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- 241: Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
- Study on Juvenile Psychopaths What is the "super predator"? He or she are young hypercriminals who are committing acts of violence of unprecedented coldness and brutality. This newest phenomena in the world of crime is perhaps the most dangerous challenge facing society and law enforcement ever. While psychopaths are not new, this breed of super criminal ... of youth criminals is growing up in more extreme conditions of "moral poverty" than the one before it. Mr. Dilulio defines moral poverty as "growing up surrounded by deviant, delinquent, and criminal adults in abusive, violence-ridden, fatherless, Godless, and jobless settings." The "super-predator", as told to a Washington press gathering by DiIulio, is a breed of criminal so dangerous that even the older inmates working their way through life ... is the calm before the crime storm," says Fox. "So long as we fool ourselves in thinking that we're winning the war against crime, we may be blind sided by this bloodbath of teenage violence that is lurking in the future." Nearly all the factors that contribute to youth crime -single-parent households, child abuse, deteriorating inner-city schools - are getting worse. At the same time, government is becoming ...
- 242: Leda And The Swan
- ... In further developing the underlying repercussion theme, the basis of the poem must be analyzed. In Greek Mythology, Zeus disguises himself as a swan in order to lure the pure and sexually ripe Leda into violence. Critical Survey of Poetry, edited by Frank N. Magill, says, In the tale from antiquity, a Spartan Queen, Leda, was so beautiful that Zeus, ruler of the Gods, decided that he must have her. Since ... and violent creature, a contrast that reveals Zeus inner malicious desire. Zeus action is clearly premeditated and deliberate, provoking an even more revolting impression. Furthermore, as William Johnsen says in Yeats and Postmodernism, Zeus s violence proves his divinity and Leda s mortality; his freedom, her bondage (85). Zeus is an almighty God and Leda is an unsuspecting human, an easy target for Zeus heinous ploy. The contradictions inherent in the ... the swan, he had his way with her (346). Leda is innocent and unassuming. Her attacker disguises himself and deceptively targets her. In World Literature Criticism, John Lucas says, Yeats is writing here about the violence of entering history, and about how all, even the most innocent, are caught up in it (4110). Leda is of the utmost innocence, and by not escaping her attacker she creates a major turning ...
- 243: An Analysis of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- ... will be shot. (2) Possibly by giving us this warning Twain admits to the existence of a clear motive, morality, and a strong plot in his masterpiece. Nonetheless, Huckleberry Finn, through examples of hypocrisy, greed, violence, and racism, shows Twain's pessimistic view of society and corruption of the human race as a whole. To understand the pessimism of the book, we must first understand Huck. Huck is a character though ... down the river. Also, Twain himself cuts down the "salvation" of Jim by, in the last chapters, revealing that the entire adventure was useless, that the same ends could have been met by staying home. Violence plays a large role in the unflattering portrayal of man. In the opening chapters we see young Huck joining Tom Sawyer's band of murderers and thieves. "We stop stages and carriages on the road ... that the "gang" never does any physical harm to real people, the fact that this group of youngsters fantasizes about committing acts that were evil even to the most ignorant, shows the acceptance with which violence is perceived by man. When Huck fakes his own murder, he employs a fantastic knowledge of graphic violence. He kills a pig so he can leave a trail of blood, marking the path the ...
- 244: In Dubious Battle
- ... to guide and direct a group determines the outcome of that group’s actions. Those who lead the strikers in the novel In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck manifest the idea that some leaders use violence and the thirst for revenge to augment the spirit of their group. Violence is one tool of which the leaders of the strikers use to give vitality to their group. The leaders feel that the intense nature of violence is what provokes the group most out of the aspects of violence. Mac comments, "Some things I do know, though. A smell of blood seems to steam ‘em up. Let ‘em kill somethin’, even ...
- 245: Black Boy Essay
- ... the tension would always be there and he would never trust a white person enough to let his guard down. Racial prejudice had indefinitely effected Richard’s early life. Racial prejudice often leads to physical violence. Richard’s life was invariably surrounded by racial tension and had often seen as well as experienced the hate violence. When Richard had once worked at a cheap clothing store in Jackson, he had seen the boss and his son drag a poor black women into the back alley and had beat and whipped her ... face must have reflected my shock, for the boss slapped me reassuringly on the back. ‘Boy that’s what we do to niggers when they don’t pay their bills."(Pg. 213) For Richard the violence was just another experience that separated him from the whites and increased the hate tension. Whites were prejudice to keep other people down, to prevent them from bettering themselves, and often time’s violence ...
- 246: What Are Values?
- What Are Values? What are values? Values are a set of beliefs, ideas, and morals. Honesty, respect towards others, and learning to solve problems without resorting to violence are examples of values. Values helps a person determine what is right from what is wrong. Values help to build a person's character and personality. Now a days, many young teenagers are growing up ... not uncommon to hear of teenagers getting into trouble. The decline of values among the American youth is a serious problem. The decline of values among youth have led to an increase in crime and violence, sexual activity, and drug abuse. Today youths are committing more crime and acts of violence more than ever. News stories of kids killing kids and students carrying guns to school are common throughout America. Since 1985, more than 28,500 of America's youth have died from gunshot wounds ...
- 247: The Western Formula
- ... formula holds a strong assumption that men are assertive and women are insignificant. He is standardizing the black and white of the West. There is an unequivocal struggle between good and evil and guns and violence can only solve that. Jane Tompkins standpoint on a Western seems to be a middle ground between Cawelti and Crane. She recognizes that violence is a central theme to a Western, but as well explains how we think of violence. In this day of age, we as a society have prohibited violence as a means of solving problems Crane does not directly follow this in his stories, but definitely questions it. Cawelti on the ...
- 248: Brief Insight Ira Terrorist Or
- ... other, so that membership in the former does not exclude membership in the other and vice versa. Throughout this essay terrorism will be defined as a systematic use of or threat of physical or mental violence against government, publics or individuals to obtain political objectives, without foundation in legally accepted and publicly known courts of law. The definition of freedom fighters used will be a group or person fighting for independence ... with a supportive majority of the people it is fighting for. The purpose of this essay is to try to give a possible interpretation of the IRA and what it is. The history of republican violence reaches back as far as the 18th century, and in the late 19th century republic groups killed the secretary of state for Ireland, and began to dynamite army barracks and public offices in England. The ... soldiers are killed and that's what going to happen». Another reason for using terrorism is that today terrorism's public impact has been magnified by the use of modern means of communications. Death, blood, violence and destruction sell, not only as a news report, but today people are attracted to such as mentioned. So any act of terrorism is guaranteed to attract media coverage , which brings the event into ...
- 249: Treatment And The Sex Offender
- ... the characteristics of the assault as well as of the assailant. There is three main types of rapists, the anger rapist, the power rapist, and the sadistic rapist. The anger rape is associated with gratuitous violence and the intention to hurt, devalue, and express contempt for the victim. This type of assault is typically opportunistic and is usually committed in response to a precipitating stress. The power rape is typically used ... This type of rape has the ritual of torturing the victim and the perception of her suffering and degradation gives the offender erotic pleasure. As the rapists arousal builds, so may his sadistic acts of violence, progressing in some cases to the point of lust murder (US Dept. of Justice, p.3). The Administrator’s Overview, says that just about every incarcerated sex offender in treatment is a rapists or child ... as use of the plethysmograph to measure deviant sexual arousal. The following are important types of information that is used to assess candidates for sex offender treatment programs: 1) Nature of the offense - level of violence; 2) Characteristics of the victim - age, gender. 3) Circumstances of the offense - AOD use, presence of stress, or psychological state such as depression; 4) Criminal history - career criminals and those with antisocial personalities usually ...
- 250: ... with bloody execution, ... Till he unseamed him from the nave to th' chops, And fixed his head upon our battlements (act I, scene, ii, lines 17- 23). In his speech, the Captain describes Macbeth's violence to indicate what a good warrior he is thus showing that he has respect for Macbeth. Once Macbeth became king, he became overpowered with keeping his authority. Macbeth realized that he was being used just ...
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