Legal Abuse Syndrome, Beyond Rage
	WARNING: Protracted litigation can be hazardous to your health. Legal abuses are invisible to the average citizen, are found readily in Legal Abuse Syndrome victims' assaults and lance the heart of a healthy society. Justice substantially validates the worth of the citizen and reaffirms his positive social identity. More and more, crime is being recognized as a major health problem. In a climate where it is predicted that every citizen will be a victim of violent or nonviolent crime at some point in his life, the future will be teeming with psycholegal issues. Four attitudes need to be adopted by the community of American citizens to insure healing from Legal Abuse Syndrome. Abuse of Power Oppression and abuse of power are injurious to the health of victims. Domination by abusers of bureaucratic power threatens the very functionality of the public and private sectors in our country. (Beguai). Victims and Volunteers Victims are not self-interested, narcissistic folks who sit around and wallow in their losses. They are courageous individuals who face their pain and care to right the wrongs. They participate in the collision of evil and good as it is classically intended in order to achieve balance. Denial is popular, but far less responsible. Lying Judges, Prosecutors and Public Officials Trust is a social staple that must be protected just as earth and water be protected to provide for survival. When trust is damaged, the community suffers and society as a whole will eventually falter and collapse (Bok). Veterans of crime must exude zero tolerance for lying in courtrooms, lying in political campaigns, lying to cover-up, and deceptions through omittance and non performance by public officials and public servants. Oath of Office An oath is a person's word to faithfully serve. United States Code, Title 18 Sec. 1621 states: Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury and shall be fined no more than $2,000.00 or imprisoned not more than five years or both. Oaths add that touch of personal responsibility that requires a public promise to execute a job according to the law and in good faith. Each case of Legal Abuse Syndrome is a result of a violation of sworn duty. Oaths are usually required to be taken and then are kept on file. They seem to have become a forgotten formality in the course of public service. LEGAL ABUSE SYNDROME, Beyond Rage, Karin Huffer M.S., M.F.T. Email - fulkort@aol.com
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