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"This is a woman who has lost TWO sets of kids for beating & abusing them." https://www.change.org/petitio...-with-animal-cruelty The City of Edmonds Wa.: Demand that the City of Edmonds charges Rose Adams with Animal Cruelty

"In Denmark, social policy in areas like health care, child care, education and protecting the unemployed are part of a "solidarity system" that provides strong opportunity and security for all citizens. Danes pay high taxes, but in return  enjoy...

"I have been arguing for many years in books like Rethinking Depression that the DSM ought to be repudiated. In recent months this idea has been gaining tremendous momentum and just recently the National Institute of Mental Health essentially...

"Each of us is responsible for carefully helping undo the damaging effects of victimization. A victim’s decisions may not seem logical to us, but, by simply demonstrating compassion and honoring their right to choose their path, we begin to...

"The teen dating violence comes in three forms of abuse: emotional, verbal and physical. According to Henry and Zeytinoglu, the most common forms of abuse amongst African American teens are verbal and psychological. An example of this is the boyfriend...

"Google is under pressure to act over the ease with which Stuart Hazell was able to use the internet to fuel his child-sex fantasies.... "Mr Carr wants web companies such as Google to trigger online warnings when attempts are made to access explicit...

"Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper took a step toward protecting at-risk children from abuse and neglect Tuesday when he signed five bills into law at the Capitol. "The legislation is part of an ongoing effort to address gaps in the state’s child...

"A new study shows that Rhode Island courts dismissed more than 60 percent of misdemeanor domestic violence charges. It's a statistic that's worrisome for many advocates and the courts alike.... "My experience with the justice system was a very...

"The fact is, most sex and other offenders against children are not strangers. According to the Child Maltreatment 2011 report published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), CPS (child protective services) agencies in the 50...

Abstracts Background Soldiers face a great number of traumatic combat exposures while deployed, which research has shown to contribute to the development of alcohol misuse. In addition to this known risk factor, we hypothesize that adverse childhood...