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Youth Violence

impact of these events or trivialize them, but to point out that the media will always pay a great deal of attention to matters th...

Flannery O'Connor's Moment of Grace in 'A Late Encounter with the Enemy,' 'Greenleaf' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...

In Support of the 1996 Federal Stalking Law

Survey stated that some form of stalking also occurred before the relationship ended (Tjaden and Thoennes). The majority of stalk...

Incidence, Response, and Prevention of Work Related Violence

to occupational injury and death". In addition, "homicide has become the second leading cause of occupational injury death" (NIOSH...

Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Violence

is basically unchanged for a long period of time (years) could be considered successful, thus, the American Revolution is particul...

Peace and Violence According to Johan Galtung

of Peace Research at the University of Oslo from 1969-77, during which period he also helped to found the Inter-University Centre ...

Literature and Violence

has Oedipus whipped by his driver and driven from the road. Oedipus retaliates and fights back. "With this right hand I struck hi...

Prison Policy and Violence

1880s, Folsom Prison has spent decades as "a squalid, antiquated mess. But its problems have become acute in the past ten years, a...

Violence, Nationalistic Expression, and Ethnicity

In turn, ethnicity and political makeup often determines the manner in which nationalism is expressed and in how it differs from t...

Canada and Gender Violence

a semblance of a reason why a man might turn into a monster, and it just might be that domestic violence and substance abuse are r...

Preventing Violence in the Workplace

they may have (Grossman, 2002). Experts believe that workplace violence can be prevented if certain types of training programs ar...

Violence Prevention in the Workplace

ex-employees who killed their boss doubled (pp. 43) Information from the National Safe Workplace Institute states that: "... viole...

Violence Research Project Proposed Questions

property, dimensions and behaviors. Almost every research project has a specific dimension or many dimensions and can range from ...

School Violence Prevention and Profiling Controversy

wrong. If for example a crime was committed by a black gang, it would be wrong to profile blacks for all crime. While that is a ...

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and the Portrayals of Violence

in school show happy white children. Pecola surmises that happiness comes from being white, or acting white. Being beautiful meant...

Violence and Ethnicity

violence in society and how ethnic conflicts arise. Today, ethnic conflicts and in particular ethnic cleansing is a part of the re...

Sex and Violence on Television

many viewers find objectionable. It has been described as "wall-to-wall violence scored to gratingly loud rock with the occasional...

The Legal Use of Violence and Adversial Process

at the film "12 Angry Men." There are two versions of this film, each dating from different time periods but essentially remaining...

Youth Gun Violence in Great Britain and its Causes

goes on and on and on, but the results are always the same (Jasper). Black crime is growing, and is becoming an increasingly sign...

Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club and Violence

story we are offered a look at the power of searching for ones identity, the tentative hold we all have upon life, and the search ...

Family Violence and Nursing Intervention

positive effect in preventing future incidence of violence (Willson, McFarlane, Lemmey and Malecha, 2001), even when other referra...

Connection Between Violence and War

he, dare each other to brave the open battlefield to gain access to a well on the other side. "Thunder! I wisht I had a drink. Ai...

Aboriginal Women in Australian Prisons

2008). When aboriginal women are imprisoned their families are left even more dysfunctional than before. Furthermore, reg...

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...

FreshStart for Women

children. Domestic Violence in America Domestic violence appears to be increasing. Whether that is actually the case is no...

Reducing Gang Violence In New York City

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

Modern Computing and PC Gaming

play in a variety of demographic groups. Players in the 20s, 30s, 40s and even 50s are on-line playing these interactive games. ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...