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Cronenberg: "A History of Violence"

in films today. The protagonist at the heart of Allens films is conflicted, neurotic, and a bumbler who usually manages, somehow, ...

Chaos Theory and the Virginia Tech Shootings

these factors might be important with regard to complexity, such systems also have to exhibit stability or they could not exist (C...

Jack London’s Call of the Wild

was apparently controversial at the time, but clearly desired. One critic, in looking back at the time wrote, in 1928, "that a hea...

Zero Tolerance Policies - Do They Work?

in the Gun-Free School Act (McAndrews, 2001; McCune, 2000). McAndrews (2001) reported that policies were passed by state legislat...

Global Warming

they have "no intention of doing anything of the sort" (Adler, 2007, p. 45). Another important milestone that Adler describes is...

The Lottery by Jackson: Violence or Tradition?

she was saying many bad things about America and Americans. There were many others who were simply confused by the story and appar...

The Role of Gender in Violence

by men. Some people have argued that our society itself allows men to abuse women because of the fact that they are male. Michae...

King’s Premise of Non-Violence: Applications to the Women’s Movement

By the 1960s blacks and women alike, of course, had freedom in a technical sense but they each had a long...

Women, AIDS and HIV in the District of Columbia

2009"). In responding to the crisis, the city government has not recognized the way in which "policies, and structural factors hav...

American History X the Film

his way is not going to solve anything and will only lead to more death. The film deserves a few words as...

Family, Violence, and Social Work

Therefore, a revised definition of family emphasizes not the unit itself but the quality of relationship that exists within that u...

"Bullet In The Brain" And "The Lottery" Violence

was the gladiatorial combat of hunting, otherwise called the venatio. Once gathered up from different parts of the Roman empire t...

The Impacts of Dentistry on Family Violence Intervention

result in spousal violence (2). Though children under the age of 18 account for approximately 21 percent of the population, they ...

Film and Social Violence

Ann Beard, in her essay The Fourth State of Matter, illustrates how a young man, Gang Lu, becamse so disgruntled with life and wit...

Violence and Video Games

further emphasized and supported through an article wherein the authors note that, "Although numerous studies have shown that play...

Violence and Pride: Ellison and Morrison

a sense of innocence. "I had begun to worry about my speech again. How would it go? Would they recognize my ability? What would th...

Effects of Video Games on American Culture

deviance, and personality disorders. Cultural attitudes are transferred from one generation to another, and the first generation...

Argument: Television Violence Does Not Harm Children

the media" (Fowles, 2001). Why is TV a stand-in for the other problems, and what are those problems? The reason TV makes such a g...

Social Bias

particular group, ethnicity or other social connection by virtue of the behavior or situation of only some in that population. Bla...

Youth Violence in the United States

4,400 rapes, 57% by people under 16, 3% by females, and 67% by whites (Juvenile court statistics, 2005). There were 26,000 robberi...

Impact of Youth Violence on Communities and Social Work Prevention

victims knew each other" (Hammond, 1998). He was testifying before the Columbine shooting, but it only serves as a further example...

Sex and Violence on Television

content that may be objectionable. As an example, this particular writer/researcher has a daughter who is 11 years old. The tele...

Stricter Gun Control Leaves People Vulnerable

that the average citizen is allowed to own a gun they are wary of breaking into peoples homes, or wary of committing crime in some...

Negative Effects of Media on Young People

and for acceptance in social group" (Deveny and Kelley). II. By the age of 18, most American children have witnessed 16,000 simul...

Revenge and the Law in Beowulf and Njal’s Saga

his murderous attacks upon Hrothgars sleeping warriors. Hrothgar makes it clear that Beowulfs obligation is based not on ties of ...

Modern Gladiator Days

pankration matches were held in a confined arena space with a referee presiding or few rules beyond the prohibition of eye gouging...

Video Games and Social Responsibility

games are encouraging violent aggression in young people. Should video game designers act in a manner that is socially responsibl...

Reducing Gang Violence In New York City

opportunities for city residents (Soglin, 2006). This author reports that studies consistently show an inverse relationship betwee...

The Impact of Race and Gender on Adolescent Violence

to the same extent (Saner and Ellickson, 1996). Saner and Ellickson concluded that violent adolescent acts are often the result of...

FARC and the Drug Wars in Colombia

to a situation in which enemies fight each other in one place and make deals in another, "as is the case with the Fuerzas Armadas ...