Signs can be; A heightened sense of fear and anxiety around a person. Low self esteem Possible STD infection Inappropriate sexual behavior to others An interest in sex that is not in line with the age of the person. Fear of being with a certain sex. Emotional/psychological Abuse Many forms of abuse are obviously cruel. Emotional abuse is more subtle.
| The appearance of unexplained bruising, cuts, burns. Behaviour changes, such as becoming withdrawn, aggressive, or developing a behaviour which is out of character. | Sexual Abuse | Rape and sexual assault, contact or non-contact sexual acts to which a vulnerable person has not consented to, could not consent to or is pressured into. | Pregnancy, contracting sexually transmitted infections, genital bruising, other bruising. Behaviour changes, such as becoming withdrawn, loss of eye contact, becoming aggressive, or developing a behaviour which is out of character.
I.e. looking at pornography or being touched/made to touch. 3) Emotional/psychological abuse can be described as the use of behaviours and actions that have a harmful effect on the emotional, health and/or development of another, i.e. ; diminishing another person’s sense of identity, dignity, and self-worth which results in mental or physical distress. Discriminatory abuse can be classed as emotional abuse 4) Financial abuse can be described as the misuse of money valuables or property, through theft, fraud, use of intimidation, coercion and refusal/deprivation.
Question A-1 Describe in your own words what is meant by the following types of abuse. Types of abuse are as follows: * Physical: Injury to the physical body * Verbal: Using words to cause emotional or psychological distress * Sexual: Uninvited or unwanted sexual activity * Emotional: Feelings of distress caused by words or actions * Psychological: Thoughts of distress cause by words or actions * Financial: Misappropriation of finances * Institutional: A culture of accepted abusive conduct within an institution * Neglect: Knowingly not fulfilling the duty of care * Self neglect: The individual knowingly neglects his own well-being * Grooming: Slow progressive steps to desensitize an individual to abuse Question A-2 Identify signs and symptoms of the different types of abuse. Physical abuse: Hitting, kicking, pulling hair, pinching, scratching, shaking or burning, giving too much or not enough medicine, lifting badly causing injury, holding down or stopping from moving around, menacing looks, pulling faces. Signs and symptoms: The individual has unexplained breaks, cuts, bruising, injury or hair loss. Verbal abuse: Threatening, shouting, swearing, giving rude gestures, name calling, starting rumours or telling lies about an individual, doing any of the above through social media or technology.
1.1 -Physical abuse is when another person is causing physical harm to another person with intention of hurting them -Sexual Abuse is when the forcing of any unwanted sexual activity by one person on another as by the use of threat or force. -Emotional/Psychological abuse is when someone is trying to control and manipulate another person through the use of fear, humiliation, intimidation and verbally abusing them. -Financial abuse is when someone is misusing the use of another person’s belongings whether money, property or valuables without that persons consent or not knowing. -Institutional abuse is when a company or organisation fails to provide appropriate and professional bodies to vulnerable people and failure to protect them while people are under their care. -Self-Neglect is when someone is harming themselves whether being self-abusing (cutting themselves) neglecting their personal hygiene (washing and dressing) refusing to eat or drink.
Describe factors that may contribute to an individual being more vulnerable to abuse A person who has low self esteem and no sense of self worth. Someone who has been physically and emotionally abused in the past. Someone that has been sexually abused. People who have substance abuse problems. The mentally ill or homeless.
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.
The little boy throws the hand the gun into a nearby waste basket and runs into a nearby rest room.” In the article they make it seem like the child must had knew he did something wrong. At the same time where were the adults at when this child wanders off into his book bag? Where was the guidance at when this child went off to go pull the trigger or when he went in the danger zone where he found this weapon at? Just like now why is there always teen shooting in high schools? Students believe that high schools shooting are most cause of being pick on or being mistreated.
Columbine Massacre Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at 11:19 AM, a witness heard Eric Harris yell, “Go! Go!” (Wikipedia). Two teenage student of Columbine high, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, arrived at school with an arsenal full of weapons ready to reap revenge on all those who had done them wrong. After the hour-long rampage and the chaos was over twelve students and a teacher were dead, twenty-four others were wounded and the two shooters had committed suicide. This massacre has provoked much debate into the issues of gun control and availability of firearms in the United States, as well as high school cliques, bullying and the role of violent movies and video games in American society.
If students are allowed to carry concealed weapons on college grounds and a shooting breaks out, this will make it hard for the law enforcement to identify the real perpetrators during a shooting. Should students and faculty members be allowed to carry concealed weapons on campus grounds?