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This research focuses on the exposure of healthcare workers to violence. The aim of the research is to examine the issue of violence in health institutions in the context of Türkiye and to create a profile of Türkiye. The population of the research consists of articles on violence in health in Türkiye. The sample of the research consists of 96 articles. The aim of the research is to reveal the general profile of violence in health institutions in Türkiye and to propose a health policy to prevent violence. According to the results of the study, the incidents of violence in health institutions in Türkiye have increased significantly as of 2012. However, it was determined that most of the violent incidents took place in public hospitals, emergency services and between 08:00-16:00 hours. Among the other results obtained were that physicians were subjected to the highest number of violent incidents, the highest number of violent incidents occurred in Istanbul, and that violent incidents were mostly perpetrated by service recipients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The topic of this study is people who committed the crime of burglary. The goal of the research is to determine the profiles of people who committed the crime of burglary and to present some factors that affect the emergence of individuals' criminal tendencies. The research was carried out on 50 criminals in Diyarbakır closed prison because of the crime of burglary. The research is based on the interpretation of data and findings obtained from the survey forms conducted on the prisoners in scope of the study and detailed interviews that were held with them. The obtained findings show that some effects, such as having low socioeconomic position, existence of some family problems, working on streets at early ages, contacting with children on streets that commit crime and have delinquent actions, existence of the potential of associating with criminals, using drugs, leaving school and imitating older criminals, are effective in individuals' becoming criminals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Doubtlessly the most innocent victims of war and confliction are children. For centuries, millions of children all over the world are suffered due to war, confliction, in-country terror, and acts of violence. Among the negative results the wars and conflictions generated in the life of children, injuring and becoming permanently disabled, being killed, exposing to torture and maltreatment, injuring and death of the parents and relations, becoming victim and actor of violence (physical, psychological, and sexual), being exploited in wars and conflictions, subjecting to the forced migration, being marginalized in the migrated places, being alienated, acquiring the tendencies that are excessively politic and nationalist, disease, poverty, and poor nutrition can be counted. In the East and Southeast Anatolian Region of Turkey, those most influenced from "low intensified war or confliction" continuing between the members of PKK organization and security forces for 30 years have been children. In this study, categorizing a number of children group, whose rights were seized in process with confliction, that experienced various victimhood, and exploited by a variety of organizations, the reflections of social problems emerging in the context of "Kurdish Problem" and the effects of process under consideration on children were discussed. With this study, it was aimed to increase the sensitivity of governmental agencies, society, local, and national elements, nongovernmental organizations, and academics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper study the risk and the dangers children face when using the streets as working area. Data collection of this study is collected in the district of Diyarbakir city centre. The basic factors of working in the streets for these children may be forced migration as a result of terror and insecurity. Some outcomes of this forced migration resulted in poverty, dispersed families, unemployment etc. which in its case conduct children to work in the streets. This paper also focuses on subjects like physical, sensational and sexual violence, drug addictions, youth criminality and car accidents that the children are encountered when they work in the streets. Data was collected from children working in Diyarbakır city centre of which 347 were male and 53 female, totally 400 children ranging from 6 to 18 year old participated. The study resulted in majority of the children were exposed to many kinds of violence after they started working in the streets. It showed also that some children committed various crimes and begin to use drugs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, job satisfaction, burnout and depression levels of social service sector employees were investigated. A form for collecting demographical variables and the scales to determine job satisfaction, burnout and depression were distributed to 175 staff working in the social services that were within the scope of the study. Of them, the data collected from 115 employees were included in the study. There was no significant difference between the units of social services in terms of job satisfaction. Employee burnout levels were found to be different both across the units of social services and various demographical variables. Employees working in rehabilitation units were found to have higher depression scores than those working in orphanage houses. On the other hand, the job satisfaction level of employees was found to be negatively correlated both with burnout and depression levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]