immigrants, runaways, and individuals

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    Human Trafficking Women

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    sometimes men have been kidnapped and all of their rights were taken away from them. Though causes for the people involved are generally the same as the mechanism or the method as to how the victims are inducted into the world of human trafficking, the aftermath or effects that the system has on the victims is different for all. Human trafficking is the exploitation of mostly young girls and women who are forced to complete sexual acts for the entertainment of an abductor and their clients. Women

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    within broward county and the state of florida the above named defendant did commit a battery upon the victim herein identified as antoinette reynolds. Reginald newsome did intentionally touch or strike antoinette reynolds against her will to wit; striking antoinette reynolds with an open hand, which made contact with the left side of the victims face. The above defendant also pushed the victim onto the floor inside the residence. Reynolds had intentionally caused bodily harm to antoinette reynolds

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    When it comes to the victim precipitation theory and the differential association theory is that they have many different similarities and differences that tie them together. The victim precipitation theory was found in 1941 by Von Hentig, it is when someone acts, dresses, or does something that could potentially lead to them being victimized by a criminal. For example lets say a is at a party dressed in a provocative way, she’s been drinking and flirting with a guy. By the end of the night he rapes

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    explore the equality of women to men in the military as well as the hardships differentiated in the military but specifically upon whether or not women are most likely to be the victim rather than men. The Feminist Theory is a way of looking at the social world through the lens of gender inequality. The focus is on male and female power. Feminist theory addresses the roles women have in society and the ongoing battles women face. Most importantly, this way of thinking about the social world focuses on

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    films that receive massive following by both horror and non-horror fans. Coupling the subtle distinction of the characters with the sly humor and thrilling kills, the series commands significant attention. However, the film has arguably failed its female audience and the feminists at large. From the first season, the accounts of patriarchy are spectacularly evident. It is also to note that the film takes a different approach in portraying zombies compared to other relative popular culture shows. As

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