Unit 7: Child and Elderly Abuse

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On January 21, 2014 officer Dave Cooper was dispatched to a residence located at 231 County Road 220 for a domestic disturbance. In today’s society it is not uncommon to see the youth and the elderly of our generation become victims of some form of abuse. While some people debating that this does not happen and others arguing that it does. Regardless of one’s point of view, it is obvious that the youth and elderly of our generation are victims of abuse and something must be done about it.
In today’s society there are many ways that an individual can take advantage of another individual. Abuse can be defined as taking advantage of someone or physically touching him in for their own selfish reason or just because they feel like doing it. An example of this would be someone getting beaten, yelled at, not being allowed to touch or spend money, and being restricted from any kind of outside activity. This kind of activity happens more often than people know, for instance, on the website www.StatisticBrain.com it states that studies show that child abuse occurs in 30-60% of family violence cases that involve families with children (U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2013). This percentage is quite high and we should have something done in order to bring done the amount of child abuse that is occurring the United States. Abuse can happen to just about anyone, but some of the more targeted individuals are children.
There are several of people in today’s society that fall victim to abuse and one of the many groups that get targeted are the children. One instance where a child was severely abused was in an article written by Katie Delong. It states that a child in Milwaukee was abused by a 28 year old mother and is ...

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...vantage of another person or beat them out of anger and frustration, but rather focus on how to better handle situations.

Works Cited

Delong, K (2014, January, 11). Mother faces charges in case involving severe child abuse. retrieved January 28 2014, from www.Fox6now.com Web Site: http://fox6now.com/2014/01/11/milw-mother-faces-charges-in-case-involving-severe-child-abuse/
Edwards, A (2014, January, 19). The Breakers of Long Beach sued in elder abuse cases. retrieved January 28 2014, from www.presstelegram.com Web Site: http://www.presstelegram.com/general-news/20140119/the-breakers-of-long-beach-sued-in-elder-abuse-cases
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U (2013, June, 28). Domestic Violence /
Abuse Statistics. retrieved January 28 2014, from www.StatisticBrain.com Web Site: http://www.statisticbrain.com/domestic-violence-abuse-stats/

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