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- 321: Can Genetics Cause Crime?
- ... a very small number of criminals are responsible for the majority of the violent crime. Sullivan who is now the president of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta wanted to try and address the violence as a public health issue. In an interview after he left office in 1993, Dr. Sullivan explains that his rational for this was that the higher increases in violent crimes and specifically homicide in the ... population in large cities. Which was higher than any other social group in America at this time. Dr. Sullivan then began to organize his department’s research resources under the banner of the so called "Violence Initiative" as he put it. With the predominant thought of looking at unemployment, poverty, the use of drugs and any other factors that might help to contribute to the likelihood of causing violence. Primarily Sullivans’ research was directed towards the psychological and sociological point of view. Sullivan primarily working with the before mentioned points and only worked lightly with the biological aspects, such as race, gender, brain ...
- 322: A Clockwork Orange: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish
- ... audience delves into the evil side of the main character. Great Britain had this film removed from theaters across the country because the government justly illustrated there was a connection between the movie's graphic violence and an increased crime rate. In Clockwork . . . , there are unquestionably violent and graphic actions. Multiple beatings, a rape, and a murder are performed by the lead characters. These crimes are drug induced. Before going out ... the writer and his wife. Alex raped the wife in front of the writer and then started to sing "Sing'n in the Rain" as he pummeled the old man. Alex's final act of violence came at the house of a rich health spa owner. The gang went there with the intent of robbing the place, but the woman who lived there was alert to the scheme and called the ... The most notable copycat crime was in Britain where a woman was raped and beaten by a group of thugs who sang "Sing'n in the Rain" as they carried out their ruthless act of violence. When questioned by police, one of the thugs commented, "I got the idea to beat this b**** from a movie I saw." The movie turned out to be none other than Clockwork.... Stanley Kubrick ...
- 323: Literary Comparison Of A Clock
- ... daily life is dreary. Alex s England is a socialized nightmare. (De Vitis, 106) It is because of this meaningless life that Alex chooses to rebel against his society, committing so many brutal acts of violence that he soon becomes desensitized to the horror he is creating. When questioned by his correctional officer as to why he acts this way, Alex replies badness is of the self, the one, the you ... do because I like to do it. (Burgess, 34) Alex fully Bisson 2 realizes that the controlled society he lives is one that tries to eliminate all individuality. This causes him to act out in violence against authority as a means of expressing himself and retaining his personal freedom. Similarly, the historical setting of Arthur Miller s The Crucible is one of a lifeless and highly conservative community in the small ... arrested and sent to a state jail. While in prison, he is selected to test out a newly designed government rehabilitation technique known as Ludovico Process . The process involves Alex being exposed to scenes of violence and simultaneously results in a drug induced feeling of pain and nausea. Never again will you have the desire to commit acts of violence to offend the states peace. (Burgess, 76) He becomes brainwashed ...
- 324: Racism Today
- ... We ran back up the hill laughing... He should have died... He lost so much blood he turned white. He got what he deserved" (Ridgeway 167.) The skinheads who performed this random act of racial violence in 1990, had no reason to brutally beat their victim other than the fact that he was Mexican (Ridgeway 167). Racism is objectively defined as any practice of ethnic discrimination or segregation. Fortunately, racial violence is steadily declining as the turn of the century approaches. Now a new form of racism, covert racism, has recently sprung from the pressures of political correctness. This new form of racism, although slowly declining ... of racism is allowed in our society because of the First Amendment. Open racism is currently almost nonexistent and steadily declining, because it is considered politically incorrect and socially unacceptable. Violent racism promotes racism through violence, fear, and persuasionary tactics (Leone 49) This form of racism is not protected by the First Amendment because it promotes violence to express its ideas. Unfortunately many violent racial groups claim they do not ...
- 325: A Visit To A Small Planet
- ... understand, or even recognize the morals and love that the people on earth had. Kreton only cared about entertaining himself by causing war and destruction. Because he liked it so much, Kreton could easily recognize violence when it came before him. Kreton thought that the people on Earth loved violence, because he saw them practicing it so much. Morals, and emotions were not understood by Kreton. Kreton did not do what was right, because he did not know of it. He thought the humans liked war, so he thought that was right and went along with it. Besides violence, Kreton liked to talk about how primitive and uncivilized the people on earth were. Kreton showed no respect for the state of civilization of the people on Earth. Again, Kreton showed no sign of ...
- 326: The Brady Bill
- ... possession of guns is strictly restricted by laws. While watching television news reports on the Brady debate, I wondered what was making it so hard for this gun control bill to pass in this gun violence ridden country. In this paper, I will trace the bill's seven year history in Congress, which I hope will reveal how partisan politics played a crucial role in the Brady bill's passage in ... to make sure that guns are not sold to convicted felons or to those who are mentally unstable. Even the proponents of the bill agreed that the effect of the bill on curbing the gun violence might be minimal considering the fact that the majority of guns used for criminal purposes were purchased through illegal dealers. However, the Brady Bill represented the first major gun control legislation passed by Congress for ... 20 years, and it meant a significant victory for gun control advocates in their way toward even stricter gun control legislation in the future. Gun Rights vs. Gun Control The Brady bill, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, was first introduced by Edward F. Feighan (D-OH) in the House of the100th Congress as HR975 on February 4, 1987. The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee, and the debate ...
- 327: New Gun Control Policy is Needed
- New Gun Control Policy is Needed One of the most controversial issues in our society is gun control legislation. Violence associated with guns is increasing every year and something must be done to stop it. Gun legislation varies in every state. In some states gun policy is stricter than in other states. Gun legislation should be abolished in favor of federal gun legislation. To analyze the problem with gun violence today you must understand the gun laws that are in effect. The gun legislation in the United States are mostly based on a state level. One federal law for example, prohibits the manufacture of all ... is a single attacker, and multiple victims, compared to a group of attackers, and (6) there is a single attacker and multiple victims, compared to the reverse situation (Kleck,1991). The death rate with gun violence is somewhat uncertain. About one in seven gunshot wounds known to police result in death. However, this doesn't count all of the injuries not reported to police. This means that the actually rate ...
- 328: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
- ... literary style that suggests that the environment, heredity and the forces of nature, which dictate the destiny and experiences of individuals, make it difficult for individuals to change their morality, social class and the physical violence of their environment to make life ideal; these conventions of naturalism are used by Steven Crane to depict characters’ problems and outcomes. Steven Crane’s naturalistic conventions are best seen through the hardships Maggie endures ... clothes” (11). Here his mother tells Jimmie not to fight to solve his problems, but his father scolds him when he has a problem with Jimmie. Jimmie lives in an environment, his home, where physical violence prevails and in reaction to that he acts in violence anytime he wants to solve a problem. This form of thinking shows that instead of Jimmie not doing what is done to him because he does not like it, he gives in to his ...
- 329: Gangs
- ... but in the short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface, gangs are a direct result of human beings' personal wants and peer pressure. To determine how to effectively end gang violence we must find the way that these morals are given to the individual. Unfortunately, these can only be hypothesized. However, by looking at the way humans are influenced in society, I believe there is good ... gang jobs. Although these are important factors they are not strong enough to make kids do things that are strongly against their morals. One of the ways that kids morals are bent so that gang violence becomes more acceptable is the influence of television and movies. The average child spends more time at a TV than she/he spends in a classroom. Since nobody can completely turn off their minds, kids ... are living. However, to a child this portrays a violent gang existance as acceptable. 'The Ends Justifies the Means' mentality is also taught through many shows where the "goody guy" captures the "bad guy" through violence and is then being commended. A young child sees this a perfectly acceptable because he knows that the "bad guy" was wrong but has no idea of what acceptable apprehension techniques are. Gore in ...
- 330: Racism in Colleges
- ... the way that teens think. The all black schools even resemble the schools of old. They have minimal funding and substandard equipment. They are always in the worst neighborhoods and are filled with drugs and violence. In all white high schools, on the other hand, students are not accustomed to being around blacks. This might be one of the reasons that blacks and whites do not mix well in colleges. In ... them aren't even publicized. When one goes to college one would expect to go there to learn but that is not always the case, as often seen on the news. Although there is widespread violence in college, it does not go unpunished. Many of these beatings and riots that are going on in recent times are broken up by the police before anyone seriously gets hurt. The people who partook in the crimes are usually apprehended and punished for their actions. Some people would say that the offenders are not punished well enough, because there has not been a decline in violence as of late. The court system has done little in improving the life on college campuses. A lot of the cases brought up are simply forgotten about because of "more important matters." It is ...
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