...more people from different states such as California and Texas to call Boise their new home. The Boise School District has always had great overall reviews, and from my own personal experiences I would have to agree. All of these signs would make one believe there would be a low risk of gang and violence in our smaller community, but after a bit of research I found there to be many difference cases of violence throughout the Treasure Valley. There are thousands of battered women’s programs across the country that works to provide emergency shelter and other services for violent families. In Idaho, there are 24 such programs with a variety of different services to help the community. “Research shows that violence can be prevented or reduced when authorities intervene. Otherwise, the cycle of violence and abuse can continue against you and your children and may increase in frequency and intensity. If you are a victim of domestic violence, break the cycle, and ask for help” (Women’s Life House, Boise Idaho). I was completely unaware of how many different types of shelters there were around Boise. This would be a major indicator that there are many different acts of crime and violence around...
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...at the violent cockfights and its violent influence towards the people who were watching. The similar issue is concerning our society in the 21sth century. The only difference is that the cockfights were replaced with media violence. This has been a raising concept since the invention of television and introduction of the video games. This essay will discuss the validity of the claim that media violence causes aggressive behavior on the juvenile audience. The paper will firstly show the correlation studies and experimental studies about media violence and its influence on children. It will then move to other reasons which causes the aggressive behavior. Finally, this essay will also examine the influence of aggressive video games on players. Children found a new environment of amusement after the television came on the scene. They were exposed to large number of new programs. Even if there was a potential peril to juveniles, people were not aware of what sorts of programs or what quantities of it were dangerous. At that time there was not enough proof that violence programs was the cause of aggression (Carter& Strickland, 1993). Thus, the researchers began to conduct various kinds of research and studies to prove the correlation between the media violence and the aggressive behavior among juveniles. The early correlations studies found that there were some differences between the viewers and non viewer’s outlook. Those differences did not exist before the television was introduced...
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...Gun Violence: A Public Threat Question At Issue: Should the prevention of gun violence be considered a public health issue? Argument Sentence: Prevention of gun violence should be considered a public health issue because preventing gun violence will stop thousands of deaths every year. Premise: Any preventative measures that stops thousands of deaths every year should be considered a public health issue. Every year we get reminded of the gun issue whenever we hear about a horrifying new shooting and every year we seem to forget until we hear about the new one. As long as it doesn’t involve people that we know personally it is easy to get desensitized to the reports on the news. The image of a deranged psycho mass murderer makes for...
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...In The Odyssey, the role of violence is most prominent in Odysseus’ fight to regain his kingship. In Book thirteen, Odysseus impresses the goddess Athena by disguising his identity. She is so delighted that she chooses to encourage and help Odysseus to punish the suitors and take back his thrown. She changes his appearance to a beggar in hopes that no one will recognize him, which will ultimately help him defeat the suitors, his out-group. The suitors are Odysseus’s out-group because of the opposition and contempt he feels toward them and the desire he has to defeat them. He plans to attack the suitors from within the palace with the help of Athena and Telemachus. Odysseus wins a fight against another beggar and is heavily congratulated by the beggars. Odysseus tries to warn one of the beggars by saying he predicts that Odysseus will appear home soon and that he should leave but he refuses. Penelope then appears before the suitors and leads them on by telling them that Odysseus has instructed her to marry another man if he failed to return home. She then retrieves Odysseus’s arrow and proclaims that she will marry the first man who can string it and shoot an arrow through the holes of twelve axes. Each of the suitors try but they all ultimately end up failing. Odysseus then asks for a turn to try stringing and shooting the arrow and is allowed to do so once Telemachus steps in and demands he be given the arrow. Without any problems, Odysseus succeeds. Before giving the suitors...
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...A recent hot topic within the news strand is that of gun violence and weapon rights. This topic has been debated and protested repeatedly. It was hot of the press following the mass shootings of Columbine, Sandy Hook, and more recently the mass shootings in Paris, France and California. Gun violence is a blistering topic that is debated with concern of the people and their safety in mind. Should adult citizens be allowed to carry concealed weapons? Should these same adults be allowed to own a personal gun? There are individuals that have strong belief in favor while others are against this argument. In a recent National Crime Survey, “467,321 persons were victims of a crime committed with a firearm in 2011 (Gun violence: National Institute...
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...years there were over 16,398 confirmed gang offenses in SoCal. More than half of the homicides reported in Los Angeles, are elated to gang violence (LAPD). In the article, “Stop Gangs” it implies gangs are transforming, increasing, and settling themselves in our inner cities, or suburbs communities. They are selling drugs to our kids, shooting up our neighborhoods, invading our homes, robbing our stores, stealing our money, and generating fear and violence everywhere they go. They are violent and are responsible for committing crimes from assaults to murder using firearms,...
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...The question whether poverty breed violent conflict or violent conflict cause poverty is very complex and difficult to answer. Many scholars have different views. Some are in the favor of poverty led violence other having different opinion. This phenomenon is interlinked. In some situations, poverty and under development is caused by violence and on the other hand violence is been the main source of destruction of poverty and underdevelopment .It is observed that those people who live in poverty and belong to poor class are more prone to violence. There could be a number of provocations; poor/limited housing space, excessive and close interaction with lots of people, homelessness, distressed neighborhood, noise pollution, disrupted families, high crime rate, disease etc. Simply hunger can push a teenager to steal...
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...Bringing up the government and politics can always exemplify hatred and love. In an always changing society these two topics are a constant battle deciding if your pro government’s choice or hate it with all your guts with their decision. In order to have a peaceful and civilized society we must come to some mid point to accept and argue respectfully with there being no violence to stir up. Maintaining order, public goods, and equality all share one aspect and that is they all affect us everyday of our lives. Maintaining order and equality correlate with the peace and violence that occurs everyday in our society. Whether that be violent protest about equality or maintaining order from people doing whatever they want. The government should play a role in our lives because it ensures equal opportunity, regulations, and peace in our society. Equal opportunity exemplifies a conflicting problem for hundreds of years. As far back when there was slaves in the south and to this day equal opportunity has brought violent protest and many lives to be cut short. This...
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...Subculture of Violence Subculture of violence is a setting in which violence is a traditional way of life is often the method of dispute and how they go about resolving the matter. Subculture of violence have its belief in that it refers to a set of values, attitudes and the norms that seem to be cohesive in groups which violent behavior seems to that these group gravitate towards. These subculture seem to form from almost every aspect of society such as religion, place where similar people reside and religion seems to have an aspect also. These subculture have something that links them together something in common Marvin Wolfgang a sociologist and a criminologist who had authored quite a number of books and Franco Fenacuti, who is a Italian...
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...weapons, specifically rifles, have become quite a novelty for gun enthusiasts, but a very small number of the population has used these weapons to create scenes of horrific violence. Is there really a need for these types of weapons in our country? Would an actual ban produce the effects that most gun control activists envision? I personally feel that the blame cannot be put in just one place. When discussing gun violence, it can be argued that the weapons are not to blame, but the person who is in control of them. To contrast that way of thinking, fault can also be found with the types of semiautomatic weapons sold to the public and how easy they are to acquire. Assault weapons that would be subject the kind of gun ban that has...
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...VIOLENCE IN SPORTS AND IT’S OCCURANCE DUE TO WAR There is a correlation between fights, hostility, and other violence in pro and amateur sports which can result in wars. The 2001 NHL season occurred during the Iraqi Civil War, and the NHL had one of the toughest starts ever. Six players had been suspended and 82 major penalties like fighting were given in 42 games, compared to the season before this which was an increase in 44%. Increase of violence in sports during times of war is no coincidence, it is a representation of what is happening in society. Some questions to consider will be is there an explanation to this increase? What are some extreme cases that have led to investigation? And who has spoken out about this correlation? A theory called the cultural spillover theory...
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...What is liberation teaching response to bullying?. The Violence Pyramid A. Levels of Violence • Level One: entertainment violence and violent toys in popular culture • Level Two: exposure to real world violence shown in the media • Level Three: isolated traumatic direct exposure to violence in home and community • Level Four: chronic exposure to violence in home and/or community B. How Much Children Are Affected by Violence • the higher the level, the greater the impact violence has on the child C. Proportion of Children Affected by Violence • the higher the level, the lower the proportion of children affected D. Ways Children Exhibit the Effects of Violence in the Classroom • difficulty in managing emotions • avoidance of intimacy • provocative behaviors • disturbances in the...
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...Domestic violence is a problem that has been plaguing societies for more than centuries. It has being statistically proven that the biggest targets of domestic abuse are women; with 85% of the victims in the world being women while the remaining 15% being men. The ad derives from The Salvation Army, an international charitable organisation that focuses on “doing the most good.” The ad was released in early march by the South African branch of The Salvation Army, when the viral sensation, #thedress, sparked a massive online debate. The viral phenomenon is a picture of a dress that caused some people to perceive the dress as black and blue or white and gold. The Salvation Army took the opportunity of the hype of the trivial conversation to promote awareness on...
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...Domestic violence, as defined by the Crimes Act, is a “personal violence offence committed by a person against another person with whom the person who commits the offence has or has had a domestic relationship” (Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 pg 3 and pg 8). The term domestic relationship can be classified as a marriage, de facto partner, intimate personal relationship (sexual or not), relative or person living in the same household as the other person. Domestic violence is used as a means of intimidation where one partner aims to gain dominance over the other through either physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, or financial abuse. Under such a definition I was able to gather data on the occurrence of domestic violence related...
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...Violence in schools is a growing problem and depression is often used to explain why this rise in violence is happening. Abuse at home and bullying can be a root cause for depression which lead to a root cause of gun violence. The lack of help for depression can lead to worse things if not treated which could lead to gun violence. Many kids in high school especially deal with violence in school. According to Kann L, McManus T, Harris WA, et al. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, 7.8% students have been in a physical fight at school and 20.2% have been bullied on school property. (Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance) Because of this, in can be concluded that depression is a root cause of school violence. Does the lack of availability to help for depression lead to an increase in school violence. Depression can't be...
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