Sentences with phrase «involving child victims»

When adopting this rule, the Court recognized, «Cases involving child victims present special concerns that weigh in favor of allowing judicial discretion to order psychological evaluations.»
Frequently, there were criminal bail restrictions between the offender and the child victim; pressures on the offender to refrain from engaging, participating, communicating with their social worker on advice of criminal counsel; pressures on other family members who had to «choose» between the offender and victim; unintended consequences involving the child victim's stability, mental health and relationships with the offender and other family members; and other complications which stalled counselling and other therapies towards reunification (where possible).

Not exact matches

I don't think in most cases that the priests and bishops involved in the cover - up actively desired for children to be abused, they just wanted to maintain the church's outward reputation and did not care that the collateral result was that the victims did not receive justice and that in many cases, more abuse occurred.
Several well - known cases have involved priests having child porn, or photographing their victims.
The project - which eventually involved some 4,000 children in 21 Chicago - area park district day camps - collected toys, candy, books, baby food and children's clothing for flood victims.
She said in a statement, «We further demand the unconditional release of the Baale of Otodo Gbame; the provision of humanitarian assistance to the victims, especially the pregnant women and children, who have lost their homes and all their belongings; and a full investigation into the latest fire incident in order to identify the state agencies involved in the recent ruthless invasion of Otodo Gbame, and ensure the offending officials are brought to justice.
District Attorney Scott D. McNamara reported today that a Rome man and women were arrested by investigators assigned to the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center on April 8th as a result of an investigation into a prostitution and rape complaint involving a 15 year old victim.
The Special Victim's Bureau of the Oneida County District Attorney's Office is responsible for prosecuting cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault of adults and children, and serious physical abuse and homicides of children.
As part of the prosecution of these matters the attorneys work closely with victim advocates, child protective workers and other members of the community who are involved in providing services to victims of domestic and sexual violence.
Hoylman had argued the amendment was germane because human trafficking typically involves child sex victims.
Since witnesses and technical evidence are often lacking in cases involving child abuse, courts are often forced to rely solely on the victim's own testimony «It is therefore very important that courts assess the credibility of a testimony based on what children say and not on how they say it,» says Sara Landström.
Children who were victims of bullying were at nearly twice the risk of displaying symptoms of anorexia (11.2 percent prevalence compared to 5.6 percent of children who were not involved in bullying) and bulimia (27.9 percent prevalence compared to 17.6 percent of children not involved in buChildren who were victims of bullying were at nearly twice the risk of displaying symptoms of anorexia (11.2 percent prevalence compared to 5.6 percent of children who were not involved in bullying) and bulimia (27.9 percent prevalence compared to 17.6 percent of children not involved in buchildren who were not involved in bullying) and bulimia (27.9 percent prevalence compared to 17.6 percent of children not involved in buchildren not involved in bullying).
Participants were divided into four categories — children who were not at all involved in bullying; victims of bullying; children who sometimes were victims and sometimes were instigators; and children who were solely bullies, repeatedly abusing other children verbally and physically, socially excluding others, and rumor mongering, without ever becoming a victim themselves.
Roelcke encountered resistance several years ago, when he attempted to document that Ernst Rüdin, the Nazi - era director of KWG's Institute for Psychiatry in Munich, and the University of Heidelberg in Germany were involved in research on child euthanasia victims.
Quite quickly, they declare their love for the person and then later invent «quite credible stories» to persuade their victim to send them money, police said, for example financial hardship after an accident or misfortune involving their children.
For very young children, it is probable that they will not remember the event, unless they knew victims or were otherwise directly involved in the bombing or the aftermath.
Chloë Cockett, policy manager at the care leavers» charity, Become, said that children in the capital might also be moved out «to keep them safe if they are victims of child sexual exploitation or have been involved in gangs».
The Social Relationships of Children Involved in Bully / Victim Problems at School.
Magister Negi Magi, who points out in vain that «manga doesn't involve actual children so there are no actual victims» and that «there's no scientific evidence» that manga and anime actually cause people to commit crimes.
Dog bites are the second leading cause of injuries in children and over 75 % of bite cases involve dogs that belong to the victim's family or a friend.
When children are involved, they often become the «victims» of a highly publicised dissolution and / or custody battle.
To provide victims and children involved in domestic violence situations with crisis intervention, information, support, legal access, and advocacy.
Hearings can involve vulnerable people such unaccompanied children, victims of human trafficking, those mental health trauma, and those living in fear of being returned to inhumane conditions and brutal and repressive treatment.
From our offices in Brownsville, McAllen, San Antonio and Laredo, The Begum Law Group represents injury victims throughout South Texas in all types of cases involving child injuries.
Penalties for a felony DUI may be extended if the conduct involves a child under the age of 16 or causes a victim to suffer death or great bodily harm.
Due to the cuts to funding for legal aid representation, a recent case involving allegations of physical assault (amongst others) against children and a mother by the father, appeared in court with the victim having no legal representation.
Which means, if there is an accident involving a child on the premises, the tenant / lessee can not shield itself from liability by claiming since it doesn't own the property it is not liable for the victim's damages.
(3) If a court, prior to April 11, 1991, issued an order granting parenting time rights to a parent who is not the residential parent and did not require the residential parent in that order to give the parent who is granted the parenting time rights notice of any change of address and if the residential parent files a notice of relocation pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section, the court shall determine if the parent who is granted the parenting time rights has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any other offense involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding and caused physical harm to the victim in the commission of the offense, or has been determined to be the perpetrator of the abusive act that is the basis of an adjudication that a child is an abused child.
(2) When a court grants parenting time rights to a parent who is not the residential parent, the court shall determine whether that parent has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any other offense involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding and caused physical harm to the victim in the commission of the offense, or has been determined to be the perpetrator of the abusive act that is the basis of an adjudication that a child is an abused child.
(4) If a parent who is granted parenting time rights pursuant to this section or any other section of the Revised Code is authorized by an order issued pursuant to this section or any other court order to receive a copy of any notice of relocation that is filed pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section or pursuant to court order, if the residential parent intends to move to a residence other than the residence address specified in the parenting time order, and if the residential parent does not want the parent who is granted the parenting time rights to receive a copy of the relocation notice because the parent with parenting time rights has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of section 2919.25 of the Revised Code involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding, has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any other offense involving a victim who at the time of the commission of the offense was a member of the family or household that is the subject of the proceeding and caused physical harm to the victim in the commission of the offense, or has been determined to be the perpetrator of the abusive act that is the basis of an adjudication that a child is an abused child, the residential parent may file a motion with the court requesting that the parent who is granted the parenting time rights not receive a copy of any notice of relocation.
[15] Over 1,600 lawyers volunteered to help solve issues that many victims did not even realize they had until after the devastation occurred, such as tenant rights in flooded apartments or child custody issues involving displaced parents.
On July 8, 2014, WilmerHale achieved a significant victory for a pro bono client and domestic violence victim in a case described by the Second Circuit as involving «novel and significant issues» of «first impression» under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
The Act makes it clear that children involved in prostitution are victims of sexual abuse and sexual exploitation and require protection.
Many areas of practice are demanding and carry high risk to the parties involved, but inexperienced counsel practising family law can irreparably damage the lives of the children, innocent victims of their parents» dysfunctional relationships, who are the subject of the litigation.
His clinical experience has included the provision of services to street children engaged in drug trafficking and prostitution, victims of sexual abuse and violence, adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system, and adult federal probationers convicted for drug trafficking.
Among children whose abuse was so serious that they entered foster care, the rate of substance abuse was about three times higher.8 Thus, substance abuse by parents of victims of child abuse may not be as common in the general child welfare services - involved population as often believed, but substance abuse appears to be a significant contributor to maltreatment.
Cecilia Casanueva and others, 8220; Quality of Maternal Parenting among Intimate - Partner Violence Victims Involved with the Child Welfare System, 8221; Journal of Family Violence, 23, no. 6 (2008): 413, 8211; 27.
It would be naive to expect that the complex community of professionals who make up the family court system would already have integrated fully new learning about partner abuse and new norms governing the handling and disposition of cases involving abusive partners and their adult and child victims.
When there are children involved, no matter what their ages, they become victims of the loss as well, through no fault of their own.
Results of a nationwide study of bullying behavior in Ireland show that children who were involved in bullying as either bullies, victims or both had significantly lower self - esteem than other children (Schoen, 1999).
Families receiving nurse visitation during pregnancy and infancy had fewer child maltreatment reports involving mother as perpetrator and study child as victim.
Researchers from the University of Warwick in the U.K. performed a meta - analysis of 70 studies involving more than 200,000 children and found poor parenting techniques had the strongest effects on children who were both victims of bullying and bullies themselves, known as «bully - victims
We are all victims until we can change the way people divorce or separate involving children.
«Bullying behavior is a social, educational, and health problem that affects many children and adolescents in Rhode Island and the U.S. Bullying behavior has a negative impact on all involved, including the victim, the perpetrator, and bystanders,» according to Katherine Chu, of Kids Count.
Lubomir Sirkov analyses the incoming signals and liaises with national and international bodies, Internet providers and social networking sites for the quickest possible removal of inappropriate online content, apprehension of people involved in child abuse, and identification of underage victims in order to protect them from future harm.
42 U.S. Code § 13001a (7) the term «multidisciplinary response to child abuse» means a response to child abuse that is based on mutually agreed upon procedures among the community agencies and professionals involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that best meets the needs of child victims and their nonoffending family members; (8) the term «nonoffending family member» means a member of the family of a victim of child abuse other than a member who has been convicted or accused of committing an act of child abuse; and (Pub.
In essence, the parent with narcissism is trying to resolve these anxieties by creating a drama involving themselves (the perceived «competent / good» parent), the other parent (the «abusive» parent), and the child (the «victim» of the «abusive» parent).
The results showed that victims differed significantly from bully - victims (i.e. victims that also bully) and from children not involved in cyberbullying, in that they use certain emotion - focused coping strategies for daily stressors in general more than others.
In this context we will also address the increasing complexity of structural dissociation into secondary and tertiary forms that may ensue when trauma involves chronic interpersonal violence and neglect, in particular when children are the victims and caretakers are the perpetrators.
For 40 hours each week, the Therapist will serve clients involving the treatment of child and adolescent victims of abuse and their non-offending family members.
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