This authoritative one-stop resource helps readers understand the problem of sexual assault in the United States, including societal factors, notorious cases, laws and practices, victim advocacy and reform efforts, and keys to recovery.
Treating Children with Sexually Abusive Behavior Problems: Guidelines for Child and Parent Intervention is a unique, pioneering venture in the area of sexual abuse.
Durante los gobiernos de Luis Echeverría (1970-1976) y José López Portillo (1976-1982), sistemáticamente se negó que en México hubiera existido una estrategia para eliminar a un sector de la disidencia política, principalmente los grupos guerrilleros, y se construyó la imagen de México como un caso excepcional, que no había formado parte de esa gran familia latinoamericana de regímenes autoritarios y dictatoriales, esta narrativa se mantuvo casi intacta durante los gobiernos subsecuentes.
In 12 Biblical Studies on Equality of Man and WomanThis little book on the abuse of Christian women in India and the remedy, which lies in understanding and promoting the true biblical and God given relationship of woman and man, deserves our careful attention.
A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2025This two-volume encyclopedia surveys all aspects of violence and abuse in domestic/family environments, including specific types of abuse, laws and legal issues, and the impacts of abuse.
In this comprehensive three-volume set, experts from around the globe provide an understanding of child abuse knowledge and healing, detailing current therapeutic practices and policy issues.
This volume discusses and reviews the current knowledge in the concept and management of activity groups designed for borderline patients, who are defines as those with "e;self-destructive and maladaptive interpersonal relations.
Kohli offers a comprehensive overview of what is known about the resettlement of young asylum-seekers, answering social work practitioners' need for a fuller understanding.
While many books explore such specific issues as gun violence, arson, murder, and crime prevention, this encyclopedia serves as a one-stop resource for exploring the history, societal factors, and current dimensions of violence in America in all its forms.
This book examines the contemporary one-size-fits-all model of treatment for sexual offenders and challenges the confrontational approach to working with this group.
This ground-breaking text offers a comprehensive and penetrating account of how social developmental perspectives and attachment theory can illuminate practice in the field of child protection and family support.
Using the tools of sociological theory, Robert Brenneman seeks to discover why a pot-smoking, gun-wielding "e;homie"e; gang member would want to trade in la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical hermano (brother in Christ) - and to what extent this strategy works for the many youth who have tried it.
Prior research has tended to mirror popular representations of the female sex worker as a morally flawed individual and a victim of circumstances beyond her control.
People with intellectual disabilities are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse, and offering them psychological support at the earliest possible moment greatly increases their ability to cope with the event and return to daily life.
Violence against women is a pervasive problem in society and responding appropriately to those who experience it and those who perpetrate it is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professions today.
This book offers a multidisciplinary environmental approach to ethics in response to the contemporary challenge of climate change caused by globalized economics and consumption.
This book explores the subjects of child sex abuse, flaws in the justice system, cultural support for vigilantism, prison violence, and the socio-legal philosophy of punishment.
Prior to the implementation of the Equal Opportunity program in the 1960s, most New Brunswickers, many of them Francophone, lived with limited access to welfare, education, and health services.
Major developments in the field since the publication of Learning Forensic Assessment are integrated in this revised edition, including revised editions of the DSM-5, HCR-20 scale, and child custody guidelines.
Internationally recognized as the gold standard in providing services to children with special needs and their family members, family-centred practice has developed substantially over the past two decades.
Using historical and current examples from film, television, literature, advertisements, and music, this book reveals the ways that rape and abuse are typically presented-and misrepresented-and evaluates the impact of these depictions on consumers.
Eine Begegnung mit einem Land, das drauf und dran ist, im Mord und Terror der verschiedenen Drogenbarone und -kartelle zu versinken und sich moralisch aufzugeben; ein Land, in dem viele die Wahrheit nicht mehr wahrnehmen wollen, weil die Wahrheit tödlich ist bzw.
Deviance: Social Constructions and Blurred Boundaries draws on up-to-date scholarship across a wide spectrum of deviance categories, providing a symbolic interactionist analysis of the deviance process.
This book will help the sufferer understand the links between past trauma and present difficulties and offers ways to gain control over these problems, allowing the individual to deal with intrusive memories, manage mood swings and build better relationships in adulthood.
