Gun violence has impacted so many communities across the country. Gun violence is one of the top ten causes of death in the United States. During the past decade in America more than 100‚000 people have been killed due to gun violence. Close to half a million more people have fallen victim to assaults‚ robberies‚ mass shootings and other crimes that involved a gun. These tragedies were committed by criminals who should’ve never had access to a gun in the first place. In order to reduce gun violence
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Right now at this very moment you can turn your TV on and watch just about anything that you want to‚ this also means so can your children. Do you know how much violence is being broadcasted through the media just today? Do you understand how this is affecting your child? Do you know that from birth to age 25 their brain is growing‚ and there are these neurons‚ "mirror neurons" that teach us to imitate what we see? What if it was your child who went to school with a gun? What if it was your child
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The Impact of Media Violence While violence is not new to the human race‚ it is an increasing problem in modern society. With greater access to firearms and explosives‚ the scope and efficiency of violent behavior has had serious consequences. Day after day children and adolescents are exposed to violent media including television programs‚ movies‚ and video games; as a result there appears to be a strong correlation between these and aggressive behavior within vulnerable at risk segments of youth
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Domestic violence remains a significant concern that impacts negatively on the lives of our community. Not only those that are directly subjected to the violence and abuse. Can you image the horror of living every day expecting to be choked‚ beaten or killed by your spouse? Domestic violence is a common problem. This is real it happened to me. Your work collegue your friend your daughter and Mother. No two cases of domestic violence are the same. However all cases of domestic violence undermines
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Youth violence is an increasing concern in our society. Violence‚ as defined in Webster’s online dictionary‚ is an "intense‚ turbulent or furious and often destructive action or exertion of (physical) force so as to injure or abuse." There is a growing perception that there is a steady rise in violence amongst today’s youth‚ and with this increased attention‚ comes many sources of blame for their actions‚ however‚ all but one are simply excuses. There is a lack of hard evidence to support the
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Violence associated with teenage relationships could be abstracted as a set of various violent and abusive behaviors‚ including sexual and physical assaults‚ homicides‚ psychological abuse‚ kidnapping‚ harassment‚ and threats (Theriot‚ 2012‚ p. 224). Consequently‚ dating violence could occur as sexual‚ psychological‚ or physical abuse. Physical violence is defined by actions such as being choked‚ slapped‚ kicked‚ hurt with a weapon‚ pulling hair amongst other actions (Theriot‚ 2012‚ p. 225). Findings
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JWebb_M_5_draft Domestic violence is not something new it is something very old and it is affecting how our kids grow into adults and how they develop mentally and emotionally and how our kids perceive a healthy relationship. Because these people had witnessed their loved ones being beat on and abused one would think that this would not be something that you would want for yourself and your future relationships‚ but this is not the case here or in hundreds more homes and family’s in the world
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of problems and violence is one of the most prominent. It is seen on the front page of the newspaper and as the "Top Story" on the eleven o’clock news. Unfortunately‚ it is also widely used for entertainment purposes. In the New York Times a 1998 article by Faye Fiore stated: "On average last year‚ one act of serious brutality was found for every four minutes of entertainment." Today‚ violence is a major part of electronic games‚ television‚ and the film industry. Violence becomes such an everyday
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Issues Affecting Teens Good Morning/afternoon Miss Blanch and class‚ I’m going to be talking about teen violence and factors that can trigger it. I select this issue as I think it’s an issue worth talking about because teen violence is the worst especially when it causes injury or even death. This issues is not expressed in The Formal but it is still a very important to talk about‚ many Australian teens have experienced violence either with friends or at parties where alcohol and/or drugs is consumed
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Over time‚ there seems to have been a progressive convergence of mental illness and violence in day-to-day clinical practice. From early declarations disavowing the competence of mental health professionals to predict violence‚ there has been a growing willingness on the part of many mental health professionals to predict and manage violent behaviour. With the advent of actuarial risk assessment tools‚ violence risk assessments are increasingly promoted as core mental health skills: expected of mental
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