Domestic violence amongst queer, transgender, and bisexual people is often under searched and under theorized. Awareness from studies on same-sex domestic violence applies to this community, yet some may not include identities that transcend or trouble traditional sex and gender categories. Mainstream domestic violence discussions, interventions, and social services have sidelined queer, trans, and bi populations, along with lesbian and gay populations. Sometimes to a greater degree. Some community
the 1975 National Family Violence Survey, Murray Straus and Richard Gelles of the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hamsphire discovered that women were just as likely as men to report hitting a spouse and men were just as likely as women to report getting hit (worthy of note is that this period coincides with the social movement of feminist in the 1970’s) (Young, 2014). The researcher assumed that the women were
have a number of psychological, physical, medical problems to deal with in the aftermath. Social workers have to help the victims with not just these problems, but also a number of other ones, including ones involving the law, among other things. When people who were trafficked are rescued, they often have a good deal of physical damage that needs repair, whether it is from assault or is caused by sexual acts. Victims of trafficking usually experience exploitation, abuse, poor health and poverty before
Suicide is an issue that affects people of all ages, races, and genders, but it is most common among white males. Suicide not only affects the person that kills themselves, but it also impacts the friends and loved ones that are left behind to deal with the aftermath. Suicide among law enforcement officers has become a major topic in the law enforcement community. Law enforcement is a job that is considered to be at high risk for suicide. Law enforcement officers experience many of the risk factors
Although society has placed sadistic and unnecessary classifications on individuals, some have discovered ways to overcome the status quo through the utilization of education and self-determination. The need to succeed is a common goal among the population. As some struggle to survive they are faced amidst a constant battle with not only themselves, but the pressure and the negative connotation of the world surrounding them. In Sapphire’s novel “Push”, the author uncovers society’s cruel and stereotypical
Abstract Are public schools as responsible as they should be towards students and their violence motives? The following research paper manages the variables behind the marvelous educational instability that has taken after the episode of the violence wave. It attributes such struggles to a number of social, psychological and culture factors. In the first place, the paper shows that the wide instructive holes which have long been normal for public schools since Mubarak’s era, and how it contributed
HMS-201 –Case Management and Substance Abuse Sam Wilkins Luzerne County Community College Abstract Presents a study which described a case-management model for individuals with substance abuse and mental health disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system in the United States (Godley, S. H., & Finch, M. (2000). Case management and Social work has a very strong foundation and has an effective helping strategy that when it is used properly it can build on the clients success and