Cummings, J.G., Pepler, D.J., & Moore, T.E. (1999). Behavior problems in children exposed to wife abuse: Gender differences. Journal of Family Violence, 14, 133-155. Introduction: The purpose of this research is to focus on behavior problems that children witnesses of domestic violence ...

Sexual Abuse by Teachers This paper will discuss the United States Supreme court decision of Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District, 524 US 274 (1998) and the moral concern of sexual harassment by teachers. We will look at the law of Title IX and analyze issues and alternative soluti...

Article Critiques Elementary and Middle Level Counselors' Courtroom Hearing Experiences (Davis, 1995, 10-15) The author recognizes the various roles and duties school counselors and administrators face. Oftentimes, these tasks entail heavy legal and ethical consequences. There is an in...

We believe this anger over childhood sexual abuse is repressed until a time later in life, when it is triggered or permitted expression, as in psychotherapy. Pribor and Dinwiddie (1992) interviewed women incest survivors (N = 52, ages [is greater than or equal to] 23) to understand more precisely th...

According to William A. Check, "When an innocent, vulnerable child is brutalized by a person that he or she may love or trust, child abuse occurs" (13). Child abuse is the mistreatment of a child by a parent or another adult. This occurs when an authority figure allows a child to suffer...