YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The American Infatuation with Violence
Essays 871 - 900
victims knew each other" (Hammond, 1998). He was testifying before the Columbine shooting, but it only serves as a further example...
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...
particular group, ethnicity or other social connection by virtue of the behavior or situation of only some in that population. Bla...
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...
content that may be objectionable. As an example, this particular writer/researcher has a daughter who is 11 years old. The tele...
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...
further emphasized and supported through an article wherein the authors note that, "Although numerous studies have shown that play...
without the means for proper growth/development and ultimately fail to thrive. Indeed, the very fundamental formation of ones ent...
that what is white is beautiful, lovable and normal, while black facial features, skin color and everything else associated with b...
causes of different types of violence, workplace violence is attached to more specific causes. Zachary (2000) examines workplace ...
on the TV screen" (Levin and Carlsson-Paige, 2003,. P. 427). Violence also exists on other forms of media. Browne and Hamilton-G...
the things they see on the television they should simply turn the television off. The author indicates that some people enjoy a so...
an era which witnessed the rapid expansion of stadiums and arenas under the Roman Empire" (2006). But the Romans as is well known,...
ugliness of battle and death. Homers soldiers do not die cleanly and quickly; they suffer, they claw the ground; they cry out an...
backstabbing, failure to respect privacy and broken confidences" (Stanley, et al, 2007, p. 1248). Ferrell notes the importance of ...
comes to witnessing violence, there is a fear that the exposure to such things is enough to trigger violent behavior. In some inst...
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...
was apparently controversial at the time, but clearly desired. One critic, in looking back at the time wrote, in 1928, "that a hea...
in the Gun-Free School Act (McAndrews, 2001; McCune, 2000). McAndrews (2001) reported that policies were passed by state legislat...
is responsible for such behaviors as domestic violence. By exploring how women have dealt with these traumatic and exploitive occ...
these factors might be important with regard to complexity, such systems also have to exhibit stability or they could not exist (C...
in films today. The protagonist at the heart of Allens films is conflicted, neurotic, and a bumbler who usually manages, somehow, ...
example of domestic abuse among the wealthy and prominent. Theres a myth that domestic violence is more common in the middle and l...
By the 1960s blacks and women alike, of course, had freedom in a technical sense but they each had a long...
by men. Some people have argued that our society itself allows men to abuse women because of the fact that they are male. Michae...
the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon (Section 922 (g)[9])" (Federal Domestic Violen...
tolerance, and forgiveness. Indeed, many religions have a history of instilling peace in not-so-peaceful times. Buddhism...
2006). The media is in fact a catalyst for violent expression on more than one societal front (DuRant, Champion and Wolfson, 2006...
law, or in various school systems around the nation, or on executive boards, decisions are made to censor material. The FCC for ex...
take an indirect form, such as gossip. There are also direct forms, such as name-calling; as well as range of behavior that includ...