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That current definition does not include abuses perpetrated by the governments themselves or private security firms or any reforms to strengthen traceability and reduce illicit trade.

From the BBC, «But current research and expert opinion suggest... that the prevalence of abuse by priests has fallen sharply in the last 20 - 30 years.»

Although this display wasn government sanctioned, the us has a long history of religious abuse by Christians — take the current bigoted view of Muslims by our society.

Writing for The Times the current Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: «It would be very naive to think that many of the elderly people who are abused and neglected each year, as well as many severely disabled individuals, would not be put under pressure to end their lives if assisted suicide were permitted by law.

Much more than 1.5 percent engages in sexual abuse» and much, much more than 1.5 percent if we use the loose definitions of sexual abuse current today (and adopted by the bishops in Dallas).

The lawsuit filed last month alleges that the USDA violated the Administrative Procedure Act because the repeated delays under the current administration were issued without any public process and abused USDA's discretion by proposing action to indefinitely delay or kill the rule.

The social harm done by alcohol abuse almost certainly is increased by the imperfections of the current tax regime, and so has been the problem of oversupply in the wine industry.

Here in the UK, an estimated 1.2 million women experience domestic abuse each year, and on average two women a week are killed by a former or current partner.

Members of a special team at the U.S. Education Department that had been investigating widespread abuses by for - profit colleges have been marginalized, reassigned or instructed to focus on other matters, according to current and former employees.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

Harriet Harman has insisted the «culture» responsible for systematic abuse of MPs» expenses will be destroyed by current reforms.

Also at 1 p.m., Sen. Tony Avella will announce the details of two pieces of legislation that seek to combat abuses of current election law by incumbent candidates and party bosses to circumvent the voters, 38 - 50 Bell Blvd., Bayside, Queens.

Speaking at the 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, Buhari said: «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family and communities at all levels on the critical role of protecting children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

Speaking in Abuja to mark 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, President Buhari said, «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family, communities at all levels, on the critical role of protecting the children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

It would also open a one - year window for sex abuse survivors penalized by the current law to file lawsuits against predators and the institutions that protect them.

Scharff says while it may not curb abuses by the current crop of politicians, it will attract a different sort of candidate, and representative, over time.

None are believed to contain the one - year window sought by advocates that allows adults who were abused as kids but can no longer sue under current law to bring a civil case.

In our current climate, with journalism under attack by the President, the movie is a necessary reminder of how vital the press is as a check on government abuse.

The report assessed «the current and emerging risk» that is posed by charter management organizations for fraud, waste and abuse.

WASHINGTON — Members of a special team at the Education Department that had been investigating widespread abuses by for - profit colleges have been marginalized, reassigned or instructed to focus on other matters, according to current and former employees.

U.S. Senate Bill 3895 introduced by Senators Christopher Dodd, D - Connecticut and Richard Burr, R - North Carolina in September was largely in response to reports of both mental and physical abuse as a result of current practices of restraint and seclusion of special education students.

(1997) E652: Current Research in Post-School Transition Planning (2003) E586: Curriculum Access and Universal Design for Learning (1999) E626: Developing Social Competence for All Students (2002) E650: Diagnosing Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (2003) E608: Five Homework Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities (2001) E654: Five Strategies to Limit the Burdens of Paperwork (2003) E571: Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plans (1998) E628: Helping Students with Disabilities Participate in Standards - Based Mathematics Curriculum (2002) E625: Helping Students with Disabilities Succeed in State and District Writing Assessments (2002) E597: Improving Post-School Outcomes for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2000) E564: Including Students with Disabilities in Large - Scale Testing: Emerging Practices (1998) E568: Integrating Assistive Technology Into the Standard Curriculum (1998) E577: Learning Strategies (1999) E587: Paraeducators: Factors That Influence Their Performance, Development, and Supervision (1999) E735: Planning Accessible Conferences and Meetings (1994) E593: Planning Student - Directed Transitions to Adult Life (2000) E580: Positive Behavior Support and Functional Assessment (1999) E633: Promoting the Self - Determination of Students with Severe Disabilities (2002) E609: Public Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E616: Research on Full - Service Schools and Students with Disabilities (2001) E563: School - Wide Behavioral Management Systems (1998) E632: Self - Determination and the Education of Students with Disabilities (2002) E585: Special Education in Alternative Education Programs (1999) E599: Strategic Processing of Text: Improving Reading Comprehension for Students with Learning Disabilities (2000) E638: Strategy Instruction (2002) E579: Student Groupings for Reading Instruction (1999) E621: Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities (2001) E627: Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention for Students with Disabilities: A Call to Educators (2002) E642: Supporting Paraeducators: A Summary of Current Practices (2003) E647: Teaching Decision Making to Students with Learning Disabilities by Promoting Self - Determination (2003) E590: Teaching Expressive Writing To Students with Learning Disabilities (1999) E605: The Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)(2000) E592: The Link Between Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs)(2000) E641: Universally Designed Instruction (2003) E639: Using Scaffolded Instruction to Optimize Learning (2002) E572: Violence and Aggression in Children and Youth (1998) E635: What Does a Principal Need to Know About Inclusion?

The current push by the White House, Department of Labor and Securities and Exchange Commission to hold advisers to a more rigorous standard may do away with some abuses.

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 that was legislated by Congress is the basis for means testing under current bankruptcy law.

Especially important during our country's current recession are laws that help to save limited community resources by reducing the costs of caring for abused animals and ensuring that those who are responsible for such crimes shoulder this burden instead of taxpayers and private interests.

Our first priority is finding good homes for unwanted companion animals, whether they are abandoned, neglected, abused, strays, puppy mill «cast offs», or simply unwanted by their current owners.

On Tuesday Environment Secretary Hilary Benn and Home Secretary Alan Johnson unveiled a consultation that will review and streamline current legislation to help enforcers tackle people who break existing laws and to help prevent dogs being abused by people.

The Retrieval, a solo exhibition of works by Bay Area artist Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, features a large body of works that respond to the disappearance of Black women and female - identifying women due to various abuses and the current human trafficking trade in the Bay Area and beyond.

With barely a day going by without another gloomy global warming story making the headlines, it is difficult to know what it will take for the current US administration to wake up to the dangers of climate change - or to predict what effects our abuse of the planet will have on us, or our children.

First the treaty obligations need to be respected, or at the least equitably and cooperatively managed, because up until the current IDLE NO MORE movement First Nations have been marginalized and socially abused by the colonizers and settlers through direct means and via unconsulted legislation.

(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary.

The court made relatively short work of dismissing an appeal by an allegedly abused «young person» («X»; her age now is not stated) who said that she had been abused as a child by the father in the current contact proceedings.

The current safeguards for individuals with Lasting Powers of Attorney have not eliminated financial abuse by attorneys; a far more robust system would be needed for dealing with something as fundamental as death.

Once powers are in place to remove material deemed by the State to be adverse to the public interest, our society and individual citizens become extremely vulnerable to the gross abuse of these powers, regardless of how well - meaning our current leadership may be now.

Many risks of abuse have been identified in the comments above by those against ABS however it is naïve to think that there aren't equally harmful abuses, issues and concerns existing within the current system.

The first prosecution goal was accomplished by putting the focus on the history of the mother's relationship with her sons, as she had a significantly less salient role in their alleged prior abuse than the father and was hardly a current threat to two grown young men.

In this application Penn West applied to strike the action against it on the basis that it was an abuse of process (since the matters raised were «virtually» the same as the matters raised in the Crown action) and on the basis that in part at least it represented a collateral attack on regulatory decisions made by the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) as the predecessor of the current Alberta Energy Regulator (AER or Regulator).

CPF believes that Chairman Goodlatte's draft legislation, if enacted, would help address the abuse of our current patent system by patent assertion entities, commonly referred to as patent trolls.

Mothers were eligible to participate if they did not require the use of an interpreter, and reported one or more of the following risk factors for poor maternal or child outcomes in their responses to routine standardised psychosocial and domestic violence screening conducted by midwives for every mother booking in to the local hospital for confinement: maternal age under 19 years; current probable distress (assessed as an Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) 17 score of 10 or more)(as a lower cut - off score was used than the antenatal validated cut - off score for depression, the term «distress» is used rather than «depression»; use of this cut - off to indicate those distressed approximated the subgroups labelled in other trials as «psychologically vulnerable» or as having «low psychological resources» 14); lack of emotional and practical support; late antenatal care (after 20 weeks gestation); major stressors in the past 12 months; current substance misuse; current or history of mental health problem or disorder; history of abuse in mother's own childhood; and history of domestic violence.

The only exceptions by law are if one of you expresses intent to harm yourself or another or if current abuse is being discussed.

Studies were identified by searching Medline, HealthSTAR, PsycINFO, ERIC, and Current Contents for the years 1993 — 9 using the content terms child abuse, child neglect, battered child syndrome, incest, prevention and control, and screening combined with the methodological terms statistics and numerical data, aetiology, epidemiology, experimental design, meta - analysis, and literature review.

The Effects of Sexual Abuse as a Child on the Risk of Mothers Physically Abusing Their Children: A Path Analysis Using Systems Theory Mapp Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 30 (11), 2006 View Abstract Assesses the potential path from sexual abuse as a child to the current risk of physical abuse by mothers, concluding that the ability of the mother to resolve the childhood trauma has the greatest impact on the risk of physical aAbuse as a Child on the Risk of Mothers Physically Abusing Their Children: A Path Analysis Using Systems Theory Mapp Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 30 (11), 2006 View Abstract Assesses the potential path from sexual abuse as a child to the current risk of physical abuse by mothers, concluding that the ability of the mother to resolve the childhood trauma has the greatest impact on the risk of physical aAbuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 30 (11), 2006 View Abstract Assesses the potential path from sexual abuse as a child to the current risk of physical abuse by mothers, concluding that the ability of the mother to resolve the childhood trauma has the greatest impact on the risk of physical aabuse as a child to the current risk of physical abuse by mothers, concluding that the ability of the mother to resolve the childhood trauma has the greatest impact on the risk of physical aabuse by mothers, concluding that the ability of the mother to resolve the childhood trauma has the greatest impact on the risk of physical abuseabuse.

Cognitive behavior therapy can be very useful if the therapist finds that abuse was generational, in order to help members deal with the issues raised by previous abuse, and helps them identify cycles of current abuse.

Thus, illicit drug use may serve as an avenue to escape or dissociate from the immediate emotional pain, anxiety, and anger that likely accompany such experiences.46, 47 The current findings are supported by previous studies that have reported associations between forms of childhood abuse and substance abuse in adolescents.46, 48,49 The adverse developmental and emotional impact of these interrelated childhood experiences, combined with behaviors inherent among this age group, 19 — 21 all may contribute to the especially strong graded relationship that we found in this age group.

Child Maltreatment's objective is to foster professional excellence in the field of child abuse and neglect by reporting current and at - issue scientific information and technical innovations in a form immediately useful to practitioners and researchers from mental health, child protection, law, law enforcement, medicine, nursing, and allied disciplines.

The child - initiated cut - off of the child's relationship with a normal - range and affectionally available parent as a consequence of the distorted pathogenic parenting practices of a narcissistic / (borderline) parent in which the child is being used by the narcissistic / (borderline) parent in a role - reversal relationship to meet the emotional and psychological needs of the personality disordered parent (i.e., «parental alienation») may represent a trans - generational iteration of child sexual abuse victimization that occurred a generation (or two) prior to the current child, but that is continuing to severely distort parent - child relationships through the distorted parenting practices of the narcissistic / (borderline) parent (whose own disordered personalty organization likewise represents the impact of the prior sexual abuse victimization).

-- In conducting the statewide needs assessment required under paragraph (1), the State shall coordinate with, and take into account, other appropriate needs assessments conducted by the State, as determined by the Secretary, including the needs assessment required under section 505 (a)(both the most recently completed assessment and any such assessment in progress), the communitywide strategic planning and needs assessments conducted in accordance with section 640 (g)(1)(C) of the Head Start Act, and the inventory of current unmet needs and current community - based and prevention - focused programs and activities to prevent child abuse and neglect, and other family resource services operating in the State required under section 205 (3) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatmentabuse and neglect, and other family resource services operating in the State required under section 205 (3) of the Child Abuse Prevention and TreatmentAbuse Prevention and Treatment Act.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The purpose of the current study is to examine the use of both a prospective and a retrospective pretest in evaluating the impact of the Strengthening Families Program on foster care involved families affected by parental substance abuse.

(1) the temperament and developmental needs of the child; (2) the capacity and the disposition of the parents to understand and meet the needs of the child; (3) the preferences of each child; (4) the wishes of the parents as to custody; (5) the past and current interaction and relationship of the child with each parent, the child's siblings, and any other person, including a grandparent, who may significantly affect the best interest of the child; (6) the actions of each parent to encourage the continuing parent child relationship between the child and the other parent, as is appropriate, including compliance with court orders; (7) the manipulation by or coercive behavior of the parents in an effort to involve the child in the parents» dispute; (8) any effort by one parent to disparage the other parent in front of the child; (9) the ability of each parent to be actively involved in the life of the child; (10) the child's adjustment to his or her home, school, and community environments; (11) the stability of the child's existing and proposed residences; (12) the mental and physical health of all individuals involved, except that a disability of a proposed custodial parent or other party, in and of itself, must not be determinative of custody unless the proposed custodial arrangement is not in the best interest of the child; (13) the child's cultural and spiritual background; (14) whether the child or a sibling of the child has been abused or neglected; (15) whether one parent has perpetrated domestic violence or child abuse or the effect on the child of the actions of an abuser if any domestic violence has occurred between the parents or between a parent and another individual or between the parent and the child; (16) whether one parent has relocated more than one hundred miles from the child's primary residence in the past year, unless the parent relocated for safety reasons; and (17) other factors as the court considers necessary

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