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Detecting, Documenting and Reporting Incidents of Elder Abuse, 2006.
A study of the detection, documentation and reporting incidents of elder abuse.
1,875 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper provides a background of the problem of elder abuse followed by a review and discussion of the relevant literature. The study uses a retrospective review of adverse patient incident reports in selected Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs) and domiciles in the United States. The paper determines what controlling legislation is in place and the associated responsibilities for healthcare practitioners. It notes that the next step involves detecting and substantiating cases of elder abuse when they occur or are suspected of having occurred. The paper further discusses what should be done when abuse has taken place. A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion, where it is noted that virtually all sources suggest the rates of elder abuse are on the increase. However, the definitions of elder abuse have been sufficiently codified in recent years that such incidents can be identified and, when appropriate, reported, investigated and actions can be taken to prevent such abuse in the future.
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"Today, there are more elderly than ever before, and their numbers are expected to increase as a percentage of the population in the coming years (Litwin & Zoabi, 2004). Based on this increase in numbers of elderly citizens, it is also reasonable to assume that there will be a concomitant increase in the incidence of elder abuse as well. In fact, in recent years, elder abuse by family members has been identified as a growing problem in Western societies (Bergeron & Gray, 2003; Litwin & Zoabi, 2004); however, it is difficult or perhaps even impossible to know whether elder abuse is actually increasing or decreasing because there is a paucity of national prevalence studies (Litwin & Zoabi, 2004; Johnson, 1991; Ebersole & Hess, 1998). The data that is available, though, suggests that the incidence of elder abuse is on the increase, particularly among those aged 75 years and above (Pritchard, 1993). According to the National Elder Abuse Incidence Study, the most accurate national estimate is that a total of 449,924 elderly people, aged 60 years and over, were the victims of abuse and/or neglect in domestic settings alone in 1996 (p. 6). Furthermore, of that number, just 16 percent or so, or approximately 71,987 cases, were actually reported to elder protection agencies (Bergeron & Gray, 2003). This means that across the country, there were approximately 380,000 cases of elder abuse in the home that went unreported - which is not to say undetected - during that year. Moreover, the National Center on Elder Abuse estimated the number of elder abuse cases across the country in all settings to be from 820,000 to 1,860,000 (cited in Ebersole & Hess, 1998). In reality, though, it does not matter whether elder mistreatment is increasing or decreasing because the fact that some elder citizens continue to experience unnecessary suffering is adequate to warrant attention (Johnson, 1991)."
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Critical Incidents Observed in the Classroom, 2008.
This paper utilizes the author's observations of critical incidents in the classroom to develop recommendations to improve teaching methods.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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The paper describes the critical incidents observed in a sixth grade classroom and notes that these critical incidents were mainly due to the fact that traditional forms of instruction fail to stimulate adequately or hold the attention of students of the present multimedia generation. The paper relates that there was a large disparity in terms of motivation to participate in class activities, which involve verbal, formal instruction as opposed to more liberal, unstructured learning activities such as in the computer lab. The author underscores that educational institutions ironically seem to be lagging behind in the Information Age. The paper concludes that not only is there a need for computer technology in the class room but also that information must be presented in ways similar to more contemporary media approaches.
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Critical Incidents
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"Another study by Albright, Purohit, and Walsh sought to provide a qualitative perspective of class discussions in chat rooms. The results of their study was interesting in that the students were observed to conduct insightful dialogues amongst themselves in spite of the disjointed, fragmented nature of the conversations and inattention to formal written language usage the chat transcripts took; for all intents and purposes, the chat room emulated a face-to-face dialogue between the students in being spontaneous, informal and informative for the participants."
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Detecting Depression, 2005.
This paper offers an analysis of a report about the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) as a screening tool to detect postnatal depression.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper analyses a quantitative research report called "Using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale to achieve best practice standards." The paper notes some of the areas in the research that are lacking and emphasises the need to validate this instrument and to show how well it works, given how often it is used and how important it is to identify depression.
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"Downie et al. (2003) tests the value of the use of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) as a screening tool in the child health context. This is a test that has been widely used. It was developed by health centers in Livingston and Edinburgh, Scotland, in order to provide assistance to primary care health professionals so they can detect mothers suffering from postnatal depression (or to predict, as in Beck [2001]). This problem is a distressing disorder occurring in the first week after delivery. Studies have shown that postnatal depression affects at least 10% of women, and the problem is increased because many depressed mothers remain untreated, seriously affecting their enjoyment of life and often causing long-term effects on the family."
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Police Critical Incidents - The Aftermath, 2002.
A research proposal to examine the effects of critical incidents in police work.
5,024 words (approx. 20.1 pages), 22 sources, MLA, $ 126.95
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The proposed research consists of an empirical investigation of the attitudes of experienced and less experienced operational police officers toward the frequency and intensity of 17 selected stressors representing critical incidents. A sample of 50 serving officers, divided into 25 subjects with eight or fewer years of experience and an equal number of officers with more than eight years of experience will be randomly selected. Demographic data and responses to a 17-item listing of critical incidents developed using a 5-point Likert scale will be collected. Descriptive and inferential statistics will be computed, with significance established at the p>.05 level.
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"Psychologists use the term stress to describe the body's reactions to outside pressures, or the physiological wear and tear caused by an attempt to adjust to events that cause emotional and other kinds of arousal (Cohen & Williamson, 1991). Many situations place a serious burden on the emotional and physical wellbeing of the human organism and it is the rare person indeed who has not experienced stress during the course of his or her life. Many events that are commonplace are known to produce stress. Noise, isolation, any abrupt shift of environment such as takes place when schools, jobs, or places of residence are changed, and the general kind of rapid change which has taken place in all aspects of modern life can create stress (Cohen & Williamson, 1991). Stress can be caused by a diseased germ, air and noise pollution, or physical danger. It can accompany any situation that produces anxiety, frustration or conflict and therefore the physical wear and tear of intense or prolonged emotion. Stress therefore depends not only on outside events but on how the individual reacts to those events (Levy & Heiden, 1991)."
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Harriet Jacobs' "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", 2006.
Summarizes and discusses the slave narrative by Harriet Jacob, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl".
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper reports on several chapters from the book "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs, telling of her life as a slave to Dr. Flint, who wants her body and soul but whom she hates more and more as time passes. The paper explains how the book shows the nature of slave life, especially for women, and the inability of the slave to have any control over her own life.
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"Harriet Jacobs in her book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl states that she was born a slave and had a happy childhood until she learned that she was a slave at six years of age. Her father was a carpenter allowed to work at his trade, and though he wanted to purchase his children, he was never able to do so. She had a younger brother. She discusses the travails of members of her family and notes how all were treated as property and little more by their masters."
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?Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl? by Linda Brent (Harriet Jacobs), 2002.
This paper discusses Linda Brent (Harriet Jacobs) style of writing in ?Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl?.
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper relates how Linda Brent in ?Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl? draws in the reader through her own words and experiences of the pains she suffered through her life in the South. The author feel that the writer puts her own emotive attitude into the text to give the words meaning and a passion that only comes from the soul. The author points out that Jacobs begins with a brief apology to the reader, not for her words or her style, but for their own minds thinking that her work may be a fictional piece of writing.
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"Jacobs? words have had an effect upon me. If by understanding the true account of one slave girl, we can understand the true meaning of slavery. What happened to the slaves in the Deep South was not just a matter of white supremacy but white hatred. This story can be seen to be in its rawest sense an emotional work. If it were written by anyone but an ex slave, it would not have the same effect, the words come from the heart and not from the mind."
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", 2006.
This paper analyzes the dehumanizing effects and struggles of female slavery in Harriet Jacobs's book "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
1,090 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper examines the struggles of female enslavement, the dehumanizing effects of slavery as well as ultimate escape of author Harriet Jacobs, as detailed so vividly in her book "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl." This paper also focuses on Jacobs's gender which lends a certain uniqueness to the experiences surrounding her struggles and her final resulting escape.
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"Of course, many masters abused their female slaves, certainly lending justification to escape by these women. This is true in the story, as Jacobs describes the events leading to Dr. Flint's abuse. Furthermore, she explains that feelings and emotions that surround many households, particularly between masters and mistresses, because of this sexual abuse. Dr. Flint's abuse of Jacobs, however, led to another form of oppression because of her gender. Mrs. Flint initially offers Jacobs protection from Dr. Flint's advances. Although this offer is made out of jealousy, Mrs. Flint takes Jacobs into her room to sleep at night."
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", 2004.
A review of Harriet Jacob's autobiography, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl".
1,953 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper examines how Harriet Jacob?s autobiography, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", is a traditionally fashioned slave narrative printed around 1861. In it, one sees a fascinating and tragic personal view of the American past that both parallels traditional histories and also highlights elements of those histories that might otherwise escape notice. It shows how one can see in this story a definite sense of bowing to overwhelming, white preconceptions and moralities, particularly in terms of the expected behavior of a ?virtuous? unmarried girl, and how there is also a large amount of what must have then been controversial condemnation of many of the aspects of American culture.
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"The setting for this tale begins in the more Northernly of the slave-owning states, and at the end is transferred to the actual Northern Free States. These setting allow the author not only criticize the ?peculiar institution? of slavery in the South, but also to make cutting and vital observations about problems in the North such as prejudice and laws which returned slaves to their masters. One of Jacobs main points regarding slavery is a refutation of the idea that slavery is in any way beneficial for society at large. She refutes this idea by trying to expose the corruption that exists across Southern culture as a result of slavery. One gets a sense of rot and complicity from her description of the Southern setting which is obviously designed to act against the idea of slavery."
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", 2004.
A review of the book, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", written by Harriet Jacobs.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses Harriet Jacobs's novel, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl". The paper describes the extraordinary strength of character exhibited by Jacobs in her quest for freedom from slavery. The paper portrays how Harriet Jacobs goes to almost superhuman lengths to assert her status as a person and rebel against the dehumanization of slavery.
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"In Harriet Jacobs' novel, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, the narrator takes several steps to assert her status as a person and to make a case against the dehumanization inherent in slavery. The dehumanization of Jacobs' and other slaves in the novel is clearly shown through the sexual exploitation that they face, and the separation of women and their children. Jacob's continually fights against this degradation, and asserts herself as a person. She refuses the advances of Mr. Flint, chooses another man with which to have an affair, and ultimately goes to the extremes of hiding in a cramped garret to assert her independence. Ultimately, Jacobs' is successful in obtaining her freedom, but she only obtains freedom through an extraordinary perseverance and force of will."
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"., 2002.
A look at the theme of sexuality and abuse in Harriet Jacobs' book "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper explores Harriet Jacobs' book "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" as a means of exploring the sexual use of slaves and the negative impact this practice had upon society.
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Harriet Jacobs's "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", 2004.
A look at "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" and the contradictions it highlights regarding slavery and racial identity in the antebellum South.
1,827 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper analyzes the slave narrative, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", by Harriet Jacobs, and discusses the contradiction Jacobs illuminates concerning America's values of freedom and the institution of slavery in a supposedly free society.
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"In doing so, Jacobs made a dual claim. On one hand, by making slavery against the liberty of American values, she suggests that America is basically a free nation, and slavery exists in contradiction to its basic values. However, by telling her own tale, she suggests her own uniqueness and alienation from supposedly ordinary American society. Jacob?s own complex racial identity, which allowed her to pass for white at times, and yet also resulted in an enforced sexual relationship with one of her ?owners? Dr. Flint not only makes for a compelling tale?it forces and forced readers to acknowledge the constructed nature of ?blackness? and ?whiteness? as identities, rather than as mere shades of skin. Jacobs was, because of her appearance, able to perform both, and because of her identity as a female was able to give birth to a child apparently white, yet deemed a slave by a supposedly liberated American society, because a slave had mothered the child."
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Harriet Jacobs' "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"., 2002.
A review of the book, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", by Harriet Jacobs.
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 0 sources, $ 65.95
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This paper reviews and summarizes the book, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl". It looks at the various degrees of treatment of slaves, raised in the book and establishes the stance that slavery was a prevalent practice throughout America before its abolishment, existing in varying degrees of freedom, from slave, through free-colored individual, to white American.
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"In her book, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs relates to the readers her experiences as a slave girl in the Southern part of America. Her story started from her sheltered life as a child to her subordination to her mistress upon her father?s death, and her continuing struggle to live a dignified and virtuous life despite being a slave. Her struggle involves her constant degradation from her master; the danger of being sexually exploited by her mistress? husband, Dr Flint; her broken relationship with a free colored man; her pregnancy to a man named Mr Sands; and her fight for her and her children?s freedom from slavery. All of these experiences helped Linda learn to fight justly for her right to become a free individual, but most of all, to be subordinated to Dr Flint, the man who wanted so bad to exploit her, yet, was not able to because of Linda?s vigilance and determination not to be forever bounded by the rule of slavery, that is, that she, her children, and her descendants will forever be the slaves of the Flint family."
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", 2006.
A review of "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", the autobiography of Harriet Jacobs.
2,106 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 66.95
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This paper reviews Harriet Jacobs' autobiography "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl". This paper discusses how, in her autobiography, Harriet Jacobs used domestic ideology of violated womanhood to sway her Northern audience to the cause of abolition.
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"In Chapter 1, Jacobs stresses the angelic quality of her early upbringing, much like the idealized version of childhood cherished in the 19th century portrayal of a happy home. " I was so fondly shielded that I never dreamed I was a piece of merchandise, trusted to them for safe keeping, and liable to be demanded of them at any moment." She also notes that "in complexion my parents were a light shade of brownish yellow, and were termed mulattos," a not-so subtle mention of the fact that her parents were at least partially white, creating an evident racial as well as domestic sense of sympathy between herself and her white readers whom she wished to convert to the abolitionist cause." Her uncle "inherited the complexion my grandmother had derived from Anglo-Saxon ancestors." (Jacobs, Chapter 1, http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JACOBS/hjch1.htm)
The plantation owner of Jacobs' maternal grandmother set her free. Thus Jacobs stresses that she was born, in some sense, free, in a venue of conventional, almost white hearth and home. This sense of conversation with the reader is further underlined by Jacobs' reference to the reader in an intimate fashion, as if she or he is beside her side. "The reader probably knows that no promise or writing given to a slave is legally binding; for, according to Southern laws, a slave, being property, can hold no property. When my grandmother lent her hard earnings to her mistress, she trusted solely to her honor. The honor of a slaveholder to a slave!".
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"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", 2007.
A discussion of the novel "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs.
1,358 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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The paper discusses how "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", by Harriet Jacobs, is an interesting example of the slave narrative, as it is more a novel than it is a true narrative account. The paper discusses how this story not only represented hope to any slaves of the time who could read the story, but also showed the torture of slavery to the white population of the North. The paper shows how in the longer term, the book serves as a historical record of the institution of slavery and of the cruel life it bestowed upon the victims.
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"The form of the novel is similar to the style of the romantic novels of the nineteenth century, though the story takes a different tack and offers up a more realistic vision of slavery than was common in fiction. The main character, Linda Brent, learns that she is a slave when she is still a child, and she learns more and more what that means as her first and more kindly mistress dies and she ends up as part of the household of Dr. Flint. That man may be respected in his community, but he is not a respectable man by any means."
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Detecting Extraterrestrial Life, 2002.
A look at the effect of detecting extraterrestrial life on society.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 14 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses what cultural aspects and other consequences would be of detecting extraterrestrial intelligent life. This paper will analyze the roles of the media, the government and the academic establishment that might be or should be played. The effect of sociology, politics and religion will be addressed.
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