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Violence and Video Games

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

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 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 ...

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...

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...

Social Bias

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

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...

Partner Abuse

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

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...

Aboriginal Women in Australian Prisons

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

FreshStart for Women

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

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...

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. ...

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...

Reducing Gang Violence In New York City

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

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 ...

Businesses Are Responsible for Workplace Violence

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

Criminal Justice Issues

effect of showing mercy to the Manson murderers when they exhibited no mercy towards their innocent victims. According to Charlo...

Lateral Violence in a Nursing Workforce

backstabbing, failure to respect privacy and broken confidences" (Stanley, et al, 2007, p. 1248). Ferrell notes the importance of ...

Television Articles

the things they see on the television they should simply turn the television off. The author indicates that some people enjoy a so...

Increasing Violence in Sports

an era which witnessed the rapid expansion of stadiums and arenas under the Roman Empire" (2006). But the Romans as is well known,...

Similes of Violence

ugliness of battle and death. Homers soldiers do not die cleanly and quickly; they suffer, they claw the ground; they cry out an...

Gender, Violence and Infotainment: Issues in the Entertainment Industry

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...

The Role of Gender in Violence

by men. Some people have argued that our society itself allows men to abuse women because of the fact that they are male. Michae...

Television and Its Negative Effects on Children

comes to witnessing violence, there is a fear that the exposure to such things is enough to trigger violent behavior. In some inst...

Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing

solely for blasting rap music on his boom box. A local DJ, Mister Senor Love Daddy, who operates a radio station also acts as a co...

Traci West/Wounds of the Spirit

71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...

Understanding Terrorism Based Upon The Terrorist Act of 9/11

Security Research, no date), a point duly clarified by International Terrorism and Security Research: "The strategy of ter...