... (1988, p. 55). Another common theory is that physical, mental, and/or emotional impairments of the elder leave him or her dependent upon the caregiver and vulnerable to abuse. Godkin, et al. found that elders who were abused had "significantly worse" cognitive functioning and emotional and mental health than a comparison group of non-abused elders (1898, 212). Interestingly, they found no ... external stressors those non-abusive caregivers. The classic example consists of the middle-aged child being "sandwiched" between parent(s) and child (ren) and required to care for both. Godkin et al...

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... the need to act it out, in order to feel the power, becomes overwhelming. Current studies have found such fantasies to play an important part among serial murderers (Ressler, et al; Prentky. et al.). The need to realize and experience all of the dominance and control that they have fantasized about culminates in the abduction and probable murder of a human being. Motivations for this ... we would have many times more serial killers than we actually do. Among those serial killers studied for research purposes, child neglect was found to be the most common (Ressler, et al., 1988). The Nat...

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... in the lives of the abused. It was found that a childhood "where there was physical contact was associated with a higher incidence of depression and a greater number of depressive episodes." (Allers et al., 1994). Studies have also shown that survivors of abuse tend to be suicidal or self-abusive. As it was stated before, many of the abused blame themselves for the actions ... abuse as an adult? "In her probability sample of 930 women, Russell found that between 33% and 68% of the sexually abused participants were raped later on in adulthood." (Allers et al., 1994). In addition, people ...

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... deviance as non-clergy offenders. Child molesters frequently engage in forms of sexual deviance other than child abuse. This includes such behaviors as voyeurism and exhibitionism (Abel et al, 1988). These are known as paraphilias. Haywood et al (1996a) found that while 50% of their group of non-incestuous child molesters admitted to other paraphilic acts. Clergy child molesters did not admit to any ... ...

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... reliant on the "help" received. This only intensifies the blame and puts it back onto the individual, in turn depoliticizing the issue at hand. The readings, by Swan et al and Wagner, showed the significance of exactly how many agencies who claim to be "social service" gain access to social control of those who are in "need ... ...

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... safety issues for patients within the department. There are also concerns that a great deal of a nurse's time is spent signposting to other agencies and responding to signs of abuse (MacLeod et al., 2010). There is also a concern that, as a result of the Laming review, attention is focused on cases similar to Baby Peter's, thus inadvertently diverting attention away from other groups of ... ...

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