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and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...
of Peace Research at the University of Oslo from 1969-77, during which period he also helped to found the Inter-University Centre ...
were robbed in the workplace. Between 1994 and 1996 violent victimizations in the workplace decreased by 21 percent, paralleling a...
which provided free education, pensions, and social services to the people and peasants. Instead, the self-sacrificing citizen of ...
hesitant about coming forward to name their abusers, because the system did not seem to either believe them about the scope of the...
positive effect in preventing future incidence of violence (Willson, McFarlane, Lemmey and Malecha, 2001), even when other referra...
Survey stated that some form of stalking also occurred before the relationship ended (Tjaden and Thoennes). The majority of stalk...
to occupational injury and death". In addition, "homicide has become the second leading cause of occupational injury death" (NIOSH...
many viewers find objectionable. It has been described as "wall-to-wall violence scored to gratingly loud rock with the occasional...
at the film "12 Angry Men." There are two versions of this film, each dating from different time periods but essentially remaining...
violence in society and how ethnic conflicts arise. Today, ethnic conflicts and in particular ethnic cleansing is a part of the re...
is basically unchanged for a long period of time (years) could be considered successful, thus, the American Revolution is particul...
ex-employees who killed their boss doubled (pp. 43) Information from the National Safe Workplace Institute states that: "... viole...
. . For government is an expedient by which men would fain succeed in letting one another alone; and, as has been said, when it is...
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...
Ann Beard, in her essay The Fourth State of Matter, illustrates how a young man, Gang Lu, becamse so disgruntled with life and wit...
In eight pages this paper presents an overview of the domestic violence issue in a consideration of how it can be reduced through ...
comes the condition of alcohol or drug abuse, a condition that is usually pursued in order to alleviate the stress of being poor. ...
Therefore, a revised definition of family emphasizes not the unit itself but the quality of relationship that exists within that u...
abuse. Education drills home the fact that domestic violence is not just a family issue, it is a societal one. If we are to reso...
2009"). In responding to the crisis, the city government has not recognized the way in which "policies, and structural factors hav...
result in spousal violence (2). Though children under the age of 18 account for approximately 21 percent of the population, they ...
was the gladiatorial combat of hunting, otherwise called the venatio. Once gathered up from different parts of the Roman empire t...
justice to the battered victim, it is also to educate the health care industry about how to identify abuse and the steps necessary...
is considered to be one of the most important parts of intelligence." Contrary to this viewpoint is the majority who claim ...
to the same extent (Saner and Ellickson, 1996). Saner and Ellickson concluded that violent adolescent acts are often the result of...
the Boston Bruins in the head and fractured his skull; the players had already engaged in two fights earlier that game and were su...
past that contact to present day. By other definitions sovereignty was something that had been delegated in some way by the Unite...
if they will make an arrest it is apparently the case that they do not need to witness the crime, but can make their own judgments...
years, but it is difficult due to the different methodologies employed. What seems to be the case is that it is not easy to know h...