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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “""safe victims""”.
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How Safe Do Individuals Feel in Clayton County?
<p>To determine if individuals feel safe in their communities, a self- administered questionnaire was distributed to six hundred residents of Clayton County, Georgia. In addition to overall safety, the survey sought to measure how being a victim of a burglary or rape and the level of income impacts …
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Effective Methods to Reach Victims of Domestic Violence
… 2004) this is at odds with the number of victims in need of services. This study explored a variety of methods to reach victims of domestic violence. To provide a basic understanding of domestic violence in the United States is presented, various definitions of domestic violence are …
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Effects of Contextual and Individual Difference Factors on Perceptions of Victims
<p>Victim blame can have detrimental effects on victims' coping with traumatic events. The current study examined contextual (i.e., victim-observer ingroup membership and safety of the environment) and individual difference (i.e., world beliefs, trauma exposure, and cognitive semantic associations) …
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Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis The Role Physicians can Play in Keeping Communities Safe
… becoming a perpetrator of violence themselves. Victims of gun violence are seen in emergency rooms at alarming rates and despite gun related deaths increasing over the past few decades, there is not a significant quantity of research on violence intervention. As physicians are key players in …
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The doctrine of absolute liability and the right to a safe environment: issues and challenges in the liability of environmental polluters in Nigeria
… of the region. Owing to this development, victims of environmental pollution have repeatedly instituted legal actions against transnational corporations (TNCs) and the Federal Government with a view to recovering damages and enforcing rights via statutory claims (which basically reflects …
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Pilot Study Of Safe Sisters: A Sexual Assault Prevention Program For Sorority Women
… that can have lasting, harmful effects on victims and their family, friends, and communities (CDC, 2014). Approximately one in five women will become a victim of sexual violence at some point in their lifetime (RAINN, 2009). College women are at a greater risk for rape and other forms of …
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A civil liberty or sexual exploitation: revenge porn?
… currently there are no federal provisions for victims of revenge porn. Currently, state statutes are the main method of legal action that victims may use to combat their perpetrators. 94% of Americans state that they believe their sexually charged photographs are safe with their significant …
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Far from home, safe from home?? An exploration into fear of crime within African refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrant groups living in Cape Town, South Africa
… has in turn heightened their fear of being victims of crime themselves but the extent of their fear of crime has yet to be studied. This study seeks to address that gap and establish whether fear of crime in migrants living in a developing country can be studied using the models set by …
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Retrospective analysis of deaths in the Table Mountain National Park 2000-2011
… Table Mountain. Despite its seemingly safe infrastructure, there have been media reports of accidents and deaths that have occurred in the TMNP and on Table Mountain. Aim: To determine the number and types of fatalities in the TMNP from 2000-2011. Method: The Salt River Forensic …
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The 1,000 dollar home : a scalable business model to build disaster relief dwellings and upgrade slums
… the dwellers of very poor communities or the victims of natural disasters not only by providing them with financial support, but equally important by also providing them with a construction method that allows for a progressive build up of their dwellings. In doing so, the author argues that …
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Towards a mobile application to aid law enforcement in diagnosing and preventing mobile bully-victim behaviour in Eastern Free State High Schools of South Africa
… aggression that is escalating worldwide. Bully-victims are people who bully others but are also victimised by peers. The behaviour of bully-victims therefore swings between that of pure bullies and pure victims, making it difficult to identify and prevent. Prevention measures require the …
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'One Stop Centres' and state accountability for sexual violence against women: comparing service integration models in Kenya and South Africa
… is increasing recognition that sexual violence victims have multiple and complex needs, requiring the joint intervention of multiple sectors to generate a more effective response. As such, multi-sector collaborations that integrate health, legal and psychosocial support services are acknowledged …
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The problem of domestic violence. Private violence and Public Policy
… takes place in a setting which we perceive as a safe haven in a heartless world, and within a relationship which for many people is a source of happiness and security. The discrepancy between the violence and the setting within which it takes place both makes it harder to harder to understand the …
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Rebuilding the Catholic Brand in America: An Isocratean Perspective
… in spite of the Church's efforts to create a safe environment for its children and vulnerable members and to hold predator priests accountable.</p><p> This dissertation holds the view that, for the Church in America to rebuild its brand and thereby restore its fractured image and reputation, …
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An in-depth investigation into the safety of Nyanga's public spaces from a gender-sensitive perspective.
… hotspots. Women who live in the area do not feel safe in these spaces and are often the victims of crime. Thus, there is a need for an in-depth, gender-sensitive investigation into the safety of Nyanga's public spaces. This study seeks to do this and to explore how and why Nyanga's public spaces …
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One size does not fit all : innovation in emergency housing with a focus on Nepal 2015
… people relying on t-shelters for housing in an unsafe and unsanitary environment. This thesis addresses the problem of people needing housing and of unsafe transitional housing by presenting a new design process and ultimately a t-shelter design specifically for the victims of the 2015 earthquakes …
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A sanctuary
This project aims to design a safe and healthy space for orphan girls in Iraq, considering their needs and culture. Moreover, to set a foundation for girls to grow and become confident young individuals. My approach to this project was working both in plan and perspective. From the first days of …
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¿MÁS VALE UN AÑO DE REY QUE VEINTE DE GUËY¿. GIOVANI, VIOLENZA, RECLUTAMENTO CRIMINALE E SOCIETÀ CIVILE IN MESSICO TRA VULNERABILITÀ E RESISTENZA:IL CASO DEL CENTRO JUVENIL PROMOCIÓN INTEGRAL A.C. (CEJUV, A.C.)
… of vulnerability situated between the status of victims and that of perpetrators of violence, as in the case of the criminal recruitment of minors by organized crime. Alongside these dynamics, however, practices of resistance emerge that create spaces of protection, recognition, and emancipation, …
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The Portrayal of Central American Migrants in North American Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis
… in media with emerging discourses as: criminals, victims, bogus queue skippers, and undeserving of human rights protection. Through the analysis of the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) and the public statement on Canada’s immigration website, the thesis also revealed Canada’s …
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Generative Chatbot Framework for Cybergrooming Prevention
… personal close relationships with potential victims, commonly teens, for the purpose of sexual exploitation or abuse via online social media platforms. Cybergrooming has been recognized as a serious social problem. However, there have been insufficient programs to provide proactive prevention …
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