his week’s chapter talked about contributing factors to what causes someone to partake in domestic violence. Many studies have been conducted that reveal a correlation between people who have a substance abuse problem and people who engage in intimate partner violence. The studies support that men who have a drug or alcohol issue are 3.1 times more likely to abuse their partner. They also have found the same correlation with women who have a substance abuse issue. I was not surprised with all
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Does Media Violence Cause Aggression in Children? Amber Holmberg Psych 204-01 March 23‚ 2011 The debate whether violence in the media increases aggression in children has been going on for decades. There have been hundreds of studies‚ experiments and articles supporting and opposing both sides of the argument. This essay is going to examine an article supporting and an article opposing the debate. The articles include “The Influence of Media Violence in Youth” which supports media violence causing
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The impact of video games containing violence has recently become a focus of research because children are theoretically more susceptible to behavioral influences when they are active participants than when they are observers. To date‚ violent video games have not been studied as extensively as violent television or movies. The number of studies investigating the impact of such games on youth aggression is small‚ there have been none on serious violence‚ and none has been longitudinal. Many studies
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Gang Violence: Gang Violence among youth has become a serious issue in the United States. The gang violence mainly takes place in schools and neighborhoods. The Community and parents need to ensure that this epidemic is decreased. There are many reasons that youth joins gangs. Our Citizens that see most youth that need encouragement from joining a gang should be generous and useful to talk to our youth. Citizens just don’t understand the teenagers in out century are under the influence to join
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Mikaela Tills July 18‚ 2013 HUM 1533 Drugs and Religion After reading “Do Drugs Have Religious Import” by Huston Smith‚ it is my belief that drugs do have religious import. Hylosenegetic drugs like mushrooms‚ marijuana‚ LSD‚ and acid have been proven to open ones unconsciousness. Things that otherwise‚ are not able to comprehend‚ while in a sober state are introduced. The Native American (Indian) Church and Mexico ’s 2‚000 year old while on "sacred mushrooms‚" ministered to Aztec as "God ’s flesh
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interested in studying school violence. Describe how you might approach the study of this phenomenon as a functionalist‚ a conflict theorist and a symbolic interaction’. “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence‚ adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr. The problem we are facing today with violence in the schools is a major concern with communities everywhere. School violence has escalated from one-on-one
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Why do you think people take drugs? Do you know anyone with an addiction-prone personality? What does the medical literature indicate about addictive personalities? I think people take drugs because there trying to escape or forget about something in their lives. And when they take drugs they don’t have to worry about anything that is bothering them. They also don’t have to face anything that is bothering them because there not ready or don’t wont to so they get high. Medical literature indicates
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Gun violence in the US caused thousands of injuries and deaths yearly. In 2013‚ the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention stated that firearms were used in 84‚258 nonfatal injuries and 11‚208 deaths from homicide‚ 21‚175 by suicide‚ 505 deaths from unintentional discharge‚ plus 281 deaths that were labelled as undetermined intent‚ which all totalled for 33‚169 deaths related to firearms. Gun control laws do not prevent criminals from obtaining guns or breaking the laws. Criminals can obtain
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Do Video Games Lead To Violence? Video games have different purpose for kids to enjoy and to learn from. Most video games are very violent can lead to being aggressive and violent to others. Although reading both sides of the dissuccsuion researches didn’t use just video games to prove there point? Therefore‚ they can’t say that just video games made the kids more aggressive. Researcher used games‚ movies and television to support their data and to get there conclusion. “Yes‚ Video Games Lead
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Violence There’s too much of it‚ but where does teen violence come from? Some studies say movies‚ other say TV shows‚ but most of them say video-games. When a dad or a mom sees the news and they says that the killer played violent video-games‚ they just take of shooting games for a week and then they forget about it. If parents are just going to do that what is the difference? "There’s an association‚ but it’s not a very robust one." says Katherine Newman author of books about the
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