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Gays, Lesbians, and Domestic Violence

become intimate with other men, and found himself in trouble, that it sparked her interest (McClennen, 2003). It seems that while ...

Issues Pertaining to School Policy Formation

to commit themselves to achieving academic excellence within the boundaries of their abilities and teaching and support staff are ...

State Legitimacy of Haiti

make use of a dozen political, social, economic, and military indicators for internal instability ("The Failed States," 2005). The...

Evaluating Domestic Violence Research Methodology

is about methodology. In a study using quantitative data, Ramsay & Richardson (2005) examine the effectiveness of screening fo...

Plastic Surgery, Footbinding, and Violence Targeting Women

broken properly (Ping, 2002, p. 3). The practice existed in China for over 1,000 years, and spread from the imperial dynasty to ...

Community Policing and Violence in Schools

topic, a student will find a slew of information on the subject, thus providing information related to many of the questions posed...

Video Games and Violence

have been more willing to help people in need. Now, they shrug off horrific events. For some, this is evidence of desensitization....

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Violence

and others that underscore the connection between violence and urban life. "Data gathered by the Center for Disease Control (1995...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Family Culture of Violence

in the educational setting. The introduction outlines the problem, existing research and the underlying purpose of the study, to ...

Issues of Social Justice from a Historical Perspective

quo (Ruddell and Urbina, 2004). In his analysis of the history of incarceration in the US, Vogel (2003) charts a relationship be...

A Criminology Overview

(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...

Laura's House - An Interview

case management for between 18 and 22 women and children. Shelter is offered for 30 to 45 days. 2. Counseling and resource center ...

Children Exposed to Domestic Violence and Group Intervention

as one of the manifestations domestic violence in the child that has witnessed that violence. She points out that PTSD is now:...

Article on Violence, Terrorism, and Justice

will consider for even a moment. The authors begin by trying to separate the characteristics of terrorism from the idea of the ri...

Overview of Prison Violence

in the prisons is blindly accepted. Clark (2003) states that "Prison administrators and guards have witnessed the violence--or at ...

Violence and the Role Models of Professional Sports Figures

enjoy playing sports, to adults who love sports and perhaps dream of being a professional athlete, professional athletes serve as ...

Urban Life and Violence in America

people remember many strong disagreements with their first families. Battles during toddlerhood and adolescence are common and wil...

Women Fighting Domestic Violence

by her stepfather (Talvi, 2005). As is perhaps often the case with young women who are victims of domestic violence, Valerie took ...

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...

Violence and Video Games

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

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...

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...

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...

Domestic Violence in Today's World

that more than 50 thousand cases of domestic violence took place during 2006 ("Domestic Violence Facts: New York," 2008). What is ...

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...

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...

Partner Abuse

easily overlooked by hospital personnel or other clinicians. Women both "initiate and reciprocate violence" (Lawson, 2003, p. 19...

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 ...