Throughout the past couple years‚ no topic has reached as much publicity as police brutality. In the United States‚ police officers are using excessive force towards minorities‚ especially African Americans. In other words‚ police officers are reacting to a situation with deadly or harmful force towards minorities. In the past couple years‚ police officers are constantly being put in the lime light. With these scary stories circulating the internet‚ people are scared to step out of their homes because
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These are the major laws that affect the incarceration at the federal level; many states have mandatory minimums and similar policies. But that is changing. It is simply ineffective and inappropriate for states to focus only on new drug legislation. Twenty-three states have recently repealed drug penalties‚ including revision or even elimination of mandatory minimums‚ reclassifying what constitutes a drug offense‚ revising sentencing enhancements (being convicted of the same crime twice results
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Europe’s success would not have happened without the initial aid from the United States. Europe was devastated by years of conflict during World War II; millions of people had been killed and wounded. The physical loss of life‚ the visible destruction of cities‚ factories‚ mines‚ and railroads left Europe in need of aid. The United States came to the rescue and pumped billions and billions of dollars back into the European economy through The Marshall Plan. The Marshall plan also known as the European
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Rice 1 Taylor Rice Miss Perk American Literature December 18‚ 2014 The Negative Effects The crucible is a 1953 play that dramatized and partially fictionalized what happen during the Salem witch trials in Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. In the play The Crucible ‚ by Arthur Miller‚ the town of Salem is involved in what some might say the “witch trials.” These trials negatively affected the community‚ the authority‚ the church‚ and the individuals. Many pe
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The Negative Effects of Social Network Sites on Adolescents’ Social Development In present day‚ it is admitted that Social Network Sites (SNSs) bring convenience‚ efficiency‚ fast‚ speed and width for adolescents’ interpersonal relationship development. It also brings many difficulties to overcome. Some adolescents that are addicted to SNSs suffer a lot of mental health problems caused by Network mental disorders and Internet addiction syndrome. It brings a lot of negative impact on adolescents’
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Sherwood‚ Story‚ Walsh‚ &Hogan‚ 2004). Another bad effect of violent video games is aggressive thoughts. Many children may have aggressive thoughts because of playing violent video games like what happened in 1999 at a Columbine High School. Two of the students killed twelve student and a teacher after playing violent video game called Doom‚ (Brooke‚ 1999). They mentioned the video game in a video they made before the crime. This shows the negative effect of violent video games on children’s thoughts
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social media is one of the most common activities of children‚ adolescents‚ and adults. The term social media refers to the websites that are built for interaction among people. These sites include social media websites‚ such as‚ Twitter‚ MySpace‚ Facebook; virtual world and gaming sites‚ such as‚ Second life‚ and Sims‚ Videos websites‚ like YouTube etc. These website provide entertainment and communication to the masses‚ and significant part of these masses‚ is children and adolescents. This is crucial
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As many people may know‚ Facebook is one of the largest social networks in the world today. Facebook helps people connect with their friends‚ and relatives from all over the world. However‚ since Facebook is becoming more well-known‚ bad things start to take place. Even though Facebook is a place where people can meet new people‚ it can lead to stalkers‚ there’s definitely no privacy‚ and people who are on Facebook feel no need to call or meet their friends or family anymore‚ so they lose physical
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teenagers spend two hours watching television and one and a half hours is spent surfing the internet each day. Many teens usually spend sleepless nights on social media without the knowledge of their parents. This disruption of sleep has had numerous effects on teenagers. It has led to cases of insomnia‚ mood swings and increase obesity. Studies have also shown that‚ certain groups of teenagers are prone to violence because of media influence. Watching too much television takes teenagers further away
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Studies show between 25% and 50% of homeless youth are LGBT‚ and on the streets because of their sexual orientation. Half of the youth who come out to their parents experience a negative reaction and in 26% of these experiences the child is thrown out of their home. Gay teens are 8.4 times more likely to report trying to commit suicide‚ and 5.9 times more likely to report being depressed compared to teens from families that have no or low chance of family rejection. The average GPA for LGBT students
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