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Lysova, Alexandra, Kenzie Hanson, Denise A. Hines, Louise Dixon, Emily M. Douglas, and Elizabeth M. Celi. "A Qualitative Study of the Male Victims’ Experiences With the Criminal Justice Response to Intimate Partner Abuse in Four English-Speaking Countries." Criminal Justice and Behavior 47, no. 10 (June 5, 2020): 1264–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854820927442.

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The criminal justice system plays a pivotal role in addressing the safety of victims of intimate partner abuse (IPA). Over the past 40 years, most changes in the criminal justice response to IPA have been made with the intention of improving support to abused women and their children. However, a growing body of research shows there are many men who are victims of IPA. This qualitative study explored the help-seeking experiences of 38 abused men within the criminal justice system in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Twelve online focus groups (three in each country) were conducted and themes were identified inductively at a semantic level. Thematic analysis identified that most of their experiences were negative and reflected the gender paradigm embedded in the criminal justice response. This study offers insights into the relevance of a gender-inclusive criminal justice response in addressing IPA.

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Rapholo, Selelo Frank, and Jabulani Calvin Makhubele. "Forensic Interviewing Techniques in Child Sexual Abuse Allegations: Implications for the South African Context." Global Journal of Health Science 11, no. 6 (April 28, 2019): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v11n6p53.

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This paper aims to examine forensic interviewing techniques during child sexual abuse allegations using South African lenses. Forensic Social Work education and practice in South Africa is emerging as it has been adopted from the United States of America.  There are currently no guidelines for forensic social workers to inform the assessment of children who are alleged to be sexually abused which are in a South African context. For the protection of children, skillful forensic interviews must be conducted for perpetrators of child sexual abuse to be convicted. Forensic interviews help in eliciting accurate and complete report from the alleged child victim to determine if the child has been sexually abused and if so, by whom. The ecosystems theory is used to guide this paper. An extensive literature review was conducted to zoom into systems in South Africa which influence the effectiveness of the forensic interviewing techniques useful to facilitate the disclosure of sexual abuse amongst children.

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Hoyme, H. Eugene, Kenneth Lyons Jones, Suzanne D. Dixon, Tamison Jewett, James W. Hanson, Luther K. Robinson, M. E. Msall, and Judith E. Allanson. "Prenatal Cocaine Exposure and Fetal Vascular Disruption." Pediatrics 85, no. 5 (May 1, 1990): 743–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.85.5.743.

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The question of the potential teratogenicity of cocaine has been raised by the increasing frequency of its abuse in the United States. In previous studies, an increased incidence has been documented of spontaneous abortion, placental abruption, prematurity, intrauterine growth retardation, and neurologic deficits in the infants of women who abused cocaine. More recently, it has been suggested in studies that fetal vascular disruption accompanying maternal cocaine abuse may lead to cavitary central nervous system lesions and genitourinary anomalies. In this article, 10 children born of women who abused cocaine are described, 9 of whom have congenital limb reduction defects and/or intestinal atresia or infarction. The spectrum of anomalies associated with embryonic and fetal vascular disruption accompanying maternal cocaine abuse is thus enlarged. The specific risk for congenital anomalies accompanying maternal cocaine abuse during an individual pregnancy is unknown. However, data from these patients and the available literature suggest that counseling pregnant women concerning cocaine use should incorporate warnings about the possibility of associated embryonic or fetal vascular disruption.

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Brookhouser, Patrick E. "Ensuring the Safety of Deaf Children in Residential Schools." Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery 97, no. 4 (October 1987): 361–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019459988709700404.

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In 1983, 75,000 to 90,000 children and youth in the United States had hearing impairments severe enough to warrant some sort of special education, and 28% of that total (i.e., 21,000 to 25,000) were in residential schools. Deaf youngsters in institutional settings are at risk for maltreatment by surrogate caretakers—foster parents or institutional child care workers. Attempts to report the abuse may produce denials by institutional administrators who do not want to believe that children under their care have been abused or who fear serious personal and/or institutional consequences should the abuse report become public. Clearly, steps must be taken to ensure the safety of deaf children being educated in residential institutions. Health providers must assume a special responsibility for detecting and preventing abuse/neglect of handicapped children for whom they are providing medical care on a continuing basis. This article will explore relevant aspects of the present system for delivery of health services to deaf children, as well as present specific strategies for detection, documentation, and prevention of maltreatment of these particularly vulnerable children.

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Crouse, C. D., and R. A. Faust. "Child Abuse and the Otolaryngologist: Part I." Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery 128, no. 3 (March 2003): 305–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/mhn.2003.5.

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Nearly 1 million infants and children are neglected and abused yearly in the United States, with a greater than 1% resulting mortality rate. One half of these children are seen by physicians for abuse-related injuries, and nearly 75% have injuries of the head and neck. Physicians, however, account for reporting only 11% of all cases. As experts trained in diseases and injuries of the head and neck, otolaryngologists are particularly well positioned to recognize abuse in the clinic and in the emergency room and during other consultations. We present an overview of child abuse definitions, risk factors, and legal obligations of the physician. We also review the manifestations of child abuse within the head and neck, with particular attention to the role of the otolaryngologist. We briefly discuss some conditions that may be mistaken for abuse and suggest a practical protocol for management of suspected cases in the clinic.

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Sormanti, Mary, and Erica Smith. "Intimate Partner Violence Screening in the Emergency Department: U.S. Medical Residents' Perspectives." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 30, no. 1 (March 26, 2010): 21–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/iq.30.1.c.

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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is physical, psychological, or sexual harm committed by a current or former partner, spouse, boy/girlfriend. In the United States, the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2003) estimates that 1.5 million women experience physical assault each year while the lifetime prevalence rate of IPV for women reaches almost 30%. Given the frequency and range of injuries and other health-related problems that result from IPV, the medical system shows promise as a central source of service provision for large numbers of abused women and their children. However, identification rates of IPV in many medical settings are low. This article describes a study that examined focus group data from 25 physicians in residency training at an urban hospital in the United States. Physicians discussed their knowledge and attitudes about IPV screening in the emergency department (ED) setting and suggestions to address perceived barriers to such screening. These data depict multiple barriers to physician screening of IPV in the ED. Findings substantiate previous research and provide new direction for enhancing IPV identification, referral, and treatment mechanisms in the ED setting including alternatives to physician mandated universal screening.

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Hellwig, Karen. "Elder Abuse." Home Healthcare Now 41, no. 6 (November 2023): 304–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nhh.0000000000001196.

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Elder abuse is a major public health problem. Prior to the pandemic, approximately 1 in 10 older adults in the United States experienced elder mistreatment. In 2020, this number doubled to 1 in 5, a nearly 84% increase (Liu, 2022). More distressing is that in almost 60% of elder abuse and neglect cases, a family member is the offender and two-thirds of the perpetrators are adult children or spouses (Nursing Home Justice Team, 2021). Financial abuse is reportedly the fastest-growing form of elder abuse with theft scams at the forefront (Hillendahl, 2022). It is essential that healthcare providers, especially those who care for patients in their homes, understand what elder abuse is, how it can be identified, what conditions may lead to elder abuse, and what home care providers can do to properly intervene when it is suspected that older adults are being abused.

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Beeble, Marisa L., Deborah Bybee, and Cris M. Sullivan. "Abusive Men's Use of Children to Control Their Partners and Ex-Partners." European Psychologist 12, no. 1 (January 2007): 54–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040.12.1.54.

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While research has found that millions of children in the United States are exposed to their mothers being battered, and that many are themselves abused as well, little is known about the ways in which children are used by abusers to manipulate or harm their mothers. Anecdotal evidence suggests that perpetrators use children in a variety of ways to control and harm women; however, no studies to date have empirically examined the extent of this occurring. Therefore, the current study examined the extent to which survivors of abuse experienced this, as well as the conditions under which it occurred. Interviews were conducted with 156 women who had experienced recent intimate partner violence. Each of these women had at least one child between the ages of 5 and 12. Most women (88%) reported that their assailants had used their children against them in varying ways. Multiple variables were found to be related to this occurring, including the relationship between the assailant and the children, the extent of physical and emotional abuse used by the abuser against the woman, and the assailant's court-ordered visitation status. Findings point toward the complex situational conditions by which assailants use the children of their partners or ex-partners to continue the abuse, and the need for a great deal more research in this area.

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Soltaninejad, Kambiz. "“Chemical Courage”: A Review on Pharmacotoxicological Aspects of Fenethylline (Captagon)." International Journal of Forensic Sciences 9, no. 2 (2024): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/ijfsc-16000386.

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Fenethylline (Captagon) is a synthetic psychostimulant drug was synthesized in Germany in 1961. It is a combination of amphetamine and theophylline molecules and having central nervous system (CNS) stimulant effects similar to the amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS). First it used as a milder alternative of ATS in treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children, narcolepsy and depression in Germany and the United States (US). In 1981, Fenethylline classified as a schedule I controlled substance and was banned in the US because of side effects including hallucinations, psychosis and visual distortions. The drug became illegal in most countries in 1986 after being listed by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, it is now a prominent drug of abuse in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Recently, the drug manufactured as street drug in clandestine laboratories with its original brand as called Captagon in EMR countries. Captagon promotes euphoria, feeling of wellbeing, fearless, insomnia, anorexia and even analgesia and it is emerging as a drug associated with war and terroristic acts in the Middle East by nicknames such as: “Jihadi pill”, “Jihad pill”, “Jihadist’s drug” or “Abu Hilalain” in Arabian countries. It is popular abused drugs in Middle East by soldiers, militants, combatants, terrorists and even civilians. The aim of this review is an overview of pharmacotoxicological aspects of Captagon and its current status as a abused drug in wars and terroristic attacks.

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Anyanwu, Patricia Ngozi. "Africa in the Eye of Contemporary African Child: A Psychoanalytical Reading of Noviolet Bulawayo’s <i>We Need New Names</i>." International Journal of Current Research in the Humanities 27, no. 1 (April 30, 2024): 174–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijcrh.v27i1.11.

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Even with the immense global innovations in technology and education, millions of children in most African nations are out of school. They are denied education due to greedy political leadership and irresponsible parenting in their respective nations. Zimbabwe is one of such African nations. The unfortunate predicaments of children in this nation many years after decolonization are dramatized in Noviolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names. In this narrative, Bulawayo engages the technical elements of voice, action and settings to expose the vulnerability of contemporary Zimbabwean children. Through Darling, who is the child protagonistnarrator, we glimpse into the unfortunate realities of the contemporary Zimbabwean children: they are out of school, neglected, and starved, physically, emotionally and sexually abused amongst many other atrocities against them. Using the qualitative research method, as well as Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytical strand of Child Development Theoretical paradigm, this study has not only examined the various aspects of physical and psychological abuses of the contemporary African child, but has also discovered that these supposed future leaders can only access qualitative education, decent shelter, food and modern technology through migration to other developed climes, particularly the United States of America and Dubai, a journey from which they are not likely to return soon. This unfortunate development portends a bleak future for most of these nations and the continent at large.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Abused children – United States – Biography"

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Machado, Leonlida Bernice. "Exploration of program impact on adolescent girls residing in a group home." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/931.

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DeVoss, Joyce Ann. "Reactions of children to interviews using anatomically correct dolls." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184288.

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This study tested an underlying assumption of professionals who interview young children with anatomically correct dolls: children who have been sexually abused react differently to interviews with the dolls than children who have not been sexually abused. The behavior of a group of children who were referred to a mental health clinic in the southwestern United States because of suspected sexual abuse was compared to the behavior of a group of children referred to the same clinic for other reasons while the children were interviewed by clinicians using anatomically correct dolls. The study examined four categories of behavior which consisted of indicators of child sexual abuse from the literature. The four categories were: (1) sexual behavior; (2) anger/aggression; (3) anxiety/regression; and (4) avoidant behavior. Clinicians at the mental health clinic identified potential subjects for the study from the outpatient population. Parents were given written and verbal descriptions of the study and asked to contact the researcher if they were interested in allowing their child to participate. The voluntary nature of participation in the study was stressed. Eleven children who were referred because of suspected sexual abuse and eleven children referred for other reasons were successfully recruited. Groups were matched as closely as possible as to sex, age, racial/ethnic group and developmental level. Two dependent measures were employed: the Behavioral Checklist and the Likelihood of Victimization Scale. Both instruments were designed for the research study. The Behavioral Checklist was completed by two observers who watched each interview from behind a one-way mirror. The Likelihood of Victimization Scale was completed by the clinicians who interviewed the children. Observers as well as interviewers were blind to the referral status of the children. Statistically significant differences were obtained for two of the four categories of the Behavioral Checklist. The same two categories correlated significantly with the Likelihood of Victimization Scale. The results provided support for the assumption tested.

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Charles, Martine Aline. "The experiences of women survivors of childhood sexual abuse who practice Buddhist meditation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ56525.pdf.

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Wood, Barbara L. "Women's perceptions of their children's experiences in domestic violence." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33380.

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Ten female survivors of physically assaultive domestic violence were interviewed three times each in a feminist, qualitative study designed to access their perceptions about their children's experiences in domestic violence. All participants had children living with them at the time of the abuse and were one to five years out of the abuse. All women stated their children had been exposed to domestic violence. Women described their children's involvement in the following areas: legal (visitation, custody, child support); indirect involvement (witnessing effects of abuse) and direct involvement (feeling responsible, protecting parents); and direct child maltreatment. Child maltreatment rates measured by homes were: physical (50%); sexual (20%); emotional (90%); and neglect (70%). No patterns were present regarding child involvement. That is, children's involvement did not progress in a clear pattern from indirect to direct. While all women protected their children in the relationship, four turning points were identified in a continuum of women's protective actions: child witnessed abuse to mom; mom saw signs in child; emotional abuse to the child; and physical or sexual abuse to the child. Turning points were the points at which the women recognized they could no longer protect their children within the context of the violent relationship. Unmarried women reached their turning point earlier while women whose church involvement dictated strict obedience to spouse and those who experienced the most severe physical abuse reached their turning points later. Turning points often corresponded with leaving the relationship and were related to both social context and individual variables. Perceptions of motherhood in domestic violence were also studied. Women cited their children as important influences in staying with, returning to, and leaving abusive partners. Women stayed in relationships because of socially conditioned beliefs about children needing fathers, beliefs about marriage and family, and perceptions of children's bonds with their fathers. Finally, women's perceptions of motherhood fell into four categories: protection of their children; conflict between roles as wife and mother; concern about meeting their children's needs; and guilt about mothering. The two women who prioritized the needs of their children over their abusive partners were spared some guilt.
Graduation date: 1999

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Hill, Terrence Dean. "Relationship violence and the health of low-income women with children." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/2531.

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Books on the topic "Abused children – United States – Biography"

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Barlow, Victoria. Obeste: The biography of Sissy Weathers. [S.l: s.n.], 2010.

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Carcaterra, Lorenzo. Sleepers. London: Random House Group Limited, 2010.

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Powers, Sandy. Passage. Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse, 2011.

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Weaver, Alison. Gone to the crazies: A memoir. New York: HC, 2007.

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Weaver, Alison. Gone to the Crazies. New York: HarperCollins, 2008.

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Pelzer, David J. A man named Dave: A story of triumph and forgiveness. New York, N.Y: Plume, 2003.

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Pelzer, David J. A man named Dave. London: Orion, 2000.

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Pelzer, David J. A man named Dave. London: BCA, 2002.

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Pelzer, David J. A man named Dave: A story of triumph and forgiveness. New York: Dutton, 1999.

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Pelzer, David J. A man named Dave: A story of triumph and forgiveness. New York: Penguin, 2000.

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FRASER, BRIAN G. "Sexual Child Abuse: The Legislation and the Law in the United States." In Sexually Abused Children and their Families, 55–74. Elsevier, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-030194-5.50013-8.

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Curry, Lynne. "Chapter 11 “SPECIAL RELATIONSHIPS” The State, Social Workers, and Abused Children in the United States, 1950–1990." In Raising Citizens in the 'Century of the Child', 226–43. Berghahn Books, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781845459994-013.

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García, Mario T. "Preparing Sanctuary." In Father Luis Olivares a Biography, 248–306. University of North Carolina Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469643311.003.0008.

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This chapter concerns the preparation of the sanctuary movement at La Placita Church in downtown Los Angeles. In 1981, Fr. Olivares was transferred by his order to this church at the same time that thousands of Central Americans entered into the United States seeking refugee status after fleeing civil wars and repression in El Salvador and Guatemala. Fr. Olivares immediately embraced them as children of God and commenced programs at La Placita to assist them. He fed and clothed the refugees, and provided health services, legal services, and other forms of assistance. The most controversial part of this outreach was allowing some of the men to sleep overnight in the church itself. All of these activities prepared the way for Fr. Olivares to formally declare his church a public sanctuary.

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Brandl, Bonnie, and Deborah L. Horan. "Domestic Violence in Later Life: An Overview for Health Care Providers." In Social Work Diagnosis In Contemporary Practice, 299–306. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195168785.003.0029.

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Abstract Elder abuse is a growing but often hidden problem in the United States. It is estimated that only one in five cases of elder abuse is reported. During the 10-year period between 1986 and 1996, reported cases of domestic elder abuse increased 150% with more than 450,000 older individuals abused or neglected in domestic settings annually. About 90% of elder abuse cases are perpetrated by people known to the victim. Two-thirds of these known perpetrators were adult children or spouses. This form of abuse is often referred to as domestic elder abuse or family violence in later life (National Center on Elder Abuse 1998a).

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Brittain, Charmaine R. "Defining Child Abuse and Neglect." In Understanding the Medical Diagnosis of Child Maltreatment, 3–10. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195172171.003.0001.

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Abstract Ever since the case of Mary Ellen Wilson garnered headlines as the first child rescued from an abusive situation in 1876, the plights of children who are abused and neglected have captured our attention and mobilized our resources. We have learned much about diagnosing child abuse and neglect and even more about providing effective intervention and treatment. The first step in helping maltreated children is to identify those who have been abused or neglected and often this is done through a medical diagnosis. Over the years, in the retelling of Mary Ellen Wilson’s story, myth has sometimes been confused with fact. Some of the inaccuracies may stem from colorful but erroneous journalism, others from simple misunderstanding of the facts, and still others from the complex history of the child protection movement in the United States and Great Britain and its link to the animal welfare movement. While it is true that Henry Bergh, president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), was instrumental in ensuring Mary Ellen’s removal from an abusive home, it is not true that her attorney—who also worked for the ASPCA—argued that she deserved help because she was “a member of the animal kingdom.” The real story—which can be pieced together from court documents, newspaper articles, and personal accounts—is quite compelling, and it illustrates the impact that a caring and committed individual can have on the life of a child.

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Shakeshaft, Charol, Mitchell Parry, Eve Chong, Syeda Saima, and Najia Lindh. "School Employee Sexual Misconduct: Red Flag Grooming Behaviors by Perpetrators." In Sexual Abuse - an Interdisciplinary Approach [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99234.

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The sexual exploitation of students is a worldwide problem. In the U.S., the problem is three-fold: (1) Ten percent of public school students report being sexually abused by a school employee. (2) There is little in the existing research that identifies and describes the school culture, patterns, and conditions in which educator sexual misconduct occurs. (3) Because no one has systematically documented the school culture and the behaviors and patterns of adults who sexually abuse children in schools, school professionals fail to understand what patterns and behaviors should trigger concern, supervision, investigation, and/or reporting. Stopping sexual misconduct directed toward students means understanding the process that adults use to prepare students to be abused so that they do not tell, do not fight, and acquiesce. This process, called grooming, has the purpose of gaining student trust, as well as the trust of parents and colleagues. This study examines school employee sexual misconduct toward students in school in the United States and is based upon an analysis of 222 cases of school employee sexual misconduct toward a student where a school employee was convicted of student sexual abuse. The findings identify red flag grooming patterns used with students, colleagues, and parents.

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Wolf, Stacy. "Backstage Divas." In Beyond Broadway, 67–96. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190639525.003.0003.

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Many towns in the United States play host to afterschool musical theatre programs for children. Typically, these programs are directed by women who become well known in their communities and powerful figures in the lives of the children they teach. This chapter calls this figure a “backstage diva.” She is the female musical theatre director who runs afterschool and summer pay-to-play programs, teaching kids dance and theatre by directing them in several shows a year. This familiar figure is a disciplined leader and powerful mentor who, though invisible in theatre history, teaches musical theatre–obsessed kids to sing and dance and act and shapes them into triple-threat performers. This chapter begin with a brief biography of a backstage diva, including how she built her business. It then offers a history of musical theatre studios in the United States. The bulk of the chapter follows the working process of a backstage diva in northern California from auditions through rehearsals and performance. Finally, it explains her legacy and what kids say they learned from her.

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Lorbiecki, Marybeth. "The Shack, the Aldo Leopold Foundation, and Other Leopold Initiatives." In A Fierce Green Fire. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199965038.003.0023.

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The framed black-and-white photograph on my wall is entitled “The Temptation of David.” It captures a young woman perched on a stump, hiking boots dangling, wet hair and flowered cotton shirt and khakis slightly damp, holding an apple with one bite missing. Standing next to her is the David in question. Behind them is the Leopold Shack, easily recognizable to any who have been there. My husband-to-be, David Mataya, and I had just snuck back to the Shack, after a quick, crazy, unguarded dip in the river. I was young, in love with David and in love with Leopold (of whom I was writing a biography for children), and completely entranced by this piece of land so lovingly restored to its natural state. I have returned numerous other times. I came the spring after Nina had died, when I was working on a religious ecology project. I was hoping, like Art Hawkins, that it would help wake up people about the Judeo-Christian call from Genesis to care for this earth and all its creatures—which God had called “good”—and to help heal this world of many ecological wounds. The project had completely stalled, and like a pilgrim, I needed to stop at the Shack. I ended up in the sand near the river, weeping. The birds in all tones and rhythms calling from tree to tree, the multitude of different trees and bushes, the flowing river, and even the small draba called forth hope. I see the draba, in its small perennial patience, has proved right. In 2014, Pope Francis issued an encyclical, or major Catholic Church teaching, not just to Catholics, but to the world, on the religious, spiritual, social, ethical, and economic reasons on why our must change its ways, just as Leopold once did, but from the perspective of faith. And he has followed this up with visits to the United States Congress and the United Nations to emphasize the need to deal immediately with climate change.

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Conference papers on the topic "Abused children – United States – Biography"

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de Oliveira, F. M., M. de S. Balbino, L. E. Zárate, and C. N. Nobre. "What is the Profile of American Inmate Misconduct Perpetrators? A Machine Learning Analysis." In Symposium on Knowledge Discovery, Mining and Learning. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/kdmile.2022.227777.

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Correctional institutions often develop rehabilitation programs to reduce the likelihood of inmates committing internal offenses and criminal recidivism after release. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the profile of each offender, both for the appropriate indication of a rehabilitation program and the level of internal security to which he must be submitted. In this context, this work aims to discover, from Machine Learning methods and the SHAP approach, which are the most significant characteristics in the prediction of misconduct by prisoners. For this, a database produced in 2004 through the Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities in the United States of America, which provides nationally representative data on prisoners in state and federal facilities, was used. The predictive model based on Random Forest had the best performance; therefore, SHAP was applied to it to interpret the results. In addition, the attributes related to the type of crime committed, age at first arrest, drug use, mental or emotional health problems, having children, and being abused before arrest are more relevant in predicting internal misconduct. Thus, it is expected to contribute to the prior classification of an inmate, on time, use of programs and practices that aim to improve the lives of offenders, their reintegration into society, and, consequently, the reduction of criminal recidivism.

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