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Domestic Abuse and Violence

was of paramount importance. Thankfully, after many beatings, lacerations, and threats she packed up and left before the headlines...

Concept and History of Political Development

In six pages political development is examined conceptually and in terms of its contemporary historical development and includes s...

Domestic Violence and Minorities

233). The Symposium was an attempt to give Latina women a greater voice in what has typically been a male dominant society. It a...

A Domestic Violence Analysis

men, about 95% of reported domestic abuse cases do involve women (Hyman, Schillinger, & Lo, 1995 as cited in Erickson et al., 1998...

Theoretical Perspectives on Juvenile Violence

sociological or environmental forces. His statement that biology constitutes the only important factor in causing criminality set ...

Black Youth Gangs in Toronto

reputed leader of a Tamil gang whose pitched battles with rival gangs on the streets of Toronto claimed the "lives of more than a...

Children and the Impact of Violence

in recent times that certain parts of the world are beginning to recognize the significant impact spousal abuse has upon the victi...

Domestic Violence and Community Health Nursing

domestic violence is to, first of all, screen for domestic violence with all injured patients. When screening for abuse, Flitcraft...

Businesses Are Responsible for Workplace Violence

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

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...

Media And Domestic Violence

Disease Control and Prevention, impacts almost twenty-five percent of American women who are reported to have been abused at some ...

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. ...

FreshStart for Women

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

Aboriginal Women in Australian Prisons

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

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...

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...

Reducing Gang Violence In New York City

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

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...

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 ...

Domestic Violence in Today's World

that more than 50 thousand cases of domestic violence took place during 2006 ("Domestic Violence Facts: New York," 2008). What is ...

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...

Guns And Violence On U.S. College Campuses

of academia was such that college administrators feared they had no viable formula for staving off future attacks, ultimately plac...

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...

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...

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...

Oglala Sioux Tribe Domestic Violence Code

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...