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- 281: Crime
- ... against the person or against the property, according to the case. Robbery may involve simply taking property from another person. But a personal encounter occurs between the robber and his victim, and it may include violence and bodily harm, especially in muggings or other strong- arm robberies. Robbery is probably the crime most people have in mind when they speak of crime in the streets . Crimes against public order or morality ... prevent fraudulent trade practices, and to alert people seeking loans about actual interest costs. Crime is one of the world's oldest social problems. Almost every generation has felt itself threatened by increasing crime and violence. However, no country has yet developed completely reliable methods for measuring the volume and trend of crime. The FBI serves as the main source of information about crime and violence in the United States. The FBI has maintained national crime statistics for nearly 70 years. the FBI receives monthly and annual crime reports from the law enforcement agencies throughout the country which is later ...
- 282: Politics Of Western Europe: Bl
- ... national identity has caused ethnic hatred. A terror so strong and historically persistent, it has driven people to a desperate state to do anything. This is a large contributor to the reasons for the extreme violence present there today. The author states, "A Croat, thus, is someone who is not a Serb. A Serb is someone who is not a Croat." This quotation profoundly expresses the short-sighted mentality present in ... issue is important. Nationalism presents itself as a phenomenon. The questions of why people need to retain a cultural identity and the way they go about preserving it is still unanswerable. Evermore unfathomable is the violence permeated through nationalistic expressions, which are "necessary" by the parties involved. The very existence of the enigma created by nationalism dictates the need to explore the subject in more depth. The situations in the book ... traveling and experiences did not change that at all. He notes the importance of "liberal virtues - tolerance, compromise, reason," but concludes in an observation about how these virtues are opposing human nature. Ignatieff addresses the violence factor that surrounds nationalism like a plague, concluding that, nationalist rhetoric is an excuse to commit acts of violence. He observed that most of the violence is performed by young men between the ages ...
- 283: Gun Control
- ... right of free speech, and most importantly, the right too keep and bear arms in order to protect their families, gather food, and preserve their rights, from all threats. However, in these times of increased violence with guns and wild over population, is keeping guns available too dangerous to be continued? If so, how can we justify taking away one of the most basic and sacred rights that has been held ... this: During the 1960s and 1970s the robbery rate in the United States increased sixfold, and the murder rate doubled; the rate of handgun ownership nearly doubled in that period as well. Handguns and criminal violence grew together apace, and national opinion leaders did not fail to remark on that coincidence. It has now become the battle cry of the anti-gun lobbyist that increased gun ownership goes hand in hand with increased violence. This is however not true. Again, over population, disrespect, and greed are the main contributors to increased violence in today's society. Everyone knows that possessing a handgun makes it easier to intimidate, wound, ...
- 284: Abuse of Power within A Clockwork Orange
- ... did the strong-man on the devotchka, who was still creeching away . . . in very horrorshow groodies"(22). This proves that he feels he must display his power through his abuse of choice. His love for violence symbolises his abuse of power as an evil trait, but his love for music symbolises his human side. In the end of the story Alex decides that he is ready to become a man. During ... good and evil, no matter what decision, is the power within Man. Using the characterization of Alex, it effectively illustrates how the element of choice is linked to the power within man. The author uses violence to represent the abuse of power when the right of free will is controlled. Alex believes that his decision towards evil proves his freedom of choice; subsequently it also proves his abuse of the power ... described are graphic and are intended to shock the reader. They also show that the suppression of others is wrong, because it is destructive to the natural rights of man. He consistently chooses evil and violence to show his power of choice, "And now I was ready for a bit of twenty-to-one . . . then I cracked this veck"(7). Alex beats, rapes, robs and pillages the weak and innocent ...
- 285: The Influence Rock And Rap Music Has On Young People
- ... Rock and Rap Music", I was opened up to new ideas which previously had not occurred to me. When people are reading and listening to lyrics or going to concerts they are exposed to sex, violence, and drugs which have a negative influence that plague the music world. The lyrics and beat of many songs we hear again influence our children. Lyrics like "I want to fuck you like an animal ... record companies putting warning labels and laws that prevent children under the age of 18 from buying them. Also police need to enforce these laws. Owners of record stores need to voluntarily support this censorship. Violence is also out of control in rock and rap music. Concerts in these categories of music are full of violent fights. People are being shot, stabbed, punched, or kicked because music artists are influencing the ... Mosh pits, which are groups of people pushing and jumping around and into each other, take place at concerts. These cause people to fall and get kicked or stepped on and/or even knocked unconscious. Violence goes beyond the concert atmosphere; it's just a small percentage of it. We have rock and rap encouraging street violence. For example, "NWA consists of five LA rappers whose controversial lyrics including topics ...
- 286: Gangs
- Gangs Abi Jordan Being that the closest that I have ever come to gangs or gangs violence is in television of movies, this topic intrigued me. What makes a person want to become part of something that is so violent and dangerous? Why would someone risk everything to put their lives on ... gangs, I found out a lot about how this children's' though process works. They believe that the gang members are their family; to them it is not seen as the sinister organization of careless violence as it is to us "normal" Americans. To them the gang is their family. Children are joining gangs at younger ages; our current juvenile justice system is no longer adequate for today's hardened young ... to recent studies in demographics the problem is not going away. This problem if ignored is going to lead to the decay of our society. In many of the articles that I read about gang violence they warned of the impending youth crime crisis. Youth violent crime has been rising dramatically for more than a decade. An upward surge in youthful perpetrators of violence is complemented by an unprecedented growth ...
- 287: Csis
- ... 1960's provided new challenges for the RCMP which had created a new section to deal with security intelligence issues. This section became known as the RCMP Security Service. These new challenges included domestic political violence in the form of the Front de liberation (FLQ) in Quebec. The FLQ used bombings, kidnappings and assassination to try and achieve their political objectives. Other issues such as the deployment of nuclear weapons on ... which are directed, controlled or financed by a foreign state, organization or their agents. As an example, a foreign government or group who interferes with the affairs of an ethnic community in Canada. c) Political Violence and Terrorism: Political violence and terrorism are activities that use the threat or use of acts of serious violence which could compel the Canadian government to act in a certain way. Serious violence involves acts that cause grave ...
- 288: The Incident At Columbine And The Media's Effect On Children
- ... s Effect On Children As our children return to the nation's schools over the next few weeks, I am increasingly concerned that some in the media may exaggerate or overdramatize the issue of school violence at the expense of the best interests of students, teachers and parents. Columbine High School, which had to endure its own searing moment of national attention several months ago, is already under a new media ... the media have every right to report on what schools are doing and not doing to safeguard their students. I believe, however, that the media have to provide balance and perspective and put stories about violence in schools in context. Last year, close to 53 million young people went to our nation's schools each day. Tragically there are many homicides that occur among our youth, but less than one percent of all homicides among school-age children (ages 5 to 19) occur in or around our schools. New data indicate that violence among young people is on a downward trend and that the number of students being expelled from school for carrying a firearm decreased by one-third from the 1996-1997 to 1997-1998 school ...
- 289: Talk Shows and Their Social Value
- ... Raphael successfully use sensationalized ideas to attract viewers, but at the same time they have demoralized the human race. Jerry Springers talk show is known nation wide for its popular attraction to the public. Violence and moral issues are the primary focus incorporated in drawing its viewers. Springer episodes provoke their guests to exaggerate their emotions to draw attention, including physical assault. In the attempt to obtain a higher status among the television world, Springer fails to incorporate the positive morality in todays society. The appeal of the public favors violence on television. There are presently many issues questioning the relation between violence on television and the violence that exists today in America. On Sally Jessy Raphaels talk show, she uses a similar approach to attract the attention of her television watchers. Her main focus is ...
- 290: Uniforms Will Make Schools a Better Place
- Uniforms Will Make Schools a Better Place Nine out of ten teachers think that uniforms will end up saving schools from all the violence that is taking place there these days. Due to such violence acts such as the Columbine School shootings, schools have been forcing themselves to make their students wear uniforms. Many have said that it will cause less violence, help the students stay on task more, and eliminate certain clothes that are inspired by gangs and groups such as that. However, many students disagree with the uniforms and say that it is a ...
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