What is it? School violence is someone harms or threatens to harm a person’s body‚ feelings‚ or possessions while in school. As defined in the Oxford Dictionary‚ School Violence is a subset of students or teachers violence‚ physical force exerted for the purpose of violating‚ damaging‚ or abusing‚ the act or an instance of violent action or behavior at school‚ abuse or injury to meaning‚ content‚ or intent‚ vehemence of feeling or expression. It is said that school violence needs to be a concern
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statement‚ it is stated the school will provide a safe environment for all children; yet‚ every day on the news‚ there are stories in which a teenager commits suicide or a teenager has inflicted pain on another student. Most of these stories stem from one common denominator: the student had been a victim of violence in schools. In recent years‚ it seems these types of news stories have been on the rise and brought to many people’s attention. When a student enters a school building‚ it should be a safe
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GUN CONTROL & GUN VIOLENCE in CHILDREN To start my essay off‚ I have an unusual story that is true. My mom knew a girl when she was little. The girl was around the age of 2-4 years old. She got a hold of the gun her family had in the home and shot her older sibling. Then when she was in the eighth grade‚ her little brother got a hold of the same gun that her family had and killed her. It proves my point on why children should not have guns and children in the home
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A Child’s First Toy an AR-15: An Analysis on Gun Violence Remember the mass shooting where two young boys opened fire at Columbine High School killing a dozen young students and injuring twenty-four before taking their own lives? Or the massacre in Jonesboro‚ Arkansas when two middle school students opened fire killing five students and injuring ten? Or the mass shooting at Virginia Tech or Sandy Hook elementary school the list goes on. We see mass shootings happen yearly. In 2015‚ there were reported
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Youth and Guns: Violence in America Gun violence in the United States has become an epidemic. From the Civil War to the present‚ 567‚000 Americans have died in combat; but since 1920‚ over 1 million American civilians have been killed by firearms (Children’s Defense Fund‚ p.15). For thousands of teens‚ death from gun violence is the end of the pipeline. In 2007‚ 3‚042 children and teens died from gunfire in the United States—eight every day—as a result of homicide‚ suicide or accidental shootings
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(television‚ radio and newspapers)‚ social marketing (advertisements) and community organizing (community events). Gun violence permeates the news‚ popular television shows‚ movies‚ advertisements as well as the toy industry. Through these media channels children are influenced to use guns and are taught to believe that it is natural to have a gun in the home. In an effort to decrease gun violence it is the intention of the writer to implement a community health intervention program combining the media
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On an unseasonably cold March morning in 1993‚ high school sophomore Edward Gillom exited his first period classroom and made his way through the crowded hallways of Harlem High School. After engaging in a heated argument‚ allegedly over a girl‚ with Ronricas “Pony” Gibson and Ricoh Lee‚ Gillom pulled out a .38-caliber gun and opened fire. Gillom’s shots fatally wounded Gibson and left Lee with a non-fatal gunshot wound to the neck (Washington Ceasefire‚ 2011 pg 1). The shooting in Harlem‚ Georgia
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Have you ever thought why were gun violence was created? Did you know so far this year police officers have taken away 5‚900 guns in the city of chicago.Gun-related homicide is most prevalent among gangs and during the commission of felony crimes. In July 2013‚ Illinois passed a law that permits concealed carrying of handguns‚ making it the last state in the U.S. to allow concealed carry.Gun violence poses a serious threat to U.S. teens and their communities. Many young people are surrounded by
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Ariana Fisher‚ a pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. As a caregiver to children in the state of Ohio‚ I am writing you today to speak to you about a very important topic: gun violence. As a constituent and young pediatrician‚ I have already seen the monumental toll gun violence takes upon children. As a teenager‚ I lost my friend‚ Amanda‚ in a domestic homicide-suicide. As a medical student‚ I witnessed the autopsy of a young man who was shot four times by a 16-year-old.
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backpack? A gun. The ultimate solution to gun violence is more guns‚ isn’t that obvious? We are in the need of guns everywhere‚ to the point where our nation needs armed guards in every school. They say that the more guns we have would not cause gun violence‚ in fact it does the complete opposite and solve gun violence. After the tragic school killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School‚ in Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ where 20 children and 6 adult staff members were fatally shot. The number of school shootings
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