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Revenge and the Law in Beowulf and Njal’s Saga

his murderous attacks upon Hrothgars sleeping warriors. Hrothgar makes it clear that Beowulfs obligation is based not on ties of ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Partner Abuse

easily overlooked by hospital personnel or other clinicians. Women both "initiate and reciprocate violence" (Lawson, 2003, p. 19...

Negative Effects of Media on Young People

and for acceptance in social group" (Deveny and Kelley). II. By the age of 18, most American children have witnessed 16,000 simul...

Violence and Video Games

further emphasized and supported through an article wherein the authors note that, "Although numerous studies have shown that play...

Effects of Video Games on American Culture

deviance, and personality disorders. Cultural attitudes are transferred from one generation to another, and the first generation...

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...

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...

Social Bias

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

Film and Social Violence

Ann Beard, in her essay The Fourth State of Matter, illustrates how a young man, Gang Lu, becamse so disgruntled with life and wit...

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. ...

The Continued Need for Civil Disobedience

. . For government is an expedient by which men would fain succeed in letting one another alone; and, as has been said, when it is...

Violence and Pride: Ellison and Morrison

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...

Domestic Violence and Prevention

In eight pages this paper presents an overview of the domestic violence issue in a consideration of how it can be reduced through ...

Police Discretion and Domestic Violence

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...

State Gun Laws and Gun Violence Levels

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

Domestic Violence Intervention/Study Analysis

the IG or CG groups. Consent forms were completed at each interview, which were conducted by undergraduate interviewers, who were ...

Domestic Violence Yesterday and Today

Spousal violence has a history that stretches back to mankinds earliest chapters on earth. This...

An Analysis of Violence in the Field of Nursing

Accordingly, as many of those people lack the financial resources to pursue mental health counseling to cope with that anxiety, th...

Cyber Bullying

properly! Schoolyard bullies have long made lives miserable for their victims who typically endure unrelenting taunting and phys...

This is a paper that discusses Uncle Tom’s

because they are swimming on a white persons property they find trouble, and violence. Big Boy and Bobo backed away, their eyes fa...

Gender Discrimination in Africa

what emotional abuse is. The violence is almost always at the hands of husbands, ex-husbands, fathers, brothers other family membe...

The Connection between Race, Religiousity and Intimate Partner Violence

the three hypotheses used in this study. Theoretical Perspective The theoretical perspective identified in the study relates the...

The Media's Impact on Society

societal input is the formation of a number of dysfunctional assumptions and negative automatic thoughts. We are brainwa...

MEDIA, VIOLENCE AND CRITICAL ISSUES

a consistent pattern or linkage. What are at least two opinions presented by each side of the critical issue? Singorielli...

Hotel Rwanda/Not on Our Watch

Oliver, who placed guard at the entrance gate to the hotel. The student researching this topic should note that as far as this w...

FARC and the Drug Wars in Colombia

to a situation in which enemies fight each other in one place and make deals in another, "as is the case with the Fuerzas Armadas ...