Sentences with phrase «of violence by»

Similarly, although the most common hypothesis relating to family violence perpetration is that the stress resulting from problem gambling is a catalyst for the perpetration of violence by the problem gambler against family members (Affifi et al., 2010; Korman et al., 2008; Muelleman et al., 2002), it may be that problem gambling is consequent to the perpetration of family violence (Korman et al., 2008).

Although the commonly held view is that people gamble as a mechanism to cope with family violence (Affifi et al., 2010; Cunningham - Williams et al. 2007; Echeburua et al., 2011; Korman et al., 2008), it is possible that stressors caused by problem gambling activity may result in domestic conflict and the perpetration of violence by family members (Echeburua et al., 2011; Korman et al., 2008).

Working with violence prevention advocates and educators, FUTURES has worked to break the cycle of violence by developing groundbreaking programs to prevent teen dating violence and promote healthy relationships.

What the NFVS show is that if a child is exposed to the severest forms of violence by parents (e.g. use of knives or guns, kicking, fists), they are l0x more likely to become abusive adults (on their very flawed measure of abusive adult) and if they were merely exposed to «normal» abuse, they are 3 to 6x as likely to be abusive as adults (in their classification).

It's possible that enabling victims of violence by providing them with resources and opportunities can help them escape their abusive relationships.

The threat of violence by the abuser is intended to keep the victim in check.

«The National Family Violence Survey upon which Straus bases his major conclusions about the relative rates of violence by partners and against children rely solely on self - reported acts of force by adults, do not determine whether these acts actually occurred, employ a definition of child abuse that bears little or no relation to the definitions used in the child welfare field or by the courts, and take no account of actual consequences, such as injury.

A Department of Justice study found that divorced and separated women suffered the highest incidence of violence by a spouse, ex-spouse or boyfriend, with married and widowed women experiencing the lowest incidence.

The Bill was introduced by Michael Gove before the Referendum and contained a mixture of provisions relating to both criminal and civil justice; prison inspections and the use of mobile phones by prisoners, the new online dispute resolution system for civil cases as well as changes to judicial appointments and compensation for whiplash injuries.The Bill also contained provision restricting cross examination of victims of violence by the perpetrator.

Threats of violence by a defendant (or others) are antithetical to the work of justice, and judges can and must take decisive measures to control any such threats.

Factors Considered • Relationships between the children and each parent • Financial ability of each parent to provide for the child or children • Each parents home environment and whether it is safe and suitable for children • How well the child adjusts to the home, school or community environment where they will live • Both physical and mental health of both parents and child • Medical needs of the children • A history of violence by either parent • Criminal history of either parent • Abuse or neglect of the child • Parent's wishes • Children's preferences, if the child is over age 12 • Recommendations from expert witnesses

The fact that sex trade workers face the risk of violence by pimps and johns did not diminish the role of the state in making them more vulnerable to that violence.

And they can not shelter victims of violence by sending correspondence on their behalf, or by ensuring that the aggressor does not have their personal contact information.

Human rights are far from universal, and individuals who believe that religious mandates trump individual rights are plentiful and all too often in power, attempting to actually institute the horror that is Old Testament law, literally applied, but fortunately «the West» remains steadfastly in favor of heresy and an individual's right to choose what to believe (including the choice to believe nothing at all) and the individual's right to not have their moral behavior dictated in law and enforced by threat of violence by a set of religious rules with which they do not agree.

We should be addressing the meanings that divide us on an issue like this, because they divide us on lots of things — not just the use of violence by individuals of one race on those of another, or even the use of it by the police against private citizens, but also matters as diverse as whether climate change is occurring or whether schools should vaccinate pre-adolescent girls against HPV.

With distance and coldness, the artist works with common objects to reveal the power mechanisms, but also interrogating more specifically the notion of control of violence by states and institutions (symbolic or effective).

While she linked some examples to the era's chaotic break from antique notions of unification and permanence, Nochlin argued that others gestured to literal experiences of violence by communities under assault.

From portraits of victims of violence by Titus Kaphar and Miguel Ángel Rojas, to visions of our endangered or decaying environments by Fabiano Parisi and Marco Veronese, and critiques of military might by Democracia and Anastasia Taylor - Lind, the works in A Global Gathering reflect how we live and die, work, play, and dream in the 21st century.

In Book reviews, recent or upcoming publications including Cycle of Violence by Grason Perry, Vacuum Days, by Tim Etchells and Alternative Histories, edited by Lauren Rosati and Mary Anne Staniszewski.

Indeed, it can spark some brilliant debates, and I'd be naive not to admit that there is at least some evidence which suggests that games could increase the possibility of violence by a small amount.

You can help victims break free of violence by fostering their beloved pet through our Animal Safehouse Program.

Inside is a new reality: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive; the bluffing and pageantry and casual acts of violence by guards and prisoners alike; and the deadpan absurdities of institutional living, which Kushner evokes with great humor and precision.

Mrs. Pankhurst urges her followers to engage in civil disobedience, which leads to shocking incidents of violence by the police at otherwise peaceful demonstrations.

In A Valley of Violence by Cat McAlpine Paul (Ethan Hawke) just wants to make it to Mexico, and freedom.

A brief «mooning» incident by one of the actors, backstage drinking and several acts of violence by the Phantom (including a strangulation and hanging) are the most serious content concerns families will want to consider.

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY Just the Right Amount of Violence by Jon Bang Carlsen Master Of The Universe by Marc Bauder Of Men And War by Laurent Bécue - Renard Sacro GRA by Gianfranco Rosi Waiting for August by Teodora Ana Mihai We Come as Friends by Hubert Sauper

For his first film since directing the final three Hunger Games instalments, Lawrence has once again recruited Jennifer Lawrence (no relation) to play a young woman forced into a life of violence by society.

For all the exposition dealt out in the opening half hour, it's become an almost abstract act of violence by the end, motivations long forgotten by the attackers and survival the only thought on the minds of the dwindling survivors.

The attack is the latest against a mosque in northeast Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad region, as part of a campaign of violence by the Islamist group against civilian «soft» targets.

He held a press conference savaging the mayor and his correction commissioner on the steps of City Hall after a correction officer was badly slashed in the face, and has pushed back hard against many of de Blasio's efforts to bring reforms to Rikers Island to overcome what Bharara deemed, in a separate investigation, a culture of violence by guards against inmates.

There is no top - down direction, and to say that a denunciation of violence by spokespeople would be to imply such a top - down structure.

Forgiveness tempers the irreversibility of violence by forgiving past mistakes (HC 241).

Let us turn now to the second question: Is the Marxist committed to an unending spiral of violence by his use of violent means?

Second, is the Marxist committed to an unending spiral of violence by his use of violent means?

The next largest group was Muslims (22 %), who have numerically borne the brunt of violence by ISIS and other Islamist extremists.

By such a course of reasoning, the theologians and canonists attempted, first, to clear the state of the charge of violence by explaining that it was not violence; and second, to establish a viable compromise between the state and Christians.

We sometimes sanitize and mystify the fact that governments use violence and the threat of violence by calling it «force» or «coercion.»

«You have been talking for weeks now about the wrongdoings of Catholics against Protestants in 16th and 17th century Europe,» I continued, raising my voice even higher, «but you've said absolutely nothing about the monstrous acts of violence by White Protestants against Negroes in the American South today in 1961!»

Muslim apologists / appeasers often shrug off the koran's many verses of violence by saying that they are only relevant in a «time of war.»

How can it be that for all our progress we are more terrified of violence by children than ever before?

To interpret acts of violence by those who oppose God's people as fulfillments of prophecy is to believe that God has something else in mind.

-5 - As in the above example (# 2), I fail to see how the acts of violence by bears portray men as violent (not that I deny man is violent).

He bases his argument on gender analysis but avoids a merely biological account of violence by arguing that the crucial factor is not simply the innate drives of men but also the relationship of young men with their elders.

Seriously, nobody can name an act of violence by Muslims that isn't easily matched or surpassed by an act of violence perpetrated by a person acting in the name of Christ.

Sony Pictures this week backtracked from its original decision to cancel the release of the $ 44 million film after major U.S. theater chains pulled out because of threats of violence by Guardians of Peace, a computer hacking group that claimed responsibility for a destructive cyberattack on Sony last month.

Not exact matches

Petraeus continued by saying that» [ISIS] is clearly a threat to the United States, to our allies and partners around the world, and of course, very much in the region, where it's fomenting instability, violence and indeed, far beyond Iraq and Syria.

Students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. have organized gun protests and been joined by millions of Americans that have railed against gun violence, assault rifles, and the NRA.

Some scientists say this could illuminate a potential factor behind a recent spate of acts of mass violence, almost all of which have been perpetrated by men between the ages of 20 and 30.

Dimon: We were all disturbed by the bigotry and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend and pray for the victims, their families and the healing of the community.

Doctors are obliged to abide by medical secrecy unless their patient explicitly tells them he or she plans to commit an act of violence.