This can include, rape, indecent exposure, inappropriate looking or touching, sexual photography, sexual harassment, sexual teaching or innuendos, or being subject to pornography or witnessing sexual acts. Signs and symptoms: loss of sleep, unexplained or unexpected change in behaviours, bruising, soreness around genitals, torn or blood stained underwear, not wanting to be touched, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy or a preoccupation with anything sexual. Emotional/Psychological abuse is a form of abuse which is characterised by a person subjecting another than may result in psychological trauma such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. This type of abuse is often associated with situations where there is a power imbalance such as abusive relationships, in the work place and bullying. Examples of this type of abuse are humiliation, threats, controlling, harassment, verbal abuse, cyber bulling and isolation, Signs and symptoms: fear, depression, confusion, anxious to please, unexplained or unexpected change in behaviour, loss of skills or abilities, Financial abuse is the misuse of a person’s funds or assets without their knowledge, full consent or in their best interest.
| * Loss of sleep * Unexpected or unexplained change in behaviour * Bruising * Flinch when touched or approached * Not wanting to be touched * Soreness around the genitals * Torn, stained or bloody underwear * A preoccupation with anything sexual * Sexually transmitted diseases * Pregnancy * Rape – e.g. a male member of staff having sex with a Mental Health client (see Mental Health Act 1983) * Indecent Assault | Emotional/Psychological | Any act, including confinement, isolation, verbal assault, humiliation, intimidation, or any other treatment which may weaken the sense of identity, dignity, and self-worth. This is sometimes referred to as emotional abuse. | * Fear * Depression * Confusion * Being withdrawn * Loss of sleep * Anxiety * Loss of appetite * Unexpected or unexplained change in behaviour * Loss of concentration * Deprivation of liberty * Showing compulsive behaviour |
Domestic Violence, or spousal abuse, is one of the most appalling crimes in the criminal justice system. Domestic violence involves the abuse of an intimate partner through means of physical, verbal, emotional, or sexual aggression. When most people think of domestic violence, the most frequent thought is the husband, or boyfriend, battering their defenseless female partner. What people fail to realize is that domestic violence does not happen strictly between heterosexual couples, same sex couples can become victims of battering as well. They can suffer much more than heterosexual victims.
Depression is a common consequence of being physically abused as the service user is normally too scared or vulnerable to speak up and ask for help. This then leads to them feeling lonely and worthless. Sexual abuse is a term used to describe being forced into sexual activities against your will. A service user could be sexually abused by being made to touch others intimately against their will, being touched intimately against their will and undressing or having sex with an individual against their will. Bruises in intimate areas, unexplained genital bleeding, sexually transmitted infections and even pregnancy are all common signs of sexual abuse.
For example leaving someone in bed and them resulting in them having pressure sores. It can be be recognised by noticing bruising in uncommon places, fractures, fear of being touched, unexplained weight loss or gain. Sexual Sexual abuse is when another person knowingly causes another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act through force or threat. It can be recognised if you notice bruising, especially around the sexual areas or around thighs which could mean they were restrained. Soreness around the genital area, a sexually transmitted infection, unexpected pregnancy or change in normal behaviour for example a precoccupation with anything sexual.
More often than not the family has a criminal, psychiatric and/or alcoholic history, naturally this leads to abuse both physically and emotionally which forces a mistrust of the parents. Due to the obvious psychiatric damage suffered many serial killers spend time in institutions at a young age and have been known to attempt suicide. Other common characteristics include bed wetting after age twelve, more erotic or sadistic fetishes and the torture of small creatures, usually a pet. Serial killers can be classified into three categories: "organized", "disorganized" and "mixed", those who exhibit both organized and disorganized tendencies. Using these classifications two groups of offenders can be defined, disorganized/asocial offenders and organized/nonsocial offenders.
It can include sexual penetration of any part of the body with a penis, finger or any object, sexual exploitation, making threats about sexual activities, exposure to pornographic material, touching of breast or genitals, kissing, etc Signs & Symptoms; bruises around breasts or genitals, genital infections, unexplained vaginal or anal bleeding, torn, stained, or bloody underwear, disturbed sleep patterns, vulnerable adult appears withdrawn and fearful, inappropriate dressing, etc Emotional/Psychological: is where one person gains power and control over another through words and gestures which gradually undermine the other’s self-respect. Emotional abuse can be name-calling, blaming, screaming, making
Throughout history, serial killers have been recorded, starting in the dark ages, but now there’s a new type of serial killer that engages in some of the offences we consider taboo. Taboo includes things such as incest, necrophilia, cannibalism and other offences that are considered morally wrong. Serial killers, such as Jeffery Dahmer, take pleasure in mutilating their victims, performing sexual acts post-mortem and ingesting organs and bodily fluids. This can be a mark of sexual frustration as a child or a desire for power and is to be feared by their victims. Sex is the root cause in 69 percent of all cases; some serial killers have said that they get pleasure from the pain and suffering of their victims.
1.1 Define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse Is someone who deliberately causes somebody else to be in pain by hitting, punching, kicking, slapping another person, resulting in the victim left injured. Physical abuse can also be rough treatment of a victim like grabbing someone to hard, inappropriate restraining or depriving someone of food or been warm and comfortable. Sexual abuse Unwanted sexual contact from the abuser to the victim, sexual abuse can take place in many forms and anywhere. Sexual abuse can be unwanted comments such as remarks or jokes, to exposing themselves to a victim, forcing their victim to touch them on their private parts or forcing themselves onto the victim, and rape. Emotional/Psychological Abuse can take place in all kinds of relationships from a partner to friendship to a working relationship; it can be very harmful and psychologically damaging to a victim.
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