Sentences with phrase «majority of abuse cases»

- The majority of abuse cases happened in the 1960s and 1970s and there was a sharp decline in the number of cases that began in the 1980s and continues today.

While the vast majority of the abuse cases happened in the 1960s,»70s, and»80s, the recent revelation of more cases and the failings of the church in dealing with many of them have left fresh scars that have been slow to heal, victims» advocates say.

Not exact matches

One BBC article contended that these sorts of cases were not representative of abuse cases nationally, and that the majority of child abusers were white and operated alone.

Deputy Senate Minority Leader Neil Breslin said the chamber needs to «move on» from Parker's assault case and again sought to differentiate it from Monserrate's conviction on a misdemeanor charge of abusing his girlfriend and ex-Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s alleged corruption.

It is the only criminal case as the vast majority of alleged abuse happened too long ago to prosecute.

Kathryn Robb, a sex abuse survivor - turned - attorney and advocate for victims, has a meeting in Albany today Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco to discuss a bill that would eliminate the statute of limitations for pursuing criminal charges or filing lawsuits in child sex abuse cases.

Robb, now a lawyer and victim advocate, has a meeting in Albany on Monday with Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) to discuss a bill that would eliminate the statute of limitations for pursuing criminal charges or filing lawsuits in child sex abuse cases.

Oz also took the time to urge his viewers to call state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan to call for passage this year of a bill that would extend the timeframe that child sex abuse survivors can bring civil and criminal cases.

With the spotlight on elder abuse awareness throughout June, she says it's critical for seniors to understand how to protect themselves from financial abuse given that the majority of cases will involve people who are close to them.

In our observation, the vast majority of people truly care about their animals and many cases of «animal abuse» are simply due to lack of information and education.

My study of dog bite - related fatalities occurring over the past five decades has identified the poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of regular, positive human interaction, often for negative functions (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.

Many people with shy and fearful rescue dogs assume that their dogs have been abused, but the simple reality is that in the majority of cases, their dogs were just not properly socialised when they were puppies.

Let me make my opinion perfectly clear: Shock is not training - in the vast majority of cases it meets the criteria for abuse.»

We believe having the ability to replicate this in other parts of our service area could reduce the number of abuse cases we are seeing, since a great majority of the cases are neglect brought on many times by a lack of education.

«10 Delise, based upon her study of fatal attacks over the past five decades, has identified  poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of the household for purposes other than as family pets (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter resident dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.4

In the reasoning of the majority this case was among a number where public authorities had been given powers and duties to protect a class of person (the case of powers and duties of local authorities to investigate alleged abuse of children was drawn as a parallel) and in exercising those powers may cause loss to third parties.

It can be difficult to detect when nursing home abuse is taking place, and a majority of these cases go unreported by elderly victims because they are too frightened or incapacitated to report the incident.

I would expect that felonious child abuse would require the same sort of harm or thread of harm as is typical with the named crime of extortion.And to win a case on habeas it ought to be very clear that the otherwise final judgement is somehow wrong, so I would say the majority is on pretty solid ground.

In cases in which the victim is a minor, a civil claim of sexual assault or abuse must be made within eight years of the age of majority (age 18 in California).

Our Albuquerque nursing home abuse lawyers are able to resolve the majority of cases without prolonged litigation, but we have established ourselves as trial attorneys who are always prepared to go to court if a fair agreement can not be reached.

Auld LJ stated it was implicit in the House of Lords» majority in East Berkshire that, in cases of child abuse within the family, the Convention «had contributed to the development of a duty in common law to the child, but not to the parent».

In the Irish context the majority of cases of alleged sexual abuse do not go to court therefore there is significantly more pressure on social and therapeutic services to address the needs of the young people and their families.

While the majority of such cases are «settled» from a legal perspective, outside the courtroom he continues to abuse and control, frequently rationalizing his behavior as merely divorce - related «battle.»

Fact: «The sheer prevalence of the problem of violence and the dynamics surrounding it make it clear any assumptions about equal partnership in these cases are out of the question... the majority of women never report the assaults or in fact ever tell anyone about it (Johnson, 1996) and thus may not be believed if the first time the issue is raised is at the point of separation... may avoid going to court out of fear of retaliation, a fear which is not unfounded given the data on the escalation of violence at separation... agree to whatever the husband wants in an attempt to pacify him... as an exchange for custody... may appear unstable or emotional while their batterers are perceived as confident, rational and economically secure (Rosnes, 1997)... all the research flies in the face of what Rosnes argues is presently happening in the courts:»... judges assume that wife abuse is not necessarily damaging to a child, and that being violent does not necessarily affect a father's parenting ability....

As already noted, the tool never mentions that the vast majority of DV and SA cases, particularly those involving CSA, are not documented, and that lack of proof is not inconsistent with the abuse.

My experience has been that the sex - abuse accusation does not appear in the vast majority of PAS cases.