Combating Violence & Abuse of People with Disabilities

Combating Violence & Abuse of People with Disabilities
Author: Nancy M. Fitzsimons
Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Accessible book tackling the issue of violence and abuse of people with disabilities, educating and empowering both professionals and self-advocates.

Violence and Abuse in the Lives of People with Disabilities

Violence and Abuse in the Lives of People with Disabilities
Author: Richard Sobsey
Publisher: Baltimore ; Toronto : P.H. Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1994
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Ce document traite de l'abus dont sont victimes les personnes ayant une déficience. Il apporte des solutions en orientant la démarche sur la prévention de ces abus, en identifiant les risques et les situations propices à l'abus et de violence.

Stop violence against people with disabilities: An international resource

Stop violence against people with disabilities: An international resource
Author: Diane Nelson Bryen
Publisher: PULP
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2015-01-06
Genre: Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence
ISBN: 1920538291

This book breaks new ground in ensuring access to the criminal justice system for one of the most vulnerable groups in the disability sphere: those individuals who have little or no functional speech. Their voices have been silent for too long. The book provides an international perspective on violence against children and adults with disabilities. It focusses on promising practices and approaches to reduce the risks and occurrence of violence, intervention, access to justice, increase awareness, knowledge and understanding of the violence, rape and sexual abuse against people with disabilities, with an emphasis on people who have little or no functional speech. Each chapter, written by an expert on disability and/or law and peer reviewed, contains extensive information, references, resources, manuals for practice, stories and reports of people with disabilities themselves confronting the violence they experienced. They also provide whatever data and statistics there are about the prevalence, the perpetrators, and access to justice. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has been ratified in over 135 countries to date. Three articles from the CRPD that apply directly to the topic of violence against people with disabilities and their access to the criminal justice system are focal throughout the book.

Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities

Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2001-02-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 030917127X

Although violent crime in the United States has declined over the past five years, certain groups appear to remain at disproportionately high risk for violent victimization. In the United States, people with developmental disabilities-such as mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and severe learning disabilities may be included in this group. While the scientific evidence is scanty, a handful of studies from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain consistently find high rates of violence and abuse affecting people with these kinds of disabilities. A number of social and demographic trends are converging that may worsen the situation considerably over the next several years. The prevalence of developmental disabilities has increased in low-income populations, due to a number of factors, such as poor prenatal nutrition, lack of access to health care or better perinatal care for some fragile babies, and increases in child abuse and substance abuse during pregnancy. For example, a recent report of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities found that during the past decade, while the state population increased by 20 percent, the number of persons with developmental disabilities in California increased by 52 percent and the population segment with mild mental retardation doubled. Because of a growing concern among parents and advocates regarding possible high rates of crime victimization among persons with developmental disabilities, Congress, through the Crime Victims with Disabilities Awareness Act of 1998, requested that the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences conduct a study to increase knowledge and information about crimes against individuals with developmental disabilities that will be useful in developing new strategies to reduce the incidence of crimes against those individuals. Crime Victims with Developmental Disabilities summarizes the workshop and addresses the following issues: (1) the nature and extent of crimes against individuals with developmental disabilities; (2) the risk factors associated with victimization of individuals with developmental disabilities; (3) the manner in which the justice system responds to crimes against individuals with disabilities; and (4) the means by which states may establish and maintain a centralized computer database on the incidence of crimes against individuals with disabilities within a state.

Violence and Abuse in the Lives of People with Disabilities

Violence and Abuse in the Lives of People with Disabilities
Author: Richard Sobsey
Publisher: Baltimore ; Toronto : P.H. Brookes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1994
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Ce document traite de l'abus dont sont victimes les personnes ayant une déficience. Il apporte des solutions en orientant la démarche sur la prévention de ces abus, en identifiant les risques et les situations propices à l'abus et de violence.

Disability, Gender and Violence over the Life Course

Disability, Gender and Violence over the Life Course
Author: Sonali Shah
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2018-05-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1351619098

This is the first book to explore the interplay of disability, gender and violence over the life course from researcher, practitioner and survivor perspectives. It gives due weight to the accounts of disabled children and adults who have survived institutional or individual violence, evidencing barriers to recognition, disclosure and reporting. Written by disabled and non-disabled women from around the world, Disability, Gender and Violence over the Life Course addresses the dearth of voices and experiences of disabled women and girls in empirical research, policy and practice on issues of violence, victimisation, protection, support and prevention. Divided into three parts – Childhood, Adulthood and Older Life – this collection offers diverse perspectives on the intersectionality of disability, age, ethnicity, sexuality and violence that have hitherto been absent. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and practitioners of multiple fields of practice and academic studies, including health and social care, nursing, social work, childhood studies, gender studies, disability studies, safeguarding and child protection, equality and human rights, sociology and criminology.

Report to the Governor and the General Assembly

Report to the Governor and the General Assembly
Author: Illinois. Interagency Work Group on Domestic Abuse of Adults With Disabilities
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1987
Genre: Mentally ill
ISBN:

This document was issued in response to the 1986 report on domestic abuse of adults with disabilities to the Illinois General Assembly and Governor, which recommended that the Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities coordinate an interagency work group to study issues pertaining to the abuse and neglect of disabled adults in domestic settings.

Religion, Disability, and Interpersonal Violence

Religion, Disability, and Interpersonal Violence
Author: Andy J. Johnson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2017-07-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319569015

This groundbreaking reference offers mental health professionals a rigorous, nuanced guide to working with abuse survivors with disabilities in religious communities. Expert contributors unravel complex intersections of disability, religion, and identity in the context of gender violence (including spotlights on racial, gender, and sexual minorities, Deaf persons, and men), and offer survivor-centered best practices for intervention. Chapters explore how responses from clergy and other religious figures may sometimes prevent survivors from seeking help, and how faith leaders can help to empower survivors. The concepts and research presented here support multiple purposes, from removing barriers to survivor services to working with religious communities to be more inclusive and transparent. Among the topics featured: From barriers to belonging for people with disabilities: Promising pathways toward inclusive ministry. Empowering women with intellectual disabilities to resist abuse in interpersonal relationships. Race, culture, and abuse of persons with disabilities. Ableist shame and disruptive bodies: Survivorship at the intersection of queer, trans, and disabled existence. From the narratives of survivors with disabilities: Strengths and gaps between faith-based communities and domestic violence shelters. Religion, Disability, and Interpersonal Violence brings transformative insights to psychologists, social workers, and mental health professionals across disciplines providing guidance within religious and disabled communities in their clinical practice. It also provides valuable background for researchers seeking to examine the interface between religious culture and the abuse of persons with disabilities.

Safeguarding Adults and Children with Disabilities Against Abuse

Safeguarding Adults and Children with Disabilities Against Abuse
Author: Hilary Brown
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9287149194

This report addresses a broad range of abuses and mistreatment committed against all disabled children and adults. Discrimination against people with disabilities is inextricably linked to abuse and the disabled are often offered less support than other people and barred from effective means of escape or redress when they are harmed. The report aims to make visible the extent and nature of such abuse. It advocates a model of protection that enhances the rights of disabled to take decisions and appropriate risks in their ordinary lives.

Violence Against Vulnerable Groups

Violence Against Vulnerable Groups
Author: Hilary Brown
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9287154473

The abuse and intimidation of vulnerable groups including children, people with disabilities and older people, is a common occurrence, whether it takes place in family homes, residential facilities or public places. This publication explores the roots of violence against these groups and reviews the work of the Council of Europe to address this issue. It develops a social model of vulnerability, reviews current research, and analyses a range of preventive strategies, clarifying the mandate which governments and mainstream agencies hold in relation to vulnerable citizens.