Communal Violence in India: An Irrepressible Evil? Communal violence in independent India has a long history that can be traced back from the time of the Post Partition riot of 1961 in Jabalpur which was followed by strings of similar incidents‚ especially post 1980s with Anti-Sikh Pogrom (Delhi) in 1984‚ Anti-Muslim carnage (esp.‚ Mumbai) in 1992-93‚ and the decade-old Godhra Riots (Gujarat) in 2002. With the introduction of the Prevention of Communal and Targeted violence (Access to Justice
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realize that majority of the violence in the workplace comes from not only the patient but from their families as well as the visitors which goes unnoticed. In the article “Violence: Recognition‚ Management and Prevention”‚ it states that majority of the violence that occurs whether physical‚ mental or verbal goes unreported due to fear of safety and or job security. These unreported incidents of violence can in turn cause both short and long term mental health issues for the employees who were involved
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Violence and Sex in the Media and It’s Effects Question 1: What does sex in the media really do? Is it just a selling tool or does it affect us in a greater way? Networks are paying more than they used to for the best time slots and the more risky they can make their commercials the better. For example‚ advertisers paid $2.3 million for a single 30-s ad airing during Super Bowl XXXVIII (Sutel‚ 2004). As you can see advertisers truly think that sex is the key‚ TV and film producers believe
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Skinhead Violence When you here the term Skinhead you probably think about young rebels wearing big black boots and Nazi symbols. These happen to be a few trademarks but across the world "Skinhead" refers to a diverse cult of young people. The origin of this cult goes back to the 60’s in England‚ where menacing-looking‚ shaven-headed and tattooed youths in combat boots began to be seen in the streets. This cult has matured into a large collection of smaller gangs across 33 countries. The
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Violence on Screen Encourages Violence in Real Life According to the Oxford Dictionary‚ the term “violence” means the behavior involving physical force intended to hurt‚ damage‚ or kill someone or something. Violence is definitely not something new to the human race. Humans have been exposed to violence ever since the Viking Age and even earlier. Back then; violence was only used for one main purpose – war. However‚ violence is an escalating problem in modern society. It is indeed ironic because
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domestic violence is a pattern of coercive behavior designed to exert power and control over a person in an intimate relationship. This is done through the use of intimidation‚ threatening‚ harmful‚ or harassing behavior. Domestic violence is also known as wife assault which aims any physical act of aggression by a man against a woman with whom he has an intimate relationship whether it is sexual or emotional. This paper will discuss the sociological perspective and theory of domestic violence and will
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Topic: Youth Violence Intro: Violence by young people is one of the most visible forms of violence. Both fatal and non-fatal assaults involving young people contribute greatly to the global burden of premature death‚ injury and disability. Youth violence deeply harms not only its victims‚ but also their families‚ friends and communities. There are close links between youth violence and other forms of violence. Violent young people frequently commit a range of crimes and display other social and
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Video Game Violence Increases Violence in Children A pair of parents in Reno‚ Nevada‚ is being put away behind bars after neglecting to feed their two young children because their attention was being consumed by video games instead (Lee and Finley 2). People have raised the question of the appropriateness of video games and how psychologically influential they are on a child’s mind. The effects of video games manifest themselves in a variety of ways‚ including psychologically‚ emotionally‚ and
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Violence in Sports According to the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport‚ "Violence is a physical assault or physically harmful actions by a player that takes place in a sports context and that is intended to cause physical pain or injury to another player (or fan‚ coach‚ game official‚ etc.)‚ where such harmful actions bear no direct relationship to the rules and associated competitive goals of the sport". Many different theories have been formed opinions about the reasons athletes become aggressive
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Teen Violence Teen violence is a big and growing problem in our country today. Everyday we hear on the news of teenagers involved in violent crimes. Part of the reason I believe is that weapons are becoming more accessible. You can go into a ninety-nine cent store and buy a knife without any questions. Teen violence is something we must work to stop. Teens have become subject to desperation and peer pressure driving them toward violence. One reason that we are seeing more and more teen violence
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