Sentences with phrase «aspect of an abuse victim»

Sexual assault isn't just a matter for the police and criminal courts, it results in lasting damage for survivors, compromising both work and home life, hurting relationships, and negatively impacting virtually every aspect of an abuse victim's existence.

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But he also said that the church has focused on the judicial aspect of sexual abuse in the past, and that Pope Francis now wants to focus on the pastoral side, and caring for victims.

Her lawsuit states that Cater previously was a victim of domestic abuse and that Hoyt used Cater's vulnerability to «lure» her into a «predatory and unlawful game in which Defendant Hoyt sought to control every aspect of the plaintiff's life.»

Because it pervades all aspects of a victim's digital life, escape from this kind of incessant abuse proves difficult, and the psychological impact is vast.

Many of these difficulties illustrate a more generic problem: the tendency to attribute to the victim personality traits that are not permanent aspects of her character but are instead the sequelae of abuse.

Finally, it is important that those who assess their credibility do so understanding that an outsider's instinctive sense of the situation may be inaccurate, influenced by aspects of the victim's self presentation that are themselves the product of the abuse she has suffered.

We wish we could overwhelmingly support the tool, which has some exemplary aspects, but the tool also definitely has some dangerous aspects that can be used against battered women and children who are victims of child sexual abuse (CSA), particularly when molested by their fathers.