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states scored more than 50 percent of the 100 available points ("Gun control," 2000). The study also illustrated the extreme varie...

This paper explores the inverse relationship that exist between gun control and gun violence. Something is turning our children i...

is so irresponsible as to use firearms in violent assaults, being that there is no such connection with the average Americans abil...

used as power weapons in such crimes as drive-by shootings, minor altercations and myriad other random acts of violence. With the...

not be the disarming of law-abiding citizens. It should be to reduce the number of people who carry guns unlawfully, especially i...

in this case the history of religions, any particular "religion" does not seem to mean a great deal. Faith is a very personal issu...

because he is becoming obese. His weight has led to a good many physical complications that he is attempting to deal with, but w...

gun control is that the existence, or presence, of guns in a private citizens home leads to more violence. Statistics have often i...

In seven pages a historical perspective is taken regarding the unresolved gun control issue in an examination of governmental legi...

gun control activists maintain that these controls have not only affected crime rates in a positive manner but have also proven to...

of behavior upon individual members of the group" (Bursik & Grasmick, 1995, p. 110). Thomas and Znaniecki also included the term ...

In eleven pages this paper discusses Minnesota's Twin Cities in an organized crime historical overview that includes Machine Gun K...

media reports on these acts and at the accompanying punishment, at once educating the citizenry by restating the rules of that par...

a perspective, and as such will act accordingly. As two authors note, "Until we make schools engaging learning communities whose m...

In five pages this paper examines the NRA's website and assesses gun control's pros and cons. One source is cited in the bibliogr...

number of guns used in crimes have been stolen from either registered owners or gun store robberies, which goes to show that if a ...

In nine pages gun control's pros and cons are evaluated based argument fallacies and strengths, opposition, and considers various ...

This is based not only on sociocultural factors such as crime rates, but also on different perspectives on the 2nd Amendment. ...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares street crime in Japan and the U.S. from a sociological perspective. Ten sources ar...

school shootings that often seem to take place, even on just recently where a young child took a gun to an after school program an...

citizen who often needs a gun to protect himself from the very criminal element of society who will always have access to firearms...

maintaining the right own guns and it is also an amendment wherein many people claim modern times no longer dictate such a need. P...

Gottredson and Hirschis Self-Control Theory contends that criminal behavior is perpetuated to meet the perpetrators own self-inter...

In six pages this research paper examines hate crimes against gays from differing interactionist and functionalist perspectives. ...

- cowardly - that he is compelled to go along with the illegal activities of others of his group, is not qualified to wear a badge...

Criminologists, sociologists, and even psychologists often agree that specific factors in the lives of an individual determine the...

crime, the most appropriate method of crime prevention based upon crime pattern analysis is to deter the offender from carrying ou...

that contend that it is a gruesome and uncivilized option for our society, those that contend that we have advanced to the point t...

In four pages 5 potential sociological 'cures' for crime are examined and include the crime causation theory of Southerland. Two ...

In five pages this paper defends the practice of capital punishment for certain instances and discusses it as a serious crime dete...