Sentences with phrase «violent behavior toward»

To win sole physical and legal custody, you must show the court that awarding you custody is in the best interests of your child due to factors such as your existing relationship with the child; stability of the home life you provide; inability of the father to meet the child's needs; father's lack of involvement in the child's life; father's failure to financially support the child; father's violent behavior toward you or the child; or father's substance abuse issues.

We have long known a behavioral link exists between animal abuse and human abuse: violent behavior toward animals often acts as a precursor to violence against people.

This is probably true, especially for a Christian reading the Bible... but there are many direct commands to the Jewish people to engage in violence, and if history is any guide, Christians have often used these commands to justify our own violent behavior toward others.

Not exact matches

In the final week of her life, Chloe's hair fell out, her appetite and strength faded, her hips stiffened, and her behavior grew erratic and violent toward our children.

Nicolas Cage (Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Trespass) plays the titular character, an ex-con who has managed to turn his life around, despite his tendencies toward a violent temper and antisocial behavior.

Children who display violence to animals often go on to engage in violent acts toward their peers and sometimes even carry these behaviors into adulthood.

Dog fighters and many spectators have a history of violent and criminal behavior toward people.

Regardless of whether increased arrest rates represent a true increase in violent behavior among female adolescents compared with males or a policy shift toward arrest rather than alternative treatment of violent females, it is indisputable that the juvenile justice system is handling a rapidly growing share of girls.

Females who exhibit early - onset (by age seven) persistent offending are more likely than other girls to engage in antisocial behavior at age thirty - two.30 For example, 75 percent of these early - onset persistent female offenders had, by age thirty - two, engaged in one or more violent acts, including violence toward partners (44.8 percent) and children (41.7 percent).

A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.

It is demonstrated that when violence is expressed by a patient toward a healthcare provider, it is usually a maladaptive response, one in which characteristics of that setting and behavior of those who work within it must be carefully considered when determining what factors precipitated the patient's violent act.

Children with ODD have a pattern of angry, violent, and disruptive behaviors toward parents, caretakers, and other authority figures.

Violent behavior in children and adolescents can include a wide range of behaviors: explosive temper tantrums, physical aggression, fighting, threats or attempts to hurt others (including homicidal thoughts), use of weapons, cruelty toward animals, fire setting, intentional destruction of property and vandalism.

They have a pattern of angry, violent, and disruptive behaviors toward parents, caretakers, and other authority figures.

These kids demonstrate consistently angry, violent, and disruptive behaviors toward authority figures.

Violent behavior in children and adolescents can include a wide range of behaviors: explosive temper tantrums, physical aggression,, fighting, threats or attempts to hurt others (including thoughts of wanting to kill others), use of weapons, cruelty toward animals, fire setting, intentional destruction of property and vandalism.

They are also more likely than other youths to engage in unsafe sexual practices and other risk behaviors.6,8,14 - 16 Further, youths who are depressed tend to experience difficulty relating to peers and are more likely than others to be involved in physical fights with peers.8, 14,15 The difficulties they face in their peer relationships and their tendency toward violent behavior are not well understood; however, there is some overlap between the issues faced by youths who are depressed and those faced by youths involved in aggressive behaviors such as bullying.