Domestic Violence in Prince George's County, MD.
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(5 pp) What are the factors that may cause domestic violence in one part of the country and not in another? This is not the kind of data that a community will want to advertise about itself. Yet looking at the prevalent data surrounding Prince George's County in Maryland, leaves us with some uneasy conclusions. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Domestic Violence in the USA
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In 5 pages, the author discusses the subject of domestic violence in the USA. Those who are at risk for domestic violence are spouses, children and elders. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Donald S. Pitkin?s ?The House Giacomo Built: History of an Italian Family, 1878-1978"
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This 5 page report discusses Pitkin?s 1985 book, ?The House that Giacomo Built.? While the book often has the flavor of a historical novel or a classic story of a family ?epic,? ?The House that Giacomo Built? also serve as something of an object lesson regarding the determination of one working-class Italian family to achieve its goal of stability and family unity over the course of a century. It also presents a setting that is a startling contrast to typical family life in the United States. No secondary sources.
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Downsizing's Effects on its Affected Households
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An 8 page paper. Even though two-income families can make the downsizing transition much easier than those without a significant second income, there are still substantial issues they will have to overcome. Some end up working in distant cities and conducting long-distance marriages; many more finally take jobs at an income far below their former one. Homes have been lost, retirement funds have been decimated to meet living expenses, and some have even taken to living on credit card cash advances for their immediate needs when they saw no alternative. Downsizing and layoffs all affect specific households, but not all those effects are "bad" ones. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Dysfunctional Family On TV / 'Married With Children'
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A 5 page essay on this popular TV sitcom in which the writer analyzes the show from a sociological point of view. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Effects of Having a Deaf Sibling
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A 15 page research paper that examines how having a sibling who has a disability affects the psychological and emotional development of normally developing siblings. The writer particularly focuses on how having a hearing impaired brother or sister impacts a family, and this includes a brief summary of the controversy over how best to educate a hearing impaired or deaf sibling, which includes the advantages and disadvantages of such things as cochlear implants, English language instruction, and the use of American Sign Language (ASL). Bibliography lists 18 sources.
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Elder Abuse in America
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This 5 page report discusses the fact that the majority of the population is aware that there is a serious problem in America with child abuse but few understand how much of a problem also exists related to elder abuse. In fact ?some five percent of the Nation's elderly may be the victims of abuse from moderate to severe... or more than 1.5 million elderly may be victims of such abuse each year.? That number is all the more problematic due to the hidden and complex nature of the problem. Older Americans often live in some degree of isolation, whether in their own homes, the homes of adult children or institutions. Detection by people outside the family or the facility is much more unlikely and the occurrence of elder abuse is suspected to be remarkably under-reported. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWeldabu.wps

Elderly Programs: Facilitating Elder Leisure Activities
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A 6 page discussion of the importance of integrated leisure services programs for the elderly. Emphasizes the importance of not only meeting the basic needs of food and housing among the elderly but also of meeting their emotional needs. Identifies integrated leisure services as a means of accomplishing this and suggests that government agencies and private citizens alike should cooperate in programs designed to address related factors such as housing locations and ransportation as well as in the development of leisure services programs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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