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Media is Not to Blame for Violence in Children

In five pages this paper discusses a cause other than the media for violence in children. Six sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Children, Guns, and School Violence

In ten pages this paper examines the issue of violence in school from a psychosocial point of view. Ten sources are cited in the ...

Media Violence and Aggressive Behaviors in Children

This paper examines media violence and the ways it can lead to an increase in aggressive and violent behavior in children. This t...

Impact of Media Violence on American Youth

This paper examines the affects of television violence on American children. The author provides statistical data to support his ...

Aboriginal Women in Australian Prisons

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

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. ...

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...

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 ...

Partner Abuse

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

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 ...

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...

Businesses Are Responsible for Workplace Violence

causes of different types of violence, workplace violence is attached to more specific causes. Zachary (2000) examines workplace ...

Violence in Media and Child Behavior

on the TV screen" (Levin and Carlsson-Paige, 2003,. P. 427). Violence also exists on other forms of media. Browne and Hamilton-G...

Lateral Violence in a Nursing Workforce

backstabbing, failure to respect privacy and broken confidences" (Stanley, et al, 2007, p. 1248). Ferrell notes the importance of ...

Gender, Violence and Infotainment: Issues in the Entertainment Industry

about girls of all ages and their dreams," still manages to send up, "at times with a wink, at times with a hard nudge, some of th...

Criminal Justice Issues

effect of showing mercy to the Manson murderers when they exhibited no mercy towards their innocent victims. According to Charlo...

Television and Its Negative Effects on Children

comes to witnessing violence, there is a fear that the exposure to such things is enough to trigger violent behavior. In some inst...

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...

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...

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...

Violence and Video Games

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

TV Violence and Foul Language and its Negative Impact on Kids

of television are at greater risk for aggression if they have deficient social information processing patterns" (Cesarone, 1998; p...

Family Violence and Women

This paper examines women as victims of domestic violence in a paper consisting of 5 pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliogr...

An Overview of an Article on the Violence of Heterosexual Courtship and Barbie Doll Culture Article

In eight pages the social impact upon the so called 'Barbie Doll culture' on the violence within heterosexual relationships is con...

Human Resources Issues

of dignity and respect in the workplace, fueled by years of downsizing, has made employees feel that management views them as an e...