Sentences with phrase «finding of family violence»

The degree of insight or motivation of the parent against whom a finding of family violence or abuse has been made.

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And so we find ourselves as a nation in an updated version of the Hatfield - McCoy feud, the famous 1800s violence between two families, which left several members of each clan dead over the course of 30 years.

All parents, whatever their religious beliefs and desires, have a daunting agenda: balance careers with childcare, find time for family meals, deal with demanding schools, isolate the young from the easily available violence and pornography on the internet and establish and enforce codes of conduct.

Fear pervades the entire picture — fear of violence to herself or the children, fear of loss of family status, fear that others will find out, fear of insanity, fear that she will return home to find him drunk.

With her patient base consisting of a high percentage of children exposed to violence, Dr Burke Harris has found a variety of ways to begin these difficult conversations and ensure that the children and their families are getting the care they need.

The agency has a good understanding of some risk factors for teen dating violence, such as family background, she said, and it is now studying the relationship between teen partners to see what additional risk factors can be found.

A new study of national survey information gathered on more than 12,000 Hispanic children from immigrant and U.S. - native families found that although they experience more poverty, those from immigrant families reported fewer exposures to such adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as parental divorce and scenes of violence.

While younger viewers might find some scenes of the future a bit frightening, most of the cartoon violence — exploding inventions, biting ants, a family food fight and an attacking dinosaur — is no scarier than regular Saturday morning fare.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 17, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Max Payne (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, intense violence and drug use) Mark Wahlberg stars in the title role of this revenge thriller about a DEA agent and an assassin (Mila Kunis) who join forces to find the killers responsible for the murder of his family and her sister.

The Conjuring Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston and Lili Taylor Directed by James Wan (Saw) Rated R for sequences of disturbing violence and terror Real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Wilson and Farmiga) have searched for evil activity in hundreds of homes but apparently this case of a demon haunting a family in Rhode Island is the one that they found to the most disturbing.

So will many students who find out about the act of violence from the media, family, or friends.

First, the existence of substantial spillovers caused by family problems such as domestic violence would provide an additional compelling reason for policymakers to find ways to help troubled families.

At the same time, the same proportion of those surveyed as a decade ago said they believed violence exists within families, according to the study, whose findings were presented this month at a Chicago conference sponsored by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect.

Robert Vargas Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Sociology, Founding Director of the Violence, Law, and Politics Lab, University of Chicago

February 15, 2018 Northwestern University Robert Vargas Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Sociology, Founding Director of the Violence, Law, and Politics Lab, University of Chicago

In 2000, Turnamian — now the assistant superintendent — founded one of Newark's first charter schools in the Central Ward in part to give families an alternative to Quitman, by then well - established in its reputation for violence and instability.

NAH was founded by Staci Alonso to eliminate one barrier of leaving an abusive relationship and ensure that pets can remain with the families who have fled from a domestic violence situation.

His family fears that he might have been a victim of gun violence but they still have the hope of finding him alive.

If it were true that video games were indeed making things worse we would be seeing a huge influx of violence and in fact it is in decline you can find the facts al over the place get off your ass and do something original; like start at home and create a real family environment then start looking outside the home.

Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun - control - advocacy group, analyzed FBI data on mass shootings from 2009 to 2016 and found that in 54 percent of cases, the victims included the shooter's current or former spouse or intimate partner, or another family member — and 16 percent of attackers between 2009 and 2015 had previously been charged with domestic violence.

From the perspective of the accused of the violence, it is important to know what kind of impact a criminal finding could have on custody, divorce, and other family - related issues.

It is the findings of this court that there was sufficient evidence to support the family court's findings of a «significant history of domestic violence», including records of hospital visits, police reports, counseling records, etc..

From the homepage, users will find a list of help line phone numbers, as well as links to government resources on bullying and family violence, and more.

We recognize that threats of violence made by a defendant against his attorney or the attorney's family may constitute «extremely serious misconduct» that may justify a finding that an indigent defendant has forfeited his right to court - appointed counsel.

The Inquiry was called as a result of pressure from Indigenous women, family members, Canadian human rights organizations and international and regional human rights bodies that found Canada in breach of its international human rights obligations to act with due diligence to prevent violence against Indigenous women and girls.

The report found the risk of becoming a victim of family violence was more than doubled for females compared with men, with 407 victims per 100,000 women and 180 per 100,000 men.

Under this section, a warrant may be issued by a judge following an application by a peace officer, without notice to the respondent, where there are reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a family member may have been the subject of family violence, will be found at the place to be searched, and the person who provided the information has been refused access to the family member.

While a higher percentage of violent and threatening incidents was found to have occurred in criminal and family law settings, the Utah study also found violence / threats to be prevalent in employment and civil law settings, as well as other practice areas.

Blawg posts should provide useful family law intelligence (including legal and practical knowledge or news on a range of family law subjects, such as divorce, cohabitation, prenuptial agreements, mediation, ADR, domestic violence, family court proceedings or any other relevant information that you think our readers will find useful and will want to share) Our editors include a former family lawyer and we can tell useful posts from the not - so - useful ones.

Appendix 2 then reproduces the summary guide to a recent publication by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission that provides an overview of findings of research on family violence in Indigenous communities.

Life and family events premigration and postmigration have been found to have a profound effect on the health and well - being of immigrant children.1, 2 Risk factors include trauma, separation from parents, nonvoluntary migration, obstacles in the acculturation process, 3 and children who immigrate in their mid - or late teens.1, 4 Research also shows that parents who have experienced or witnessed violence have poorer mental health, 2,5 which is likely to affect parent — child attachment and negatively impact child development and mental health.5 Transitioning to a new country may be beneficial for both parents and children, but it may render new and unexpected constraints in the parent — child relationship (eg, children tend to acculturate to the new country faster than their parents), cause disharmony and power conflicts, 6 — 8 and, subsequently, affect the child's mental health.9

[134] It found that gender imbalance in ATSIC's political structure was in part caused by insufficient recognition of the role of Indigenous women and matters that impact significantly on them (such as substance abuse, homelessness and family violence), as well as inadequate leadership development and a failure to involve women in formal decision - making processes.

Findings from the NSCAW indicate that substance abuse was much more highly associated with «neglect, failure to provide basic necessities» than with «neglect, failure to supervise» or any type of abuse.11 Finally, violence may be more likely to erupt in homes where stimulant drugs and alcohol are used.12 The interplay between substance abuse and child maltreatment within family dynamics and across children's developmental periods is gradually becoming clearer.

Under Georgia law, a court may order limited visitation to a parent who has committed acts of family violence only if the court finds that the visitation order provides adequate safety for the child and custodial parent who are victims of the family violence.

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

One study that I conducted with several colleagues found that males were more likely than females to report having witnessed a violent event, such as seeing a friend or family member killed, while females were more likely to mention being the victim of violence, such as sexual or physical abuse.77

In light of this finding, clinicians should carefully assess whether marital violence in high risk families may be compromising their therapeutic efforts.

The findings support increased comprehensive mental health assessment for mothers who have experienced violence, ongoing parental and family supports, and the locating of safe and protective housing.

Family Influences on Female Offenders» Substance Use: The Role of Adverse Childhood Events Among Incarcerated Women Bowles, Dehart, & Reid Webb (2012) Journal of Family Violence, 27 (7) View Abstract Describes a study that sought to find a possible intervening variable in the victimization - crime relationship in incarcerated women.

Similarly regarding gender, it has been found that boys are more vulnerable than girls (Elbedour et al., 1993; El Habir et al., 1994) and where under conditions of accumulative risk factors such as injury through political violence and physical violence or maternal depression in the family unit, boys are particularly vulnerable to emotional and behavioural problems (Garbarino & Kostelny, 1996).

FAMILY LAW — CHILDREN — with whom the child lives — where there are allegations the father and paternal grandmother sexually abused the child — whether there is an unacceptable risk of harm to the child in the father's care — where the child has speech and language delays — where the child had spent unsupervised time with the father after separation — where the parties entered into final Consent Orders in October 2015 — where the allegations arose after that — where the child has been spending supervised time with the father since October 2016 — where the mother obtained a domestic violence protection order against the father in 2015 — where an order for equal shared parental responsibility is not in the child's best interests — where an unacceptable risk of harm is not found — where the mother is granted sole parental responsibility — where the child will continue to live primarily with the mother and spend unsupervised time with the father on an increasing basis

Research has consistently found that children who are exposed to family violence have higher levels of emotional and behavioural problems than children who have not.

Children of all ages have been found to have more problems when they have been exposed to family violence, particularly coercive and controlling family violence.

A recent survey found that almost half of the employees who had recently experienced family violence discussed it with someone at work5.

The report highlights progress made in recent years in the area of family violence, including key findings relating to children's experience of family violence, the effects on development and evidence based informed interventions.

You might find yourself asking a range of questions about family violence.

McKelvey, Conners - Burrow, Mesman, Pemberton, & Casey (2015) Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 44 (1) View Abstract Explores the findings of a study examining moderating effects of family cohesion on the relationship between community violence and child internalizing and externalizing problems at age 18.

A recent review offers ambiguous support for the relation between home visitation and reductions in child maltreatment.2 The findings from several large - scale home - visitation efforts have shown disappointing short - term results in reducing family violence and child maltreatment.4, 9 A 15 - year follow - up study of the Elmira trial families, however, provided the first evidence from a randomized trial for the long - term effects of home visitation on reducing child maltreatment.10 Results from the follow - up showed that nurse - visited families had half as many child maltreatment reports as families in the comparison group.

· South Jersey Collaborative Law Group, Founding Member · New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators · International Academy of Collaborative Professionals · Thomas S. Forkin Family Law American Inn of Court (1996 - 2013 & Executive Committee 1997 - 2009) · New Jersey State Bar Association · Camden County Bar Association · Family Law Section Camden County Bar Association · Family Law Section Burlington County Bar Association · Family Law Committee Gloucester County Bar Association · Family Law Committee Association of Family and Conciliation Courts · Former Liaison to Rutgers Law School Domestic Violence Pro Bono Project

Blawg posts should provide useful family law intelligence (including legal and practical knowledge or news on a range of family law subjects, such as divorce, cohabitation, prenuptial agreements, mediation, ADR, domestic violence, family court proceedings or any other relevant information that you think our readers will find useful and will want to share) Our editors include a former family lawyer and we can tell useful posts from the not - so - useful ones.