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Rap Music's Culture and History

was said about Rock and Roll when it first became popular. However a single factor, whatever the opinion one holds regarding RAP i...

The San Diego Border Patrol

The writer examines the Border Patrol in San Diego, the way they view themselves and the way citizens view them. The writer argues...

Familial Substance and Physical Abuse

In seven pages this paper examines family dysfunction and how it influences violent behavior and substance abuse. There is includ...

Gangs and Sociology

This paper consists of three pages and examines the similarities and differences that exist regarding gangs that are criminal, vio...

Violence and Watching Television

In ten pages this paper applies the catharsis and social learning theories to the premise that male violent behaviors are exacerba...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and Cultural Change

This classic novel is examined from a cultural perspective in a paper consisting of 5 pages that asserts the downfall of Okonkwo a...

Being There by Jerzy Kosinski and Media's Social Role

him as the "log-cabin-and-hard-cider" candidate and Van Buren as an aristocrat and a representative of the upper classes (Holme, 1...

Types of Serial Killers

relative change in the number of incidents. Mitchell (1996) cites the words of retired FBI Agent Robert Ressler: "Serial killing ...

Inner City African American Boys in Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here

Soon after meeting Kotlowitz, Lafayette told him that "if" he grows up, he wants to be a bus driver. Kotlowitz notes that the adol...

Just Say No to Gun Control Legislation

In five pages this paper argues that gun control legislation restricting firearms' ownership is not the answer to increased violen...

A look at Gandhi

Gandhi is discussed from a social work perspective. Various aspects of his achievements are explored. The micro, macro and mezzo l...

Zimbabwe Conflict

In five pages Zimbabwe history is briefly examined in order to trace the origin of its conflict along with the violent role of Mug...

Violent Crime and its Impact Upon Victims, Offenders, and Society

up the world of Room 6. They worry about trauma. They worry about safety. They worry about a world where even a first grade cla...

Television Violence and Its Detrimental Effects on Children

the words not to popular adventure theme songs but instead to mantras of Nazi and skinhead groups and become synonymous with horro...

World Wrestling Federation and Social Violence

In ten pages this report examines social violence and how the so called entertainment of the WWF encourages violent fantasies. Si...

Does Racial Residential Segregation Increase Urban Crime?

This 8 page paper uses analysis to determine whether urban crime increases in racially segregated residential areas. The method is...

Concept of Cultural Relativity

Cultural relativity of multiculturalism is the focus of this paper containing five pages that provides a term definition and examp...

Family Structure and Crimes of Violence

In five pages this paper examines the impact of family structure on the incidences of violent crime with information analysis and ...

Media's Role in Teenage Girls with Eating Disorders

A girl or young woman begins to systematically starve herself and sometimes exercise compulsively as well. Her weight falls and he...

Childhood of Serial Murderers Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer

In six pages this paper searches for clues in the childhoods of these serial killers in order to determine whether or not anything...

Music Lyrics and Violence

In six pages this research paper discusses the violence report by the FTC, entertainment industry marketing regarding children and...

America and the Impossibility of Cultural Assimilation

In nine pages this research paper discusses the cultural assimilation myth that has always been a part of the U.S. immigrant exper...

Japanese Culture in the Seventeenth Century

In nine pages the Japanese cultural period known as Genroku is examined in terms of the cultural contributions of dramatist Chikam...

Art, Religion, and Cultural Anthropology

In seven pages this paper considers how cultural anthropology is influenced by religion and art with the argument presented that e...

Insight into the Black Panthers

businesses can operate on Sundays.4 The two types of rights have become so intertwined with each other that they often appear...

Malcolm X and an Interpretative Question

In three pages this paper asks an interpretive question or one that can be answered in two or more ways based upon The Autobiograp...

Media's Role in the Divorce and Death of Princess Diana

In fourteen pages this paper considers the question 'Where does responsible journalism end and dangerous exploitation begin?' with...

Gunmen at Columbine High School and the Media's Influence

In six pages this paper presents the argument that media in the forms of music and cinema strongly influenced the Columbine High S...

A Content Analysis of the Evening News in 1995

This four page report presents the results of a study conducted in 1995 that analyzed the evening news for inclusion of sexual and...

Violent Behavior and Spanking

In eleven pages this paper examines the act of spanking a child and whether or not this is responsible for future violent behavi...