Some children during recess time would come to me, especially girls, just to talk with me over some of their happiest moments and sometimes even tell me what they dislike in school or with their parents. ... There is a social issue in which is very important to me is teenage pregnancy. ... Teenage girls getting pregnant to some nations it is just a contemporary social issue, but to me it is a very big issue. ... Abortion to me is an act of selfishness and immaturity because you are basically murdering a human being and that you are not taking responsibility when you have caused a problem. ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Juvenile crime rates are at worrisome high in the world today. ... While these arguments have merit, I have found sufficient evidence to lead me to the following conclusion, that the capital punishment laws should be changed to exclude minors, in all states. ... In his essay and graphs, Johansen points out that the homicide rate drops steadily during the years when executions are on the rise and rates rise sharply when executions are brought to a halt or held to very low number. ... The average murder rates among death penalty states were 8.0, and the average among non-death penalty states...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through research and analysis, it has come to my attention when reading an article from the American Journal of Public Health called "The Relationship between Gun Ownership and Stranger and Non-stranger Firearm Homicide Rates in the United States, 1981-2010," that gun ownership should be restricted. ... The main purpose of this argument was to address the readers that if they were to restrict the ability if firearms in a household, would it really increase the rate of homicides in the U.S or if it would save more lives if they didn't restrict gun ownership. ... In addition to th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is in large part due to me being against the "eye for an eye" theory along with some other mitigating factors. ... Doesn't make much sense and seems quite unfair to me. ... However when you look at the research studies that have been done they prove that executions do not lower homicide rates and that it is not a more effective deterrent. ...

• Word Count: 2043
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate