Sentences with phrase «number of abuse cases»

Sadly, the number of abuse cases in nursing homes and assisted living facilities (ALF) are rising.

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.

So all in all you're going to want to multiply the number of abuse cases by priests by a factor of at least a few hundred to represent the actual risk ratio for spending time with an individual priest vs. a teacher.

While there were also a significant number of abuse cases involving parish priests in Ireland, another major scandal involved criminal abuse committed by members of religious orders working in Catholic - run institutions such as orphanages and reform schools.

Not exact matches

In early January, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) published regulations that limit the number of commercial banks in which each investor can own holdings, which is intended to reduce specific cases of «disorder» in the banking sector, such as the abuse of rights by major shareholders and the existence of «invisible shareholders».

There are enough Christian Churches here that Catholics can join, and I would bet that the number of priest / child abuse cases goes expotentionally DOWN.

gerald, it's not the number of child abuse cases that's the issue.

What The New York Times calls the «blame Woodstock» explanation for the rise of clerical sex abuse cases in the Seventies, despite the paper's evident scepticism, can not be entirely discounted, since as the researchers of the John Jay College (hereafter JJC) pointed out in their latest report, «the sexual abuse of minors is a pervasive problem in society and in organisations that involve close relationships between youth and adults... No exact measure exists for the number of youths who have contact with priests in the Catholic Church in a year... [but] despite the media focus on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, it is clear that these abuse acts are a small percentage of all child sexual abuse incidents in the United States.»

«Also I'm associated in the media and public with a number of people who have been accused, and in some cases pleaded guilty, to child abuse in a relatively small school within the same time.»

- 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.

An evaluation of Hawaii's Healthy Start program found no differences between experimental and control groups in maternal life course (attainment of educational and life goals), substance abuse, partner violence, depressive symptoms, the home as a learning environment, parent - child interaction, parental stress, and child developmental and health measures.25 However, program participation was associated with a reduction in the number of child abuse cases.

PRESS RELEASE: Citing the growing number of cases of political corruption and abuse of power in the State Capitol, Republican State Senate candidate Juan Reyes of Queens today called for decisive action by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The organization estimates that the number of total abuse cases is about 24 times the number of reported incidents.

The first, from yesterday, involved whether a Texas District Attorney should really be tweeting out the names, case numbers, and other identifying details of people involved in DUI and domestic abuse cases, even if those details are part of the public record.

The public outcry and the criticism of social services which followed high profile cases of child abuse, such as those of Victoria Climbie and baby Peter Connelly, was reported to have resulted in increased numbers of children being taken into care as social workers erred on the side of caution.

Mr Woyome who claims his human rights has been abused and was occasioned by the Review Decision of the Supreme Court of Ghana has sent this aspect of the case to the African Court on Human and Peoples» Right in Arusha Tanzania by invoking article 40 read together with article 75 of the 1992 constitution of The Republic of Ghana under case number Ref: AfCHPR / Reg.

Unfortunately, the number of cases has been rising annually, but together we can help our family members, neighbors, friends, fellow parishioners or even a stranger on the street escape abuse,» said Legislator Rath.

«Basically we want to prevent crime and we have realized that during the school vacation period, the number of cases especially against children or child abuse cases go up, so we are here to sensitize the children for them to know what constitutes sexual abuse and also how they can prevent the crime from happening», she told 3news.com.

Names, email addresses and phone numbers of members are some of the information prone to abuse in case of any leakages.

Pavan Dhaliwal, director of public affairs and policy at the BHA, said: «We acknowledge, of course, that there are plenty of «faith» schools out there in which problems of this kind described in some of the blogs do not arise, or do not arise to the same extent, but it remains the case that there are a huge number of people out there who have experienced indoctrination, misinformation, discrimination, neglect, and abuse during their childhoods as a result of the extensive freedoms and pervasive lack of oversight that «faith» schools of all kinds enjoy.

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«The shocking conditions and sheer number of animals in the defendants» home make this a particularly disturbing case of animal abuse,» San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said in a press release.

According to ILR's study Think Globally, Sue Locally, transnational cases are characterized by a number of features, including aggressive media tactics, organized protests and boycotts of corporate defendants, political pressure and, in some cases, outright fraud and abuse by plaintiffs» lawyers.

DeWine has stated that state authorities will be cracking down on nursing home abuse which is evident in the number of cases opened so far this year.

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.

The NSPCC it is not clear on whether or not the levels of abuse against children is increasing, but it seems certain that current historically high numbers of these cases are likely to continue, with knock - on consequences to the civil legal aid and courts system.

The Firm also handles a significant number of high profile domestic abuse cases.

Until such time as there arises a consistent body of case law addressing the issue of costs in response to sharp lawyering conducted against a self - represented litigant, an increasing number of self - represented parties in our legal system will remain vulnerable to procedural abuse and an overall miscarriage of justice.

The trend in the courts seems to be a rise in the number of large damages awarded, especially in cases of ongoing abuse occurring over a period of years.

The court ultimately granted the plaintiff's request with a number of significant limitations, retaining a special case management in the proceeding to avoid abuses.

Even worse, that number may only be the tip of the iceberg, as according to estimates revealed by the National Center on Elder Abuse, only one in 14 cases of elder abuse is reported to authoriAbuse, only one in 14 cases of elder abuse is reported to authoriabuse is reported to authorities.

Our firm has successfully represented a number of clients in nursing home neglect and abuse cases.

Sadly, there are also a number of cases that involve sexual abuse and rape among elderly residents.

This is unfortunate, because, as noted by a number of the expert witnesses in random testing cases, these policies can function as an effective method of deterring substance abuse and removing offenders from the workplace.

With an aging population adding pressure to an already broken nursing home industry, the inevitable result will be an increase in the number of abuse and neglect cases running through the court system.

With a special interest in major trauma cases, Trevor is well known for working on high profile cases with substantial national significance; he was co-lead lawyer on behalf of 60 Jimmy Saville child abuse victims, has represented a number of Thalidomide victims, and currently represents individuals injured in the Croydon tram crash.

With clients ranging from physicians and physician groups to hospitals and urgent care centers, substance abuse treatment providers and ambulatory surgery centers, Andy and Damaris have successfully litigated a number of high - profile health care cases, many in the health care reimbursement arena.

Given the «typical case» characterization of the trial judge and the deferential abuse of discretion standard of review, the appellant court perceived the lower court could have reasoned that the hourly rate was too high or number of hours claimed excessive for a case which was not extraordinary in nature.

From 2012 to 2016, the number of children who were hurt or killed in abuse and neglect cases rose by 55 percent, and today Kentucky is the state with the second - highest rate of child abuse in the country.

Stephanie is currently acting on a number of high profile and high value child abuse cases and has recently achieved a six figure sum in a historical claim involving a voluntary organisation and a volunteer.

Furthermore, the cases brought to the European Court of Human Rights against a number of Eastern European states by our colleagues in the Mental Disability Advocacy Centre and referenced in the Cheshire West judgment, which include examples of treatment contrary to Art 3 of the Convention, demonstrate that abuse of disabled people in institutional settings knows no international boundaries.

February 13, 2017 — «Because of an aging baby boomer generation, Indiana is seeing a swift increase in the number of elder abuse and exploitation cases throughout the state.»

It was revealed in April that the number of Crown Court cases being dropped hit a five - year high last year partly as a result of a reaction to the Savile revelations and an over correction on the part of our justice system to address a past failure to take the victims of sexual abuse seriously.

As the number of players in the virtual currency industry grows, so do cases of related fraud and abuse.

One potential solution to reduce the number of child abuse and neglect cases is to simply give parents more money.

A growing number of disputed custody cases since 2006 have demonstrated that a mother, or a father, from all social classes, who cut off the child's contact with the other parent, not seldom in combination with allegations of abuse or psychiatric problems, easily can take control over the child and influence the child to reject the other parent without any objective reason — as the investigations made by the police or by consulting psychiatric records show.

This home visiting programme seemed to have increased the number of cases of abuse identified in the intervention arm.

In the longer term, they want to lower the number of child abuse and neglect cases in Greene County and, in turn, reduce crime.

Improved Child Welfare Services and Case Practice Needed in Prince George's: Child Advocates Identify Need for Significant Reforms (PDF - 203 KB) Advocates for Children and Youth (2010) Discusses results from interviews of people who represent or advocate for significant numbers of abused and neglected children.

With government revenue decreasing and the number of child abuse cases on the rise, volunteer support has never been more critical.