Always investigate allegations of sexual abuse by a vulnerable adult. Examples of Sexual Abuse * Unwanted physical and sexual contact, e.g. caresses; * Intercourse with someone who lacks the capacity to consent; * Rape; * Indecent exposure; * Sexual harassment (verbal or physical); * Displaying pornographic literature videos or internet sites; * Gross indecency. Emotional/psychological abuse: Emotional, psychological abuse is defined as; Inflicting mental pain, anguish, or distress on an elder person through verbal or nonverbal acts. Psychological abuse accounts for 36% of all cases of abuse.
Task A – Booklet How you can recognise signs of abuse. Physical abuse This typically involves hitting, biting, shaking, burning or scalding, throwing, force feeding, suffocating or anything else that causes physical harm to the individual. There may be various visible marks on the person’s body to indicate abuse such as bruising, burns, bed sores or fractures. Depression or unexplained weight loss may also be an indicator. Sexual abuse Typically involves forcing a person to engage in sexual activities or indulge in sexually inappropriate behaviour; penetrative acts, including buggery or rape; non penetrative acts such as watching sexual activities or viewing inappropriate sexual activity on the internet etc.
As many offenders continue to breach their orders. It’s estimated that family violence order breaches, in Victoria, have risen from a 1 in 4 to a 1 in 3 last year, over 15000 cases of breaches were reported in Victoria alone. The rises in these incidents poses as a challenge for law enforcement individuals and also highlight the problems that are still experienced by the victims. The law needs break the undeterred cycle of domestic violence. Under the old Act, victims of domestic violence were able to choose whether or not their abusive partner would have charges pressed upon them – the 2012 Act, gives greater power to law enforcement.
A study conducted in 2004 showed that 3,100 people die each year and 72, 000 are hospitalized due to alcohol. Young Australians are becoming part of this statistic. Another study stated that one teen age 14-19 years dies every week due alcohol consumption. Australia also has one of the highest rates of alcohol disorders in the world. According to the national survey of health and wellbeing, 22% of people who over consume alcohol will develop alcohol use disorders (National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, 2010).
Intimate partner violence (IPV) in America occurs daily in epidemic proportions. IPV is a real medical issue. The victim’s medical complaints run the gambit of secondary symptoms such hypertension to obvious signs like broken bones. It is always difficult to ascertain how many women are being victimized because intimate partner violence is in the top ten underreported crimes. There are some situations where women are the perpetrators of the abuse and men are the victims, but usually clinicians only see women seeking treatment for abuse.
The historical treatment of rape charges often stemmed from men's extreme distrust of women when the alleged perpetrator was white (Wriggins). According to Encyclopedia Britannica Rape is the act of sexual intercourse with an individual without his or her consent, through force or the threat of force. In many jurisdictions, the crime of rape has been subsumed under that of sexual assault, which also encompasses acts that fall short of intercourse. Rape was long considered to be caused by unbridled sexual desire, but it is now understood as a pathological assertion of power over a victim (“Rape”). Rape is a decision.
Compare and Contrast TWO models of sexual assault and their respective utility for (i) the treatment and management of sex offenders and (ii) assisting the police in criminal investigations. When anyone wants to investigate criminal sexuality from different perspectives such as legal, academic, or simply curiosity-motivated, the multiplicity and variety of the internal part of phenomenon becomes quite clear. Few dimensions of the behaviour inlying the sexual crimes have to be considered to perceive the disequilibrium and complexity of sexual assault (Hazelwood, 2000). Despite the fact that advances were made in recent decades to help understand, detect, and treat sexual offenders, sexual assault still remains a serious topic that still persists in society (Langton & Marshall, 2001). Also, the studies developing models of offences and offenders grouping depending on individual cases have grown over the past couple of years (Trojan & Salfati, 2008).
Armed forces are said to be loyal, dutiful, and full of integrity but when you unravel the truth they are sometimes the opposite. “An annual Pentagon study released recently estimated that unwanted sexual contact, from groping to rape, jumped by 37 percent in 2012 to 26,000 cases from 19,000 the previous year” (Reuters). Since some soldiers have high authority and rank, they tend to abuse their rights and think it is acceptable to sexually harass women in the military. This could continue if cases are not brought to justice that stop the abuse. Behind the scenes of the military, Armed forces are failing to deal with sexual assault in its ranks because too many soldiers in positions of authority do not think there is a problem.
Oscar Chen Ms. Norton 2. May.2013 Rape Culture Rape culture has greatly influenced society and has caused women to sink in danger situations. Rape is ultimately caused by men’s urge to enjoy the power they can exert over women’s bodies. Rape not only includes sexual assaults but also serve violent and punishment for women. Rape has affected many cultures and women’s life that we cannot imagine.
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing sector of illegal drug use in the United States. Over the course of a few years, the National Institutes of Health estimated that over twenty percent of people have used prescription drugs for non-medical reasons. Among these people, teenagers from ages 12 to 17 are the most frequent abusers. Today the number of teenagers who abuse prescription drugs is alarmingly high. “On average, 6,027 teens use prescription drugs every day to get high for the first time” (DEA).