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    Youth Violence

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    Youth Violence and Gang Membership in America CJ490-02 Research Methods in Criminal Justice Kaplan University Submitted to Chris Lim‚ Professor October 2‚ 2012 Abstract Youth violence and its continuing growth as an epidemic seems to greatly impact and influence the increasing numbers of gang membership in cities and states. Without proper suppression of this epidemic‚ at risk youth are at greater risk of committing violent crimes and beginning affiliations with gangs or becoming active

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    School Violence

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    Assignment: Research paper – The factors contributing to student violence and crime in schools. This paper delves into the issues of school violence which has been plaguing our society for a number of years‚ causing detrimental effects to the development of our country‚ the improved lives of our citizens and the well-being of children. Moral development of individuals is closely related to conforming to certain norms and standards of society

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    point of incorporating immoral things which were not available before. One of the things that were evident from films was violence‚ films brought out violence which although was to displeasure of many‚ pleased teenagers and the youth in general. As film industry grew‚ people felt a need to be more involved in the act itself and subsequently there was introduction of violence games. INTRODUCTION Today millions of teenagers around the world have access to video games and movies. However‚ they do

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    Violence in Gangs

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    Violence of Gangs Gangs have been around for a long time‚ but recently they have become worse. Unfortunately‚ there are many different types of gangs. For example; there are street gangs‚ prison gangs‚ motorcycle gangs‚ and neighborhood gangs. According to Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ there are more than 33‚000 gangs in the United States ("National Gang"). Gangs cause a lot of the violence in America. In Illinois alone there are six or more gang members per 1‚000 people ("National Gang"). Not

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    Gang Violence

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    Page 1 The effects of Gang Violence Gangs have been around since the beginning of time. Humans have always banded together for mutual protection and support - and to better dominate others. Gangs have always provided a way for people to more effectively get what they want‚ especially if it comes to force. And weaker members of society gravitate toward gangs that they feel can offer a sense of community and protection from others. But today were going to reflect on the effects of the most

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    Sex and Violence

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    200 Professor Fish 4/17/13 Sex and Violence: The Impact on American Culture Sex and violence have continued to be two of the most popular themes to center our media and entertainment around. The television‚ radio‚ and internet all act as communication channels that constantly present content containing graphic acts of sex or violence. As a result our current generation has become accustomed to seeing more and more realistic portrayals of sex and violence‚ numbing them to it in the process. This

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    Teen Violence

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    Teen Violence Author Note Teen Violence Teen aggression and violence is a growing concern in our society. It appears on the news almost daily‚ from bullying to weapons on campus. When we hear the words teen violence‚ most of us think of school shootings. The situation has escalated over the past few decades and now more and more of our youth are dying by the hands of their peers. In this paper we will explore the situation of teen violence‚ causes of aggression‚ and what we can do to prevent

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    Community

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    Parts of a prescription 1. Prescriber information: The doctor’s name‚ address and phone number should be clearly written (or preprinted) on the top of the prescription form. Some states require the doctor’s state license number to be on the form. It is not recommended that you preprint your Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number on the prescription pad. It becomes too easy for drug abusers to lift a few prescription forms for illicit use if that number is easily available. The DEA number is

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    Violence in Media

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    INTRODUCTION Violence in the Media has grown in our society for sometime. The world is constantly flooded with violent images from the media. Including television‚ video games‚ movies‚ and music. There have been cases around the world that kids at the ages of two to eighteen years spend at least six hours per day using media. What types of media attracts most people? Murder‚ death‚ sexual exploitation‚ profanity‚ and lots of action to keep you at the edge of your seat. There have been studies

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    Violence In Relationships

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    Deal and Wampler (1986) concluded that if violence occurred in the previous relationship then‚ it is more likely to occur in the relationship. These violent relationships do not change after marriage either. O’Leary et al. (1989) found that most of the couples still continued to be abused even after

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