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Issues in Social Psychology

women would respond to the financially independent and ambitious ad than they would to the other. In other words, more women would...

Violence against Women: The Sociological Perspective

looked at the use of sexualized violent imagery in advertisements and came to the conclusion that the use of such images impacted ...

Violence in Rap

Crime is a constantly growing problem for society as a whole. It is not only the actual victim that pays for crime but...

The Psychological Factors that Impact Women's Decision to Return Home

abusive ultimately create a cycle of abuse whereby children whose innate defense against such inhumane treatment is to become abus...

Homicide and Domestic Violence

comes the condition of alcohol or drug abuse, a condition that is usually pursued in order to alleviate the stress of being poor. ...

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...

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. ...

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 ...

Businesses Are Responsible for Workplace Violence

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

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...

Similes of Violence

ugliness of battle and death. Homers soldiers do not die cleanly and quickly; they suffer, they claw the ground; they cry out an...

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...

Marriage Counseling: Theories

with - them. Primary application includes active (empathetic) listening, elucidation, learning how to communicate effectively, en...

Increasing Violence in Sports

an era which witnessed the rapid expansion of stadiums and arenas under the Roman Empire" (2006). But the Romans as is well known,...

Television Articles

the things they see on the television they should simply turn the television off. The author indicates that some people enjoy a so...

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...

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...

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...

Social Bias

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

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...

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...

Theories Of Development - Erikson And Kohlberg

fetus and that when that there is plan for development (Crawford, n.d.). This principle has to do with the need for all parts to b...

Aboriginal Women in Australian Prisons

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

FreshStart for Women

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

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...

Reducing Gang Violence In New York City

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

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...