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Television Violence and Its Detrimental Effects on Children

the words not to popular adventure theme songs but instead to mantras of Nazi and skinhead groups and become synonymous with horro...

Does Racial Residential Segregation Increase Urban Crime?

This 8 page paper uses analysis to determine whether urban crime increases in racially segregated residential areas. The method is...

Childhood of Serial Murderers Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer

In six pages this paper searches for clues in the childhoods of these serial killers in order to determine whether or not anything...

A Review of Battered Women in the Courtroom by James Ptacek

This 5 page essay explores the legal complications faced by a woman litigating abuse. 1 source....

Music Lyrics and Violence

In six pages this research paper discusses the violence report by the FTC, entertainment industry marketing regarding children and...

Political Reasons for the UK Riots of the 1980s

In eight pages this paper discusses the 1980s' UK riots and considers the reasons for this violent civil discord in a consideratio...

Familial Substance and Physical Abuse

In seven pages this paper examines family dysfunction and how it influences violent behavior and substance abuse. There is includ...

Youth Violence

In seven pages 2 violent child crime videos are reviewed in terms of the justice system and whether or not it is fair to try youth...

Just Say No to Gun Control Legislation

In five pages this paper argues that gun control legislation restricting firearms' ownership is not the answer to increased violen...

Children's Toys and Violence

In five pages this paper discusses the cultural and child effects of toys that are violent. Four sources are cited in the bibliog...

Inner City African American Boys in Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here

Soon after meeting Kotlowitz, Lafayette told him that "if" he grows up, he wants to be a bus driver. Kotlowitz notes that the adol...

Women in Heart of Darkness

A 5 page analysis of Joseph Conrad's views on women and civilization. 1 source....

Zimbabwe Conflict

In five pages Zimbabwe history is briefly examined in order to trace the origin of its conflict along with the violent role of Mug...

Hindu Society and Women's Roles

are not to be allowed any form of independence - they cannot even undertake religious fasts on their own initiative, but must join...

Arguing in Favor of Adult Sentences for Certain Juvenile Offenders

by firearms is the number one cause of death among black males between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four (Lovett, 1997). The is...

Murderous Children and Poor Parenting

this concept, and in his attachment theory, he explained, "Evidence is accumulating that human beings of all ages are happiest an...

Beck, Wright, Sowell, Berger, and Courtwright Idea Connection

attitudes and our approaches to society. With this simple illustration of Courtwrights work in mind we present similar ideas found...

Older Women and Fertility

much wider range of lifestyle choices, and were no longer automatically expected to marry young and embark on a primarily domestic...

Portrayal of Women in Griselda by Boccaccio, Brothers Menaechmus by Plautus, and 'The Odyssey' by Homer

a distraction, as a goal, as a guide, and as an agent of social recognition (The Odyssey in Transit, 2000). Odysseus is indeed co...

Society's Violence and Executions

the execution I felt an extreme compulsion to shower and shower and shower again. Eventually I realized that I felt filthy because...

Domestic Violence- Treatment of Male Abusers

have reason to hold such fears. Womens advocates have made headway over the years, however, in disseminating the information that...

Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare and Roman Values

should take precedence over civic and social responsibilities (Goodlad). Most of the plays conflict and considerable violence is ...

Overview of Rwanda

In the early 1990s Rwandan guerrilla forces mounted a series of attacks from their base in Uganda, with the result that in 1993...

Canada and Hockey's Culture of Violence

become a strong component of the national culture even for those who do not participate in the game. Canadian hockey divisions be...

Proposition 184

drug. Said former Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Robert Bonner, "A very, very large percentage of those dealing in crack c...

Violence, Ethnic Stereotyping, and TV

to violence in the media and entertainment business as well, it has often been assumed that violence viewed on television can caus...

The Christian Bible and Violence

for a sacrifice. How did he ever trust his father again? What must the impressionable youngster in Sunday School think about a fat...

Minorities and the US Justice System

average offender what a thinking, compassionate, middle-class parent or brother or son would do for someone in their family, were ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Writings and the Impact of History

have totally disrespected him and used him, then effectively disposed of him), the town itself has refused to realize that the vio...

Using Mass Media to Argue for Gun Control

incidence of fire breaking out during operations. In one of ABCs 20/20 episodes in 1998, the audience was cautioned that this ha...