Sentence examples for increase in abuse from inspiring English sources

At Sanctuary for Families, an advocacy group for battered women, counselors are even preparing for an increase in abuse cases.

While Sutcliffe said that better reporting procedures were partly responsible for the increase in abuse allegations, she did raise concern at the "numbers of people directly affected".

If this increase in abuse goes on, it could cause a big increase in the HIV infection rate - which thus far has been mercifully low in Georgia".

Three years ago the major UK disability charities warned the government that this focus on alleged fraud and "overclaiming" of disability benefits was causing an increase in abuse directed at disabled people.

A report from Médecins Sans Frontières this year detailed "a sharp increase in abuse, degrading treatment and violence" of the migrants by the police and by criminal gangs, including a "shocking" level of sexual violence.

A letter from Home Office minister Lord Bates, dated 9 February 2015, states: "We do not believe that there is persuasive evidence that the so-called tie to an individual employer has led to an increase in abuse.

The final years of Mubarak's presidency were characterized by an increase in abuses by security officers, who acted as though they were above the law.

When California became the first state in 1996 to pass medical marijuana, critics said it would send the wrong message and would lead to increases in abuse.

The need for good netiquette has arisen as anonymous posting online has led to increases in abuse and unfriendly behavior.

In speaking with experts in the field and those who deal with victims and perpetrators of child sex abuse, the authors find that it is not easy to determine a direct cause for the increase in sex abuse among minors.

I found that the Great Recession caused a significant increase in child abuse and neglect.