Family Violence

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Economy may contribute to rise in family violence

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Some hospitals report seeing more than twice as many shaken babies as a year ago. Deaths from domestic violence have increased sharply in some areas.

Calls to domestic-violence hotlines have risen too, and more than half the callers said their families' financial situation has changed recently.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090410/...domestic_abuse

The under-the-radar non-spectacular toll....

[Wild Style]

Re: Family Violence

My wife is a psychologist and she tells me she is seeing tons of this stuff from her clients as a result of the current economic situation. The first time I noticed a marked change in some of the stories she told me is when she says "this family home I go to has surveillance cameras in the front". Being from NYC I tell her "don't go there at night and limit the time you are at their home". Naturally she wondered why I said what I said to which I told her, well they are either selling drugs or they are selling drugs. Usually that's a tell, tell sign of cocaine dealers, at least that's how it was in the city. Long gone are the days of "look outs" . Why use some person who could screw up when you have sophisticated camera systems to do the job. Well a few months later the client confided in her that they were bringing coke in from the Caribbean (why they would admit this is beyond me). Funny thing is, this is one of Fort Lauderdale's most "prestigious" neighborhoods. Point being, with bad times comes frusrtation and desperate measures.

[metalman]

Re: Family Violence

My wife is a psychologist and she tells me she is seeing tons of this stuff from her clients as a result of the current economic situation. The first time I noticed a marked change in some of the stories she told me is when she says "this family home I go to has surveillance cameras in the front". Being from NYC I tell her "don't go there at night and limit the time you are at their home". Naturally she wondered why I said what I said to which I told her, well they are either selling drugs or they are selling drugs. Usually that's a tell, tell sign of cocaine dealers, at least that's how it was in the city. Long gone are the days of "look outs" . Why use some person who could screw up when you have sophisticated camera systems to do the job. Well a few months later the client confided in her that they were bringing coke in from the Caribbean (why they would admit this is beyond me). Funny thing is, this is one of Fort Lauderdale's most "prestigious" neighborhoods. Point being, with bad times comes frusrtation and desperate measures.

today's economic desperation news...

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Depression Fury
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Americans Feel 15.6% Unemployment as Underemployment Surges
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Facing the Depression of the Spirit
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Thanks to the economic meltdown, ensuing AIG bonuses, and promotion of economic criminals to top White House jobs, it has never been more clear that the ...

[Quincy K]

Re: Family Violence

today's economic desperation news...

Convenience store robber blames economy
Northwest Cable News - Apr 1, 2009
He said Webb initially spoke in a threatening manner, but he had sad desperation in his eyes. "His eyes were tearing up. This guy's hurting inside," he said ...

Crimes of desperation on the rise in Spokane
KXLY - Apr 2, 2009
SPOKANE -- As the slumping economy takes it's toll on people, police say they've seen a jump in crimes of desperation including robberies, burglaries, ...

Financial desperation feeds rising rate of fraud
Atlanta Journal Constitution - 16 hours ago
By RUSSELL GRANTHAM Nils Martinsen had become a desperate man when he heard from a friend at church about what seemed an answer to his prayers. ...

Desperation drives hundreds to job fair
Daily Mail - Charleston - Apr 9, 2009
by Ry Rivard SPENCER - Several hundred people lined up for the chance at jobs that don't exist yet. By mid-afternoon on Thursday, about 400 people had come ...

Some Link Economy With Spate Of Killings
Washington Post - Apr 7, 2009
The factor underlying the violence, some experts think, is the dismal state of the nation's economy. Criminologists theorize that the epidemic of layoffs, ...

Economic crime on the rise
WHAS 11.com (subscription) - Apr 8, 2009
Criminologists say the economy, layoffs, anxiety about when things will get better, has caused desperation across the country. Is the recession sparking ...

Gun sales triple: "I'd rather shoot than be shot"
WINKNEWS.com - 14 hours ago
"People are losing their jobs and desperation sets in. You have to think about defending yourself." He says his neighborhood is changing and so is his sense ...

County jail on track to hold double number of inmates than ...
KAIT - 17 hours ago
If a person is at a point of desperation, then they may take drastic action to make ends meet. "I believe our area has been affected by the economy, ...

Crime Warp: Recession Driving a Rise in Vehicle Give-Ups
ClaimsJournal.com - Apr 7, 2009
By James Quiggle As America's economy slogs through this once-in-a-generation recession, stressed-out consumers are literally being driven to desperation. ...

Depression Fury
CounterPunch - Apr 8, 2009
As much as we don’t like to imagine such desperation, it happens; and we may see more people “losing it” as the depression sinks us all into a deeper morass ...

Economy drags down split families
Concord Monitor - Apr 5, 2009
"There's a lot more desperation, which makes tensions here a little higher," said Dalpra, who's worked as a marital master in various state courts for 18 ...

Americans Feel 15.6% Unemployment as Underemployment Surges
Bloomberg - Apr 5, 2009
“This recession is causing extreme desperation and frustration for a very wide swath of workers, even people who thought they were flexible and could find ...

Facing the Depression of the Spirit
The Baltimore Chronicle - Apr 10, 2009
Thanks to the economic meltdown, ensuing AIG bonuses, and promotion of economic criminals to top White House jobs, it has never been more clear that the ...

I suggest you go have a few beers with Lukester, Nero and that Symbols guy instead of dwelling on all this negative stuff. After all, the recession is already over. CNBC said so. Everything is going to be fine.

After a 20+ year Ponzi scheme in which we amassed unprecedented profligate debt burdens that can never be payed back in today's dollars, it only took us one year to rectify everything.
And exactly why would CNBC lie to us? I mean they're on TV for heaven's sake. I watch the show whenever I can. Those suits must cost at least a $1000 a piece. And I think that Cavuto guy had on a Rolex too.

Trust me, these guys know what they're talking about. Everything is going to be fine. All is well.

[GRG55]

Re: Family Violence

I suggest you go have a few beers with Lukester, Nero and that Symbols guy instead of dwelling on all this negative stuff. After all, the recession is already over. CNBC said so. Everything is going to be fine.

After a 20+ year Ponzi scheme in which we amassed unprecedented profligate debt burdens that can never be payed back in today's dollars, it only took us one year to rectify everything.
And exactly why would CNBC lie to us? I mean they're on TV for heaven's sake. I watch the show whenever I can. Those suits must cost at least a $1000 a piece. And I think that Cavuto guy had on a Rolex too.

Trust me, these guys know what they're talking about. Everything is going to be fine. All is well.

LOL.

But seriously, CNBC has it right. When you survey the situation from the center of the universe [the corner of Wall and Broad in NYNY] the "depression" ended the moment the Administration backed away from doing anything about the past bonuses at AIG et al. The "recession" will end as soon as the TARPies can go back to paying bonuses in the future. I give it 6 months...tops.

What's not to like...:rolleyes: