The problem of violence in schools The problem of violence in schools today is a major concern. ... The problem is more defined in the public school system than in catholic schools. ... Most catholic schools have less tolerance than they do in public schools. ... Also one in ten schools reported at least one serious violent crime during this school year. Ten percent of all public schools had experienced one or more serious violent crimes (e.g. murder, rape, suicide, sexual battery, and physical attack of fighting with a weapon or robbery) reported to police or other law enforcement durin...

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Violence within schools has become a big problem in today's society. ... Since schools have gotten metal detectors and scanners, they have cut down the rate of having handguns in schools by nearly 58%. ... Even if the schools with all the gun violence in their schools do put in metal detectors at the front entrances of schools, there are many ways kids can sneak in weapons to school. ... This law won't help very much because of the fact that students sneak in weapons through bathroom windows, or an unguarded entrance during recess. ... Security has become a big part of schools today...

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I don't think this is fair at all because I think they should make laws that suits the whole U.S., and not make different laws in different states. ... Another reason why different laws on different states are bad is that tourists don't know the gun laws in that area and they would probably think it is the same as the state that they live in. ... So I think that if the government would want to make laws about gun control the laws should be the same everywhere and not have different laws in different places. ... For example, about 186,000 teenagers carry guns to school for protect...

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This tells us that we need stricter gun control policies by law and in the home. The government needs to make stricter laws about buying and selling guns. ... Recent suburban and rural school shootings are atypical. ... The more services a school offers the higher success rate. ... If children realize the benefit of police, they will probably be more respectful of them and laws in the future. ...

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A handgun carried concealed is a great way to offer that protection What gun control advocates can't perceive is that gun control laws are aimed at the legal buying and selling of guns. ... All the gun control laws are not about preventing crime. Law abiding citizens who are armed will prevent crime. ... Those favoring gun control laws claim that such laws would keep more guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals in an increasingly violent world. ... "Gun control laws might be accurately called victim disarmament laws...

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Although I have had no experience with guns, I believe we would benefit from stricter gun laws or even banning them completely. ... Yes, in 1995 guns did kill 35,957 people in American streets, homes, businesses, and schools. ... Gun advocates say, after the law was passed, Florida's crime rate decreased. ... For example, most instances of school violence in which students have carefully planned and carried out mass shootings the students often exhibit similar traits. ... If people pay attention to these signs and act on them, school tragedies can be avoided. ...

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From the horrible incident that occurred at Columbine High School in Colorado, to the everyday incidents of youth violence, it is apparent that the problem of teen violence is definitely growing and not shrinking at all. ... (Time Magazine) The media bombardment that teens are faced with in society distorts the laws of reality, and as one sociologist puts it: "adolescents show little if any concern for the physical injury or harm inflicted for their victims." ... You see them on their way to school with books in one hand and an ice cream cone in another, and you would never know it" (Ohio poli...

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The most significant causes of violence mentioned by Goldstein are domestic abuse, lack of parental involvement, school bullying and television. ... One of the biggest factors for the cause of violence is school bullying. School bullying has been going on for decades and people think of it as a natural part of growing up. ... According to Goldstein, research shows that elementary school bullies are very likely to grow into antisocial adults with few friends, poor marriages, and trouble with the law. ... The only way for us to have the right to live in a safe environment is to have more parenta...

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Assault weapons are designed primarily for military or law enforcement use. ... These illegal dealers are one of the main sources for guns carried by kids, and they contribute to a good portion of the guns in schools. ... Tightening gun laws will keep guns in the hands of proper individuals by making it harder for unqualified people to obtain them. The Schumer-Bradley Bill is a prime example of proposed laws that will reduce the number of illegal firearms on the street. ... The Brady Law is another bill that will allow only a qualified person to purchase a handgun. ...

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Under current British law, a parent has the right to use "reasonable punishment" but six other European countries; Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Austria and Cyprus have banned all types of physical punishment. ... They believe that the disrespect and overconfidence in today's younger generations is a result of smacking becoming illegal in schools. ... In my opinion this debate will not be solved for a long time but smacking should stay legal because I believe that in today's society, youths are arrogant and pigheaded whereas when smacking was legal in schools, children were more ...

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In general children living in these conditions often start to do poorly at school. ... As a result of the move the children are forced to start attending a new school, and end up loosing their friends. ... Recently the law has been changed, it is now easier to get an injunction against abuse and harassment (Mathews, Martha 1). ... The next step is to insure some contact arrangements and school, for the children. ... If the children show that they are having a difficult time in school, extra help from their teachers can help. ...

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Also children spend more than 900 hours in a school year, but many will watch over 1000 hours of television in the same year. ... Cultivation theorists distinguish between "first order" effects (general beliefs about the everyday world, such as about the prevalence of violence) and "second order" effects (specific attitudes, such as to law and order or to personal safety). ... After a long day of work or school many people find themselves sitting in front of the television because one can watch without having to process the images stemming from it. ...

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In most cases the law is pretty blunt on who is to be held accountable for their actions in situations. ... Games are not the reason people break the law, and should not be the grounds of a defense. ... Ferguson; the second being in an article "Sandy Hook Shooting: Video Games Blamed, Again" Where violent video games are allegedly responsible for the actions of a random fatal shooting in a school. ... Now it may take a while for the law, being a living embodiment of due process, to catch up and adapt to the psychological effects that games have and whether or not they can be used as a d...

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Rodney laughed hysterically when seeing the report on a lunatic who had shot up a school in Arkansas. ... They said to themselves, "This school is too crowded with jocks and other losers, let's kill them all." ... wait three seconds, and fire away with your trusty 12 gauge shotgun; so they look like grammar school students, so what? ... The legalization of loaded firearms, even more graphic television shows and movies, along with the removal of domestic violence laws would help Americans be more aggressive offensively and defensively. ...

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Whole schools are taken over, destroyed or mined. ... Soldiers older than them abuse these kids because they know no one or no law are going to stop them. ... Nicaragua, Mozambique and Afghanistan are just some of the countries that have no laws against children recruitments and even their governments doesn't oppose. ...

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General Purpose: To discuss, and define corporal punishment. Is corporal punishment an effective way of discipline? Or does it simply teach children to be violent, and to harbor feelings of resentment. Specific purpose: To inform the audience about corporal punishment, the effects and affects of ...

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A study was found that 270,000 guns accompany secondary school students to class daily. ... The problem ahead now is getting the court to enforce the laws and use the centers available to help out these problem juveniles. ...

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The one thing that everybody agrees with concerning domestic violence, is all entities involved (mental health, law enforcement, court system, and probation) must work together to have a realistic goal of preventing this deviant behavior. Education programs similar to D.A.R.E. should be taught to school age children to stop patterns of abuse from being passed on from generation to generation. ...

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Bob laughed hysterically when he heard the report on a lunatic spraying bullets at a school in Arkansas. ... They said to themselves, "This school is too crowded with jocks and other losers, let's kill them all." ... The legalization of loaded firearms, even more graphic TV shows and movies, and the removal of domestic violence laws would help American to be more aggressive offensively and defensively. ...

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Not only in EEUU, but in England and Spain people are very concerned with murders in communities and even in the schools. ... It could be argued that some of the most famous murderers have been well bred children who didn't lack comfort and care, that is the case of the "katana's murder" in Murcia who killed his parents and sister or the students at Columbine High School. ... Long before Jonesboro, the governors of California and New Mexico appealed in the name of victims for juvenile crime for laws to lower their state's execution ages to 14 and 13 respectively. ...

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If our children are hyper and receive low grades in school, we pump them full of amphetamines like ridilin and aderol. ... Pennsylvanian doctors are making a mass exodus to states with more lenient laws concerning malpractice. ...

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In various guises, a search for redemption is a common feature of many of the protagonists in Scorsese's films. J.R. (Who's That Knocking at My Door, 1969), Charlie (Mean Streets, 1973), Travis (Taxi Driver, 1975), Christ (The Last Temptation of Christ, 1988), Henry (GoodFellas, 1990), Sam Bowden (Cape Fear, 1991), Sam Rothstein (Casino, 1995), Frank (Bringing Out the Dead, 1999), Amsterdam (Gangs of New York, 2002) or Teddy (Shutter Island, 2010) are just some of the characters in Scorsese's filmography whose stories of redemption constitute the central conflict of their respec...

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