Sentences with phrase «of all abuse cases go»

Combine that with the fact that an estimated 70 % of all abuse cases go unreported each year (National Coalition of Domestic Abuse), and 25 - 40 % of domestic abuse victims stay in abusive homes or delay leaving out of concern for the safety of their pets (American Humane Society), and it's obvious that a new approach to breaking the cycle of abuse is desperately needed.

Not exact matches

«Those are the cases where employees are going to start to abuse the system and, ultimately, that can get reflected in a lack of profitability.»

Groeschel had said that priests who sexually abuse children «on their first offense» should not go to jail and added that in «a lot of cases,» the child is «the seducer.»

The case received wide publicity and soon hundreds of other claimsof abuse, going back as far as fifty years, were lodged.

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.

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.

@Lisa — There are indeed many thieves in this world looking to cash - in almost any way they can, but filing a false abuse case is probably not on their top ten ways of going about it.

That allowed the NCR's guns to be turned on to an even larger target: «The cover - up is the product of secrecy, privilege and a lack of accountability that are major elements of the clerical culture in which the sex abuse scandal flourished... It was made worse because officials either ignored or downplayed the claims of victims and went to great lengths in many cases to protect the abusers.»

Carey wants to end the practice of conducting in - house investigations of reported abuse of the developmentally disabled, which he says makes the cases «disappear» and the perpetrators of the abuse go unpunished.

The Church supports extending the statute of limitations on criminal and civil sexual abuse cases going forward, but vehemently opposes a window to revive old cases.

With three weeks to go in the legislative session, advocates are still pushing for passage of a Child Victims Act that would do away with the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases, create a one - year window so survivors who can't bring cases under current law could do so, and treat public and private institutions the same.

A final state budget deal went forward on Friday without including the Child Victims Act, legislation that would have expanded the statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases and created a «look back» period for victims to file lawsuits in cases of abuse from years ago.

«We are hoping that with today's sentencing and with the result of this case that we are going to see the beginning of the end of abuses of the state per - diem system and perhaps improvement in the behavior of anyone who thinks that public service can be intertwined with self - service,» Hartunian said.

In the wake of the firestorm going on at Penn State, Assemblymen Jim Tedisco and George Amedore are calling for the closing of what they say is a «dangerous loophole» in state law that doesn't require coaches and other college athletic officials to report possible sex - abuse cases.

«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.

Greenberg said he went public once before — in 1996, when he heard about a case of a man who abused 150 kids over four decades.

In this case, the abuse of the filmmaker's trust that occured in the making of the preview is actually a boon for the discerning film - goer.

The hefty sentence won't reverse the pain and torment Puppy Doe went through, but supporters of animal rights hope the animal cruelty case will send a message that animal abuse will not be tolerated.

If there is an animal advocacy story that you think deserves more media attention, whether a success story or a sad case of abuse or neglect — or even if you want to applaud a reporter for her in - depth coverage of an animal story — a letter to the editor is the way to go.

But in spite of these legal protections, too many cases of animal abuse go unreported.

I agree with the comment made by Gary L. Francine.All animal abuse and killing can not be morally justified.However we can be very grateful that many of these dogs made to fight have gone on to have happy lives.It \'s a great shame and injustice that this is not the case for all animals.

She investigated vivisection labs and animal cruelty cases where she went undercover documenting evidence of abuse.

The animal control officer went to pick - up the dog, and ended up rescuing Lenoir County's worst case of animal abuse at that time.

Tragically, almost 2,000 cases of animal abuse and animal cruelty are reported in the media each year, with countless more that go unreported because the FBI has only recently begun tracking these statistics.

The malicious act was condemned by many, and Caitlyn's abuse case went viral on media sites, calling for justice and her rescue facility even offering up to US$ 1,000 as a reward for information leading to the arrest of her abuser.

In spite of the alarming rate of elder abuse incidence, it is estimated that for every case of nursing home abuse that is reported, another dozen or so go unreported.

Ministry of Justice has defended their actions by presenting their reasons based on the percentage of evidence put forward on Terror, Fraud and Sex Abuse work, and have said that Solicitors should be paid for the vast amount of work that goes into these cases.

The New York State Elder Abuse Prevalence Study found that for every case of elder abuse that was properly reported to governmental authorities, 24 went unrepoAbuse Prevalence Study found that for every case of elder abuse that was properly reported to governmental authorities, 24 went unrepoabuse that was properly reported to governmental authorities, 24 went unreported.

«While this court must take and does take the issue of abuse of a child very seriously,» the footnote said, «the fact that a trial judge tells parents that unless one of them «cops to an admission of what happened to the child» they are going to lose their child, flies in the face of not only the CPSL, but of the entire body of case law with regard to best interests of the child and family reunification.

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.

The Inspector General's office at the Department of Health and Human Services recently conducted a study, and found 134 cases of serious abuse had gone unreported in a 2 - year period.

Further, it is clear that PHA 1997 proceedings will not be liable to be struck out as an abuse of process offending the principle that generally a claimant must present all their case in one go and will be prevented from presenting claims later on that could have been presented in the earlier proceedings (Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100, [1843 - 60] All ER Rep 378).

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.

According to research, most cases of nursing home abuse and neglect go unreported by residents, due to embarrassment or fear of retribution.

Elder abuse, particularly when it involves a patient in a residential care facility, can be difficult to detect and for every reported case of abuse, more than five cases may go unreported.

It is estimated that for every reported case of elder abuse, neglect, exploitation or self - neglect, five more cases go unreported.

In retrospect, the courts should, perhaps, have been more prepared to strike out many of the pre-rehearsed requests as oppressive and, in some cases, as constituting quite simply an abuse of process... [M] any of the requests in this and similar cases are either irrelevant or not permissible in law as particulars are nonetheless steadfastly advanced shows that many pleaders have simply gone astray in their enthusiasm to interrogate every possible detail of their opponent's claim.

You do not have to search the net very long to find countless abuses of lessees that landlords have had to contend with and the losses and costs of these cases some going on for over a decade.

Cases of abuse against men in heterosexual relationships often go unreported.

The case could have wider significance for cases of historical sexual abuse and assault generally but how many defendants are going to have the good fortune of scooping the National Lottery?»

«Any question of whether there are ulterior motivations to leveling allegations of abuse is never to diminish any true assault that took place, but because it's happening more and more, and it is something that is going to have an effect on a party's family law case.»

Child Sexual Abuse: Coping With the Emotional Stress of the Legal System: Information for Parents and Caregivers (PDF - 1,301 KB) National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Child Sexual Abuse Committee (2009) Provides parents and caregivers with resources on the role of the legal system in child sexual abuse cases, discusses common concerns about going to court, and offers methods of coping with or reducing those concAbuse: Coping With the Emotional Stress of the Legal System: Information for Parents and Caregivers (PDF - 1,301 KB) National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Child Sexual Abuse Committee (2009) Provides parents and caregivers with resources on the role of the legal system in child sexual abuse cases, discusses common concerns about going to court, and offers methods of coping with or reducing those concAbuse Committee (2009) Provides parents and caregivers with resources on the role of the legal system in child sexual abuse cases, discusses common concerns about going to court, and offers methods of coping with or reducing those concabuse cases, discusses common concerns about going to court, and offers methods of coping with or reducing those concerns.

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.

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....

Another type of feminist indignity is the use in divorce cases of false allegations of child sexual abuse in order to gain child custody and the financial windfall that goes with it.

For example, in the case of Mr. and Mrs. L in Part I, the custody evaluator and others observed that the mother timed her suspected abuse report to authorities in such a way as to prevent father's visitation from going forward.

How many cases of parental alienation is it going to take to make the general public and those in positions of authority (judges) realize that parental alienation and PAS do exist and is one of the worst kinds of abuse against children.