It was reported in September 2011 by receptionist and cleaner about the abuse but abusers returned to work after being handed warnings as a result of an internal investigation and the matter was not referred to the police or social services. • Lancashire County Council's safeguarding board failed to proceed the case. Arrests were made several months later abuse been reported when the whistle-blower wrote to health inspectors and CQC who sent anonymous emails about the standard of care inside the home. What means all those months abuse was still ongoing. Winterbourne View abuse (May 2011) – undercover investigation by the BBC: It revealed criminal abuse by staff of patients at Winterbourne View Hospital near Bristol.
He is socially inept, awkward with people and has a set of ideals by which he lives which indicates that he is suffering from depression. Holden is suffering from a mental disorder which is caused by the death of his brother Allie of which he has not allowed himself to grief properly. In Chapter 5 Holden talks about his brother Allie and what he did after he died. He says “I was only 13 and they were going to have me psychoanalyzed and all, because I broke all the windows in the garage”. Holden narrates that he smashed windows of the garage and cars, and he literally lost it.
The undercover footage which aired on BBC1 in June 2011 showed staff repeatedly assaulting service users, using inappropriate restraints and cold showers as a means to punish them. Service users where subjected to systematic abuse and were constantly mocked for their afflictions. A clinical psychologist who reviewed the footage described the abuse as "torture". Winterbourne view closed on the 24th June 2011 just over two weeks after the abuse was uncovered. 11 Carehome workers were sentenced in court as a direct result of the Panorama Probe.
Steven fell 30 meters to his death. While doing the post mortem it was discovered that Steven had recent injures from cigarette burns and bruises around his neck from being hauled around his home on a pet lead, his hand had foot print marks on them. Sarah, Darren and Stewart have since been convicted of his murder with Martin Pollard getting a conviction of manslaughter. A serious case review was ordered after the murder of Steven Hoskins which included a review there were warning signs and missed opportunities for relevant agencies to have intervened the abuse and suffering Steven had suffered. These agencies had been put in place to protect Steven.
Tenant has not paid rent for three months due to the fact that her landlord has not fixed several dangerous conditions at the apartment. She delivered a letter to her landlord a month ago complaining of the toilet overflowing that have caused the bathroom’s floor to rotten to the point where Ms. Tenant’s youngest child fell through the floor; also electrical wiring is exposed on child’s bedroom. Ms. Tenant also complains that even though she has notified on several occasions the landlord of the loitering and dangerous activities going on at the building at all times, the landlord has failed to do anything to improve the safety of the tenants. Also, two neighbors of Ms. Tenant and a police officer denied that she is the one bringing the loitering people or causing problems inside the building; furthermore, one of her neighbors states that this is an act of revenge against Ms. Tenant because she had been collecting signatures to press the landlord to provide security guards to improve the safety of the buildings.
After the death of Nicole Brown Simpson, her sister appeared on television to express her thoughts and inputs of her sister’s death. After selling her story, she was then unable to be used as evidence because she was on the media and considered tampered evidence. The trial would have had a whole other outcome if some situations were to outcome differently. Some of the major reasons for OJ to walk free were the lack of evidence to prove him guilty. Two years before Simpson was convicted, Rodney King was severely beaten by the Los Angeles Police Department.
Prejudice is a preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience. Sometimes prejudice is a destructive force in society. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, prejudice is shown in many ways. Prejudice was shown when Atticus was defending the jail, a group of men came to kill Tom and also when Scout was getting teased at school by other kids because her dad was taking Tom’s case. Furthermore, when Tom Robinson was accused of being guilty even though he was not, and died because of it.
In 1987 two elderly women were found battered to death in their homes, their savings were stolen and there was evidence of sexual assault. A few days later FC was arrested because he showed a few inconsistencies in his account
Chris’ religious aunt slapped the man on his way out the store which showed that she thought the man was a disgrace. During this time Chris has been reading about mob crimes. In the 70s mob lynching were becoming normal and those accused of crimes and killed for their crimes were most likely to be innocent. This “thief” was surrounded by civilians and was guilty of this crime without any real proof or trial. As the crowd grew more fueled
They believe that smacking does not work and just hurts the child both mentally and physically. Last September, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the British law on corporal punishment in the home failed to protect children’s rights, after a case where an eight-year-old boy had been beaten by his stepfather with a garden cane for three years. Sometimes smacking can cause serious harm such as scarring and bleeding, and if the blow was at the head it could cause brain damage. Out of 76 children on a report issued on the NSPCC website 1 said they had been smacked on the head, face or cheek which the charity describes as worrying. One child said “You feel you don’t like your parents anymore and just want to get away from them anyway you can” and another said “ It makes you feel horrible inside like everyone is looking at you” The comments also showed that many children did not see much difference between parents smacking children and other forms of hitting.