on a single source. Moreover‚ this deviant behaviour among young people can be attributed to a combination of several generalized factors. Leading contributing factors of youth violence include the media‚ the influence of family life‚ widespread abuse of drugs and alcohol‚ the ease of access to weapons and a lack of strong punishment that exists for juvenile offenders. If this rise in aggressive acts is to be stemmed‚ the causes youth violence must be determined and analyzed to determine which ones
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"In the united states‚ we have the pregnancy rates of industrialized nations". The teen pregnancy rates for the United States are two times as high than those of Canada‚ France‚ and England. "Each year more than 1 million U.S. teenagers become pregnant; one in nine aged 15-19 and one in five who are sexually active. " How does environmental factors‚ sex education‚ etc; lead to ; lead to sexual activity which can cause pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases". Female teenagers
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Dating violence within the United States is not an uncommon topic especially amongst certain ethnicities. In fact‚ the rapid increase of teen dating violence that occurs within the African American community has caught the public’s attention and has become a public health problem (Black et al. 2015). Data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that teen dating violence is highest among African American students followed by those of Hispanic heritage. Accordingly‚ 1.6%
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------------------------------------------------- Teen Dating Violence Unhealthy relationships can start early and last a lifetime. Dating violence often starts with teasing and name calling. These behaviors are often thought to be a “normal” part of a relationship. But these behaviors can lead to more serious violence like physical assault and rape. What is dating violence? Teen dating violence [PDF 292KB] is defined as the physical‚ sexual‚ or psychological/emotional violence within a dating relationship.
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Drug abuse is becoming a growing problem among teenagers. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse’s 1999 survey of 2‚000 teens‚ about 14 million teens ages 12 to 17‚ 60% are at moderate or high risk of substance abuse1. A leading reason for this increasing number is that it is getting easier and easier to obtain drugs. Marijuana is easier to buy than beer‚ while cigarettes are the easiest to buy. Forty-seven percent of all teens say cigarettes are easiest to buy‚ 27% say
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within teen relationships—identifying females as the most prevalent victims. As the article emphasizes the need for preventive programming‚ this paper will present the internet resource‚ Heather’s Voice and provide suggestions for a program within schools that may utilize this resource in the prevention and identification of teen dating violence/abuse. In addition‚ this paper will present suggestions on how this program can be evaluated. The NYT article discusses the prevalence of teen deaths
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population has experienced an increase in violence. Teens face many situations that cause these problems. Several factors are mass media‚ peer pressure‚ and society’s view on the "perfect" person. <br><br>Television‚ radio‚ and news papers are all ways of transferring messages to people. One might see a violent movie and decide to re-enact the scenes thus causing harm to one’s self or to others. Hidden meanings of racism and hate are put into music. Teens hear the words of their supposed role models
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Are Televisions‚ movies and Music Responsible for Teen Violence? Televisions‚ movies and music are responsible for teen violence because the televisions and movies have programs that show a lot of fighting and music that have thoughts that might result in violence‚ there are a lot of parts in the dialogue that is suitable for adults and all the media has inappropriate language. This is bad because there is a lot of violence going on in the world. This might eventually lead to the world having terrorism
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Teen violence and Media-Generated Fear Why do the media want to scare the American public? Fear is the one thing we as Americans should be free of. Fear is something that we want to eliminate; so why do the media feel the need to create it? Fear on some level is desirable‚ except it really shouldn’t be called fear but rather discretion. We don’t want citizens running around all over the place completely careless. However‚ we also don’t want the public cowering inside their houses in fear of rather
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Racial violence started in the early days of America and found its roots in slavery. Even after slavery was abolished in the mid 1800’s‚ violence between blacks and whites is still an ongoing problem in today’s society. Racial groups promote non-violence against minorities. Nevertheless‚ violence within these crowds is preventing them from achieving their goals. Obviously‚ this is a two sided argument‚ both whites and blacks live in fear of each other and that shouldn’t be a problem. It seems like
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