Sentence examples for escalation of abuse from inspiring English sources

The pressure to go along with the escalation of abuse is huge, says Zimbardo, and would claim most of us.

You have "the subtle early maneuvers of victim selection," the screening out of children who object or who are supervised closely by parents, the testing, ingratiating, "grooming" and "desensitizing the target with an ever-expanding touch," the escalation of abuse.

There were valid criticisms there, too, but as I smuggled her into the rear entrance of Conway Hall for a debate earlier this year, I was struck by the insanity of the escalation of abuse.

Such shielding of abuse could potentially lead to an escalation of abuse and a lifetime of abuse against a child.

It said it also found "an escalation of abuses by armed opposition groups," including brutal summary killings of captured officers, though the group was at pains to say that the "vast majority" of war crimes were being committed by government forces.

The prevalence of IPV may also be underreported because of shame and fear of escalation of the abuse should the abuse become known [ 3, 15, 16].

"So if you look at the Rotherham scandal [where predominantly British-Pakistani gangs groomed and trafficked underage girls for sex], we saw an escalation of anti-Muslim abuse locally".

Also, the true prevalence of physical and psychological abuse in pregnant women is difficult to estimate since women who are exposed to violence may be afraid to report such violence in fear of abuse escalation [ 24].

The year 2012 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was marked by turbulence on many fronts: postelection disputes, continuing human rights abuses, escalation of civil unrest in the eastern provinces, and intensifying pressure for reform from the international community.

The desire to be free of abuse is often what triggers its fatal escalation.

Further, the true prevalence of abuse may be difficult to determine because of fears concerning abuse escalation, if the abuse were to become known by the perpetrator [ 21].