Essays 151 - 180
By the 1960s blacks and women alike, of course, had freedom in a technical sense but they each had a long...
in the face of adversity" (Greene 2). Studies of risk and resilience are similar in structure to epidemiological investigations ...
and Jenkins, 2006, p. 2009). Robison and his colleagues suggest that at least some of the ideology driving terrorism is religious...
Zimbabwe experience considerably increased incidence of domestic abuse than do women in the United States. Protection for these w...
by men. Some people have argued that our society itself allows men to abuse women because of the fact that they are male. Michae...
education or less; little or not prenatal care; unlisted telephone number; low income; history of unemployment; current under or u...
universality of Islam, tending to believe it is a "grim and stern faith, given to forcible conversions, appalling treatment of wom...
dominance, a reality much of which is attributed to - or blamed upon - religious underpinnings. Laughton (1995) notes how women h...
the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon (Section 922 (g)[9])" (Federal Domestic Violen...
an era which witnessed the rapid expansion of stadiums and arenas under the Roman Empire" (2006). But the Romans as is well known,...
ugliness of battle and death. Homers soldiers do not die cleanly and quickly; they suffer, they claw the ground; they cry out an...
rested for two days, then sailed on again, but where blown off course once more by the North Wind (Homer). They ended up in the la...
about girls of all ages and their dreams," still manages to send up, "at times with a wink, at times with a hard nudge, some of th...
that large populations of children are exposed to violent disagreements in their homes and that Hispanic children are likely to ex...
backstabbing, failure to respect privacy and broken confidences" (Stanley, et al, 2007, p. 1248). Ferrell notes the importance of ...
broad definition of workplace violence, plus implementation of plans to deal with violent behavior, can provide substantial practi...
causes of different types of violence, workplace violence is attached to more specific causes. Zachary (2000) examines workplace ...
62 percent of the time" (Tepperman, 1997). Perhaps the worst message of all is that "violence is pleasurable. Clint Eastwood, in D...
Disease Control and Prevention, impacts almost twenty-five percent of American women who are reported to have been abused at some ...
on the TV screen" (Levin and Carlsson-Paige, 2003,. P. 427). Violence also exists on other forms of media. Browne and Hamilton-G...
sweeping" (Livio) laws in the nation. Going a step further, officials have mandated that the legal system enforce these stringent...
opportunities for city residents (Soglin, 2006). This author reports that studies consistently show an inverse relationship betwee...
to insure her familys safety. Theresa considered obtaining a protective order to keep her husband away from her and her children ...
book the authors seek an understanding of violence in schools and they illustrate their particular model in their study and resear...
in a society where proper parenting has become a thing of the past. Detachment of this extent can reach epic proportions when men...
that more than 50 thousand cases of domestic violence took place during 2006 ("Domestic Violence Facts: New York," 2008). What is ...
of academia was such that college administrators feared they had no viable formula for staving off future attacks, ultimately plac...
childs natural means of expression, namely play, is used as a therapeutic method to assist him/her in coping with emotional stress...
patriarchal norms" are both contribute to the prevalence of wise abuse.5 An interesting social factor is the statistical fact that...
victims knew each other" (Hammond, 1998). He was testifying before the Columbine shooting, but it only serves as a further example...