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- 551: Charles Dickens Great Expectat
- ... brother-in-law Joe Gargery, and the strict rule of his sister Mrs. Joe. Dickens completely disassociates the world of Joe from the world of Mrs Joe, each having an adverse effect on the young child, Pip. The home is the world of Mrs. Joe, where Pip is 'raised by hand'. Home life was not a pleasant environment with Mrs. Joe constantly 'on the rampage' chasing after Pip with a stick of cane nicknamed 'Tickler'. For the majority of his childhood, Pip was constantly subjected to an array of verbal and sometimes physical abuse, that was quite common in bringing up a child during Dickensian times. However the endless reminders that he was a burden upon his sister and should be thankful that she has wasted her time on him, caused Pip to believe that he was ...
- 552: Should Gambling Be Legalized?
- ... who get hit by the cars of gamblers. Many problem gamblers have driven themselves so far into debt that they do not have any auto insurance to pay for the damage that they have done. Child abuse and neglect are high among the crimes that compulsive gamblers commit. While parents are in the casinos, their children are in the car parked outside. With numerous gamblers turning to alcohol to try to ease their pain, the number of child abuse cases goes upas well. There are many economic costs of compulsive gamblers as well. By combining costs produced by problem gamblers such as fraud, embezzlement, unpaid debts, bankruptcies, and increases in criminal justice ...
- 553: Being The One Who Cares: A Good Teacher
- ... students choose not to participate in the prayer or quiet time, alternatives should be offered to them. Reading may help the others to be quiet while those who choose to participate do so. If a child chooses not to participate, it should not become an issue between the student and the class or the student and the teacher. No student should ever be held up to ridicule. The teacher should try ... about the religion from the student. If the students learn acceptance of difference as children, they will be more acceptable as adults. This issue may be difficult for all to accept, and even if one child feels uncomfortable with it - it should not be forced upon them. I feel that if religion was in our classroom, then the subject of sex would not be a difficult subject to talk about. In ... they are going to provide the best entrusting that they are capable of giving. This means the teachers need to take the time to get to know every student in their class. Tenure cannot prevent abuse of either the system or of the student. It is abuse of the system when the teacher hides behind tenure. Abuse of the students occurs when he or she does not receive the very ...
- 554: Nike Company Profile
- ... Lanka, Taiwan and Thailand). FOOTWEAR % of production China 40 Indonesia 30 Vietnam 12 Thailand 11 As more fully explored in section II, this point is a key one because Nike has been accused of using child labor and abusing human rights in Asia. Nike's athletic footwear products are designed primarily for specific athletic use, although a large percentage of the products are worn for casual or leisure purposes. Running, basketball ... protect labor and environment. As many other multinationals, Nike opened many plants in Asia. But, Nike 's image was tarnished in the past when it received negative press coverage for conditions in its factories overseas (child labor). Its growth required intolerable abuse of the natural world and human being. Since that time, the company has begun an aggressive campaign. Nike wants to reduce its environmental impact on the planet and work towards becoming a sustainable business. ...
- 555: Juvenile Crime
- ... household. Research has found that 53% of these children are more likely to be arrested, and 38% more likely to commit a violent crime as an adult, then their counterparts who did not suffer such abuse. The symptoms of child abuse are high levels of aggression and antisocial behavior and these children are twice as likely to become juvenile offenders. Also improper parental care has been linked to delinquency such as mothers who drink alcohol ...
- 556: Reasons for Juvenile Crime
- ... household. Research has found that 53% of these children are more likely to be arrested, and 38% more likely to commit a violent crime as an adult, then their counterparts who did not suffer such abuse. The symptoms of child abuse are high levels of aggression and antisocial behavior and these children are twice as likely to become juvenile offenders. Also improper parental care has been linked to delinquency such as mothers who drink alcohol ...
- 557: Teenagers
- ... to sexual advances. These advances can be so upsetting it may cause them to feel ashamed of their bodies, fear becoming a woman, and they may try to make their bodies go back to a child like appearance through starvation. Teenagers are under a lot of pressure to succeed and fit in. Many spend a lot of time worrying about what others think and they desperately try to conform to society ... control to try and look like their idols. The family environment can also play a big role in a teenager developing an eating disorder. If they are in a family where emotional, physical or sexual abuse is taking place, they may develop an eating disorder to gain a sense of control, to block out painful feelings and emotions, or as a way to punish themselves, especially if they blame themselves for the abuse. The parents may be going through a divorce and be too caught up in their own lives and neglect the child, which could cause them to turn to food for comfort. There may be ...
- 558: Serial Killing: Is It An Addiction?
- ... killers psyche, and studies show that they require more thrills than normal people (Holmes and De Burger, 1988). Just like young children, they must constantly be in search of new entertainment, and like the young child they show little ability to restrain the occurrence or the nature of their behavior. The difficulty in controlling their own behavior is not dissimilar to the findings of Edwards and Tarter (1988) regarding potential alcoholics. An inherent sadistic nature is yet another part of the serial killer, along with a fascination for violence, injury and torture (Geberth, 1992). While the young child may pull the legs off of a grasshopper for entertainment, the serial killer enjoys doing or fantasizing about doing such things to fellow humans. The classic feature of the psychopath (and thus the serial killer ... fail to develop in the ASPD afflicted individual. There are similarities and common vulnerability factors between ASPD and other psychological disorders. The cluster of disorders, with the exception of ASPD, includes borderline personality, hysteria, drug abuse, gambling, alcoholism, and bulimia (Tarter and Edwards, 1988). Bundy's feelings of insecurity are nothing new to an addicted individual, and have correlated with a near-predisposition to addiction (Tarter and Edwards, 1988). His ...
- 559: The Lottery
- ... other gambling addiction. According to Dr. James C. Dobson gambling destroys lives of not just the gambler but also the family of the gambler. He has also found a direct relation between gambling and divorce, child abuse, domestic violence, bankruptcy, crime, and suicide. (Dobson 2)Dobson has also found that gambling can be dangerous to the youth of America. According to Dobson youth is interested in exciting and risky behavior. As of ... of a lottery their private problem soon becomes public concern. When you count in all the domestic violence and the increase divorce rates the amount of law enforcement is drastically increased. When you discover that child abuse is more likely in the home of a gambler you also realize the extra social service needed to help that child. Crime is increased in the homes where gambling is present. That means ...
- 560: Internet Pornography: Freedom of Press or Dangerous Influence?
- ... children will happen across pornography, but as Burton writes in his paper, the odds of someone not looking pornography and finding it are "worse than 70,000:1" (Holderness in Burton 2). Even if a child were to accidentally find an adult site, he or she would most likely see a "cover page" (See Figure 1). These cover pages, found on approximately 70% of adult sites, all have a lot of ... a total of 14,000 Usernet discussion groups (a place where messages are posted about specific topics), only 200 of them are sexually related. Furthermore, approximately half are related to serious sexual topics, such as abuse or rape recovery groups. Akdeniz also makes the point that "[t]he Internet is a complex, anarchich, and multi-national environment where old concepts of regulation...may not be easily applicable..." (15). This makes a ... nudity, hard-core sex acts, anal sex, bestiality &dominion, sado- masochism (including actual torture and mutilation, usually of women, for sexual pleasure), scatological acts (defecating and urinating, usually on women, for sexual pleasure), fetishes, and child pornography. Additionally there is textual pornography including detailed stories of rape, mutilation, torture of women, sexual abuse of children, graphic incest, etc ("Computer" 1) In addition to categorizing pornography, the FRC goes on to ...
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