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  • Domestic Spying Persuasive Essay

    Domestic Spying Persuasive Essay

    Are you aware that someone could be spying on you right now? Are you aware that NSA (national security agency) can be listening in on your phone calls? Are you also aware that they may check your e-mail? If not you should be. Secrets may no longer stay a secret any more. I don’t know about you but I don’t agree with domestic spying and I think it should be stopped. George bush authorized the

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    Essay Length: 620 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • Males, Media, and Violence (incomplete)

    Males, Media, and Violence (incomplete)

    Males, Media, and Violence Why are American men so violent? Why are our crime rates higher than any other countries and why is such a disproportionate percentage of the violence and crime committed by men? One has to begin to think that there are some major issues with the men in our society and the culture in which they grew up in, but my question is; why are American men so violent? Is it the

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    Essay Length: 1,631 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Rap Violence

    Rap Violence

    Imagine an inner city kid having grown u in an environment where real life street violence is a way of life. His body, having survived personal experiences of violence, endured barely life sustained conditions, and many sleepless nights caused by the constant yet unpredictable call of death. His mind doubtful over where his next meal will come from, lost in search of some higher guidance, struggling through a world, not of innocent childish fantasies, but

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    Essay Length: 2,077 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Violence in Television

    Violence in Television

    Violence in Television Before graduating from high school, the average American child will have witnessed 8,000 murders and 200,000 acts of violence on television. This overwhelming presentation of violence to society can only mean one thing: violence sells, and sells big. But we must ask at what cost? Since violence in the media has long been analyzed and discussed by researchers and media, several measures have since been implemented to stop or reduce violence on

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    Essay Length: 568 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Max
  • Videogames Violence

    Videogames Violence

    Concern about video game violence is not new. There were calls to ban violent games as early as 1976 when Death Race, often acknowledged as the first violent video game, appeared on the market. Of course, the violence in Death Race seems tame in comparison with today's "first person shooters." As technology advances, each generation of violent games became more graphic and extreme. The processing power of video game platforms has increased an astonishing 188

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    Essay Length: 2,060 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: regina
  • Violences in School

    Violences in School

    Violence in schools has increased widely through the country. Innocent students, teachers, families and residents of the area could be affected by violence in schools. There are many causes of school violence like drugs, family or emotional problems. However, there are possible ways to prevent violent attacks by students. First, I think the institution should give the students conferences about how violence is affecting our environment, causes of violence and consequences. They should also try

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    Essay Length: 291 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Youth Violence

    Youth Violence

    Our Future Children today have no one to turn to for guidance. Our country’s children are our future; therefore, we need to protect them. Anyone can turn on their TV and see an act of school violence almost weekly: Arkansas grade school students to Columbine High School. We have a serious problem on our hands and no one seems to know what to do. “Our insight that the modern study of childhood has sharpened in

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Violence in the Home

    Violence in the Home

    Heyman, R. & Slep, A. (2002), Do child abuse and inter-parental violence lead to adulthood violence?, Journal of Marriage and Family, 64, 864-870. This article asked the question, if children are abused will they be involved with violence later in life? It also discusses the connection of child abuse and domestic violence in homes today. By comparing families that include various incomes, schooling and either single parents or married couples, the researchers were able to

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    Essay Length: 402 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Victor
  • Television Violence and Children

    Television Violence and Children

    The effects of television violence and children can vary according to the child. There are various effects, both physical and psychological, that can occur. First of all, the child, through his years of watching television, may develop the concept that violence is a way to solve problems. The watching of these television shows is where most of the children pick up this aggressive mindset they have. It is to be said that eighty percent

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    Essay Length: 399 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Does Violence in the Media Create Violent Hostile Children?

    Does Violence in the Media Create Violent Hostile Children?

    It was only eight years ago when the unthinkable became reality. Two teenagers, by the name of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, launched an assault on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The two murdered thirteen and wounded twenty-three others before they turned the guns on themselves (Shin, 2006). “How is it that these boys were able to do what they assume it was the influence of the video game Doom. The two boys spend

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    Essay Length: 2,694 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Gang Violence in Society

    Gang Violence in Society

    What Should Be Done About Gang Violence In Society? Many people in our society do not think that anything bad will ever happen to them. These people always hear about the issues and problems that are in the world today, but never think they will take place close to home. Gang violence is a major problem in our society today that takes place in many different areas of the world. If nothing is done soon,

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    Essay Length: 2,375 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Steve
  • School Violence

    School Violence

    SCHOOL VIOLENCE Every year teachers, parents and students prepare for another school session, hopefully the thought of destructive violence such as the Columbine shootings won’t be in their mind. It’s sad to think that violence is a concern at all. It’s certainly a proven fact that violence of one sort or another is part of most schools today. School violence is a problem for everyone. It is a problem that everyone must deal with and

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    Essay Length: 259 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Gangsta Rap and Violence Go Hand In Hand

    Gangsta Rap and Violence Go Hand In Hand

    Gangsta Rap and Violence Go Hand in Hand "Mr. Officer, I want to see you layin' in a coffin, sir," from The Chronic and "F--- the police," from N.W.A., are few lyrics from the music genre "gangsta rap." This kind of music is being sold to young children without any thought of concern. When many children listen to this kind of music they think that was being said in the songs is not wrong

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Edward
  • Violence in Video Games

    Violence in Video Games

    WASHINGTON - Playing violent video games like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D or Mortal Kombat can increase a person's aggressive thoughts, feelings and behavior both in laboratory settings and in actual life, according to two studies appearing in the April issue of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Furthermore, violent video games may be more harmful than violent television and movies because they are interactive, very engrossing and require the player to

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    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Edward
  • Violence in Media

    Violence in Media

    Violence in the media is a very complex subject; extracting what actually causes aggression and what is just arbitrary circumstance can be a very sticky process. For instance, as a recreational player of video games, I play what might be considered violent games (mostly an online "shoot 'em up" game called Counter-Strike) in the eyes of someone who perceives what I am doing as "killing" or as violent, but there in lies the problem: I

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Top
  • Violence and Video Games

    Violence and Video Games

    “29 in 168 violent video game players show some kind of violent or anti-social behavior.”(Anderson,V.16) That information was taken from a study done by Rachel Barr Ph.D in developmental psychology. These startling statistics show that violent video games do have an effect on today’s society and should be stopped or at least control the distribution of these violent promoting video games. Violent video games cause violent behavior in players of all ages. The statistics of

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: regina
  • School Violence Awareness

    School Violence Awareness

    Shaw Couevas English 1002-105 November 27, 2001 Final Draft School Violence Awareness One out of every twelve students would stay home rather than attend school for fear someone would hurt them or hassle them (Kreiner). What can we do to be safe in school? It is becoming more apparent violence is a problem in most schools. But once we are aware that it exists, we can figure out ways to make it less of a

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    Essay Length: 991 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: David
  • Media Violence

    Media Violence

    Its everywhere you look. It surrounds society in ways most people are blind to see. Violence, Sex and Crime. It can be as drastic as your everyday road rage accident, to as little as discipling your child. Ask yourself , as a parent, have you ever hit your child’s hand for them hitting someone else. Do you see what just happened. Now back 10 years ago parents were one of the top influences in a

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    Essay Length: 1,617 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Vika
  • Media Violence

    Media Violence

    Media Violence Violence has been more than a reality in our generation. It has invaded almost every art form that we can think of. Media also parallels the usage of violence in their repertoire and what is more appalling is that it uses violence to attract attention. For what is reality television without any form of violence, what is music expressing anger without explicit lyrics, and what are thriller movies without any kind of gore?

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Tommy
  • The Myth of Violence in the Old West

    The Myth of Violence in the Old West

    In his article "The Myth of Violence in the Old West," Roger D. McGrath attempts to refute the myth that the old west was much more crime ridden compared to American cities today. McGrath argues that while the old west was violent, the violence that occurred was very different from what goes on today. Two of the most common crimes today, robbery and burglary, were hardly of any consequence. To prove this point McGrath compares

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Violence Within the Great Gatsby

    Violence Within the Great Gatsby

    Themes of violence and carelessness are found throughout the text of The Great Gatsby. A violent act is portrayed in every chapter of the novel but one; often, the episodes are the products of passion, but they are also frequently due to carelessness. Myrtle Wilson’s tragic death perfectly embodies the sort of negligence, passion, and power that hangs about calamity throughout the novel. The driver, Daisy, appears suddenly, kills Myrtle, and leaves suddenly, without taking

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    Essay Length: 376 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Innate Human Violence

    Innate Human Violence

    Benjamin Tucker Prof. J Kakar, Eng114 March 28, 2005 Rough Draft, Essay #3. Phillip Zimbardo, Solomon Asch, Stanley Milgram, and Howard Zinn were/are all gifted psychologists that strived to understand the simple complexities of conformity within an individual’s specific societal structure. Within their own specific areas of psychology, every single one of them came to one simple conclusion that allowed each of them to become the quality of psychologist that they are today, and that

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    Essay Length: 529 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Artur
  • Iraq War and Domestic Sport

    Iraq War and Domestic Sport

    The war in Iraq has had far reaching social ramifications, some of which will take many years, perhaps even generations, to correct. One realm of society that has been affected is the world of sports. Usually, sport and war are together in the context of sport stepping in to prevent or resolve war (eg. Peaceplayers Int’l). That is not the context we will discuss here, instead, we will discuss the connections between American sport and

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    Essay Length: 780 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Anna
  • Violence Against Women

    Violence Against Women

    “Rules are like women, made to be violated” Can you believe that a Quebec Court Justice could be so biased. Unfortunately this opinion continues to be held by many people, not only in the judicial system, but in society at large. In Alice Sebold’s rape memoir entitled “Lucky” this anti-women sentiment radically effects the course of her life. As a college freshman she (Alice) is brutally raped. The ensuing story describes her struggle to reclaim

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    Essay Length: 438 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Max
  • Violence: Animal Cruelty in the United States

    Violence: Animal Cruelty in the United States

    Violence: Animal Cruelty in the United States I am so sick of hearing cases on the news, like “Man from Atlanta is facing penalties in Georgia in which a puppy was cooked in an oven” or “Brothers in Atlanta are being charged for putting a puppy in a gas range and turning the gas on.” Animal cruelty is one of the most common types of violence in the United States. It is not as accustomed

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    Essay Length: 614 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: Victor

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