Effects of Media Violence on Criminal and Educational Behaviors Paul M. Short and Sharon E. Stein Ferrum College Abstract The present study investigated the relationship between exposure to media violence and behavioral problems in college students. Prior research has demonstrated a link between media violence and behavior. In this study college students‚ completed a questionnaire about their past and present media consumption and criminal behavior. Several significant relationships
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rape attempts during the 20-year period between 1972 and 1991. The Census Bureau’s larger number of 2.3 million rapes is in the 15-year period between 1938 and 1937. Rape is notoriously underreported. In the 1992 study conducted by the National Victim Center and the Crime Victims Research and Treatment Centers concludes that only about one out of six rapes were reported. Thus‚ the number of rapes between 1972 and 1991 may be closer to nine million. Nancy Venable Raine‚ who wrote After Silence: Rape
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section to a research examining the hardened properties comprising density‚ compressive and flexural strengths‚ tensile bond strength and drying shrinkage. Rewrite it by making changes to the language aspects and referencing style only. Use IEEE referencing style. The main objective is to show your ability to use words introduced. Use different words‚ but belong to the same category‚ to replace the following words that can be found in the results and discussion: 1. Quantity words 2. Invitation
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purpose of this study is to determine the capability of themainspring-powered prototype in lighting LED. The design is to make a little effort on winding the mainspring which will result in a long time of electric current generation. This study will serve as a theoretical model for future studies to innovate a device that will generate electricity without an AC/DC input. Future researchers will benefit from this study‚ and it willprovide them the data needed to compare their study during their respective
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are expected to be married and have children before they turn 20. The purpose of the study is to determine the factors leading to teenage pregnancies in Sagero Sub-Location in Suba West Division. During our clinical placement in Maternity at Migori District Hospital‚ we noticed a significant number of adolescents coming in for delivery services aged 13-19 years old‚ hence the decision to carry out a detailed research on the major contributing factors to teenage pregnancies and thereafter outline the
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Structure of English We can study the English structure to relate to the English language in a variety of ways. For example‚ we can study classes of words (parts of speech)‚ meanings of words‚ with or without considering changes of meaning (semantics)‚ how words are organized in relation to each other and in larger constructions (syntax)‚ how words are formed from smaller meaningful units (morphology)‚ the sounds of words (perception and pronunciation or articulation)‚ and
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edu Rakesh Khurana Harvard University‚ Boston MA 02163‚ rkhurana@hbs.edu Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Harvard University‚ Boston MA 02163‚ mattrk@hbs.edu Soojin Yim Emory University‚ 1300 Clifton Road‚ Atlanta‚ GA 30322‚ soojinyim@emory.edu We study how corporate governance affects firm value through the decision of whether to fire or retain the CEO. We present a model in which weak governance - which prevents shareholders from controlling the board - protects inferior CEOs from dismissal‚ while
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Capital punishment is the imposition of the death penalty on persons condemned of a crime. (Americana‚ 596) Killing condemned criminals has long been a type of criminal punishment in the United States. Capital punishment has been a punishment for brutal offenses from the initial stages of documented history. The first evidence of death penalty in the United States dates back to the colonial period in 1608 in Jamestown. There is no other public policy matter connected to management of crime‚ which
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the common name for Garcinia mangostana L. (GML). The fruit is dark purple or reddish in colour‚ with white‚ soft‚ and juicy edible pulp. The fruit taste is sweet with a slightly acid and also have a pleasant aroma. Nowadays‚ there were a lot of studies and researches about the extraction of the xanthones in the GML. Xanthones or xanthen-9H-ones are secondary metabolites found in some higher plant families‚ fungi and lichens. The xanthone nucleus is known as 9-xanthenone or dibenzo-c-pyrone and
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United Arab Emirates Abdallah M. Elamin King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals‚ Saudi Arabia This study examines the influence of nationality of managers (domestic or expatriate) on work satisfaction in the banking industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The sample comprised a random sample of 82 bank employees‚ and that job satisfaction was assessed by the Job Descriptive Index. The study revealed that satisfaction with pay‚ job characteristics‚ promotion opportunities‚ co-workers‚ and supervisors
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