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Heimlich maneuver
Heimlich maneuver emergency procedure used to treat choking victims whose airway is obstructed by food or another substance. It forces air from the lungs through the windpipe, pushing the obstruction out. If the victim is standing, the rescuer wraps his (or her) arms around the victim's waist; maki... Read more
rape
rape in law, the crime of sexual intercourse without the consent of the victim, often through force or threat of violence. The victim is deemed legally incapable of consenting if she or he is known to be mentally incompetent, intoxicated, drugged, or below the age of consent at the time of the ra... Read more
Tamar
Tamar , in the Bible. 1 Mother of Judah's twin sons Pharez and Zerah. An alternate spelling is Thamar. 2 Daughter of David and Maachah. She was the victim of her half brother Amnon's passion. 3 Daughter of Absalom. ... Read more
William Falconer
William Falconer , 1732-69, Scottish poet. The victim of a shipwreck off Greece, he described his ordeal in a long, didactic poem, The Shipwreck (1762). He also wrote (1769) a source book on shipping and naval practices. ... Read more
Host
Host [Lat.,=sacrificial victim], in Roman Catholic practice, consecrated wafer of the Eucharist . The bread used is pure white and unleavened, baked in small disks. The Hosts not consumed at Mass are set aside especially for the viaticum, for the sick, and for adoration, as at benediction . ... Read more
artificial respiration
artificial respiration any measure that causes air to flow in and out of a person's lungs when natural breathing is inadequate or ceases, as in respiratory paralysis, drowning, electric shock, choking, gas or smoke inhalation, or poisoning. Respiration can be taken over by an artificial lung (espec... Read more
first aid
first aid immediate and temporary treatment of a victim of sudden illness or injury while awaiting the arrival of medical aid. Proper early measures may be instrumental in saving life and ensuring a better and more rapid recovery. The avoidance of unnecessary movement and over-excitation of the vic... Read more
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall, memorial to the victims of the Holocaust . Designed by architect James Ingo Freed, it opened in 1993. Using a stark, harsh architectural vocabulary of industrial forms and unadorned materials, the building itself ser... Read more
castration
castration removal of the sex glands of an animal, i.e., testes in the male, or ovaries and often the uterus in the female. Castration of the female animal is commonly referred to as spaying. Castration results in sterility, decreased sexual desire, and inhibition of secondary sex characteristics. ... Read more
self-help group
self-help group nonprofessional organization formed by people with a common problem or situation, for the purpose of pooling resources, gathering information, and offering mutual support, services, or care. Self-help groups began to spread in the United States following World War II and proliferate... Read more

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Tobacco Sales to Youth, Regulation of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health ...requirement, usually eighteen, at the point of purchase, and monitoring vending machines. Some state legislation also allows punishment of the underage customer, but this has been criticized as "blaming the victim." Ronald A. Dovell (see also: ; ) Read more
Irene Harand
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...which solemnly proclaimed that Austria had been the "first victim" of Nazi aggression. This policy was as much based on a strong...Albrecht V of Austria ordered that Jews be expelled from Vienna, blaming them for supplying arms to the forces of the Bohemian heretic... Read more
Zoot Suit Riots
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...streets and entered bars, theaters, and restaurants in search of victims wearing distinctive zoot suits (very baggy pants and oversized...wave. The LAPD also contributed to ethnic tensions by both blaming Mexican Americans for the apparent outbreak of crime and mistreating... Read more

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Piracy: blaming the victim. (software piracy)
Newspaper article from: Soft-Letter; 1/15/1993; 277 words ; * PIRACY: BLAMING THE VICTIM While we're on the subject of pricing, we'd like to add a few...when this kind of small-scale piracy occurs. But that's really blaming the victim. The truth is, the software industry so far has shown remarkably... Read more
Blaming the victim, Globally.
Magazine article from: UN Chronicle; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...wrote a nice little book called Blaming the Victim, which showed how people on welfare...Sometimes we focus on individuals as victims, and sometimes as perpetrators...focusing on individuals, whether as victims or as perpetrators, is that it... Read more
"They asked for it": murderers of gay and transgender people across the country are still blaming the victims, claiming sexual advances can cause homicidal rage. Now prosecutors are joining together to get rid of the "gay panic" defense once and for all.(Courts)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 4/12/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...least one of them the bloody knife and the victim's car keys. They heard how he'd told a...performed oral sex on him at gunpoint. The victim had worked for Howard, who says the experience...often ruling that testimony about the victim's sexual orientation is inadmissible... Read more
Blaming the victim?(On Track)
Magazine article from: Railway Track and Structures; 1/1/2004; ; 458 words ; ...track and a different indicator for non-gated track. One thing that caught my eye was this paragraph: The tendency to blame the victim in grade-crossing accidents exasperates the cognitive psychologist. 'That lets the authorities off the hook,' he said. 'Then... Read more
Blaming the victim.(SATELLITE DISH)
Magazine article from: Western Standard; 2/12/2007; ; 98 words ; A BURMESE NEWSPAPER HAS accused Aung San Suu Kyi, the Opposition leader who has been under house arrest intermittently since 1989, of evading taxes on her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. On Jan. 19, Agence France-Presse translated a report from the New Light of Myanmar, savaging her for forwarding the Read more
Doctors' mistakes cause insurance 'crisis'.(Columns)(Malpractice: Physicians should be working to eliminate unnecessary errors instead of blaming "suit happy" victims.)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 12/15/2002; 700+ words ; ...profession, the courts and suit happy victims for supposedly increasing the cost of...state in crisis. Supposedly suit happy victims are seeking, in the words of the insurance...paralyzed, damaged mentally, or both. Victims and their families face enormous medical... Read more
Denial, coverup, and the blaming of others: Germany's performance after the subprime collapse.
Magazine article from: The International Economy; 6/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...But some observers see a mixture of denial, cover-up, and blaming others in the way the German public sector and a large part...presentation of its 2007 annual report: BaFin sees itself as victim of rating agencies (Frankfurter Allgemeine), Sanio critical... Read more
Controversies in Victimology. (Victim's Rights).
Newspaper article from: Legal Publisher; 1/31/2003; 91 words ; ...Editorial addresses such issues as balancing criminal victims' and criminal defendants' rights, victims' rights and responsibilities, victim blaming, the role of alcohol, the mass media and victims of rape, fear of crime and victimization, domestic... Read more
Victims not at fault.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 2/11/2005; ; 462 words ; ...and ask and ask again, how it can be of help. Some victims have sued because they asked for bread and received...admit that they made mistakes in the past and deal with victims more justly in the future; and victims get all the help and support they need. She asked how...neglected to say, the dozens of ... Read more
Farm falls 'victim' to bird flu.
Newspaper article from: Bury Free Press (Bury St. Edmunds, England); 3/17/2006; 344 words ; The deadly bird flu virus has claimed its first victim in West Suffolk, with a company which sells pet parrots closing...Cockfield Bird Farm has sold its last parrot, with its owners blaming media coverage of the spread of avian flu across the globe... Read more