Our streets have become a battleground where teenage gangsters shoot it out for territorial turf to sell their drugs and innocent children are caught daily in the crossfire of drive by shootings. American's can't keep ignoring the damage that these criminals are doing to our society, and must take action to stop these horrors we are surrounded by daily. ... I believe that it should read, "Only responsible adults who meet the requirements may posses guns" but instead it means once you are born you can purchase a gun and take anyone's life. ... No one has the right to take a li...

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Through their actions, one can observe how a person's ability or inability to overcome the travesties around them plays a role in the quality of his or her life. ... This decision, a result of his own unwillingness to change, ironically is the decision that changes his life. ... His inability to adjust to life with his new siblings, and then to his life as a drug dealer and gang member along with his inability to bounce back from set-backs leads Terrence to a courthouse, and, inevitably, jail. ... Until the unfortunate shooting incident that ended his life, Craig was successful i...

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More and more kids are growing up exposed daily to violence on television and their own neighborhoods and with a lack of moral or religious teachings ( ). ... Kids of today have less respect or no regard for human life. Children do not understand how precious life is and how wrong it is to take a life. ... The streets can be a dangerous place for a young person to learn the lessons of life....

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The witnessing of daily acts of violence is now taking a toll on the youth of today. ... Undoubtedly, this makes the media one of the most influential forces in a children's life because of the time spent in front of the screen. ... The fact is children learn more about life through television than any other source. An additional negative effect of media violence is the probability of the children becoming more aggressive later in life. ...

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The way in which Winston went about his daily life, in its self showed he thought he was going to get caught. The restricted places he went to, the conversations with proles about the past and hiding from the telescreens shows his knowing of future capture, He enjoys life the he wants because he knows in the end he is going to get picked up and arrested. ...

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Trends in our daily trials and tribulations, affect how a youth will choose to live his or her own life, whether or not they choose what is right or wrong, or stray from the path of being a model citizen. ...

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I would rather be in jail where I could get three meals a day for free, then have to steal for my food on a daily basis. ... If I had ever seen anyone walking around with a nub for a hand, I would never steal a thing in my life! ...

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Crimes of this sort are committed daily in communities across the country. ... Making the assailants fearful of losing jobs, as well as giving into the belief that life, as they know it is forever ruined. ...

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It is not ones duty to save the life of another unless one chose to volunteer to take on the responsibility to do so, as a lifeguard does on contracting to save lives at a swimming pool. No woman should be forced to give up her life, health or family security to save the life of a fetus that is threatening her well-being. ... Even less, should the act of rape be regarded as a guarantee, to a resulting fetus, or the right to life? ... Although the issue still rises about whether abortions are safe or moral, women should have the choice on whether or not they choose to have a child or wait for a...

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Life as a prisoner will be very miserable and they will not tend to repeat the mistake again. ... As a prove, Park Jae Sang also known as ganggam style was a drug addict (smoke marijuana) and was sent to prison for many years, yet he did not repeat his mistakes again, perhaps he changed his life to be a better person and role model to many (London 10 25, 2012). ... If a murderer is still roaming in the neighbourhood, nobody will go out from their house and their daily activity is limited because of their fear. ...

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It seems that the gang related acts of violence reported on the news daily are getting more brutal now than ever. ... The friendships and the excitement of gang life, has caused a spike in gang membership in the United States. ... We need to target at risk juveniles before they get involved with the gang life. ...

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Juvenile Delinquency Guilty or Not Guilty, this phrase is heard in courtrooms across the country on a daily basis. ... The delinquent behavior typically derives from the home and school life of the youth. ... The anger and frustration of low-income youth separate them from the "good life" shown in the mass media. ...

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An inmate who has grown old in prison is the least volatile in daily interactions. ... Our courts starting to use consecutive lengthy sentences, long mandatory minimum sentences and life without parole (Clear & Cole, 2000). ...

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Almost every week, it feels as if another man dies at the hands of the police. Many think police brutality has overcome the nation of America. Left and right, there is coverage shown of a shooting that killed another citizen. Statistically, the number of deaths caused by the police skyrocketed in th...

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Introduction In criminal law, rape is defined as sexual assault on a person without the consent of the victim. People often hear of cases of domestic violence, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse without ultimately realizing the meaning behind it. Rape is a crime of violence and aggression that can ul...

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Have you ever thought about how your children's and grandchildren's life will be in the future? ... In our daily life we do a lot of activities as a part of our living; we work to earn money, go to schools to improve our education, consume natural resources for nutrition, manufacture stuffs from different materials to use, use chemicals to keep things around us clean, and meet new people and debate with them to socialize. ... One way to ensure greater life for the upcoming descendants is to preserving every element in our surroundings for them. ... Attempting to eliminate poverty aro...

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The average American child watches 3-4 hours of television daily and the average American teenager listens to 10,500 hours of music during the span of 7th and 12th grade. ... Hundreds of studies and surveys have found time and time again the connection with media and real-life violence. In the 1990's, polls showed a 50% increase in people's belief that media violence contributes to real-life violence. ... Glamorizing of users of violence also stimulates real-life violence, making it seem an acceptable way of behavior. ... The more television they watch, the more they believe life to ...

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I found that there are many newspaper articles and journals discussing this topic, as it is a major issue that many urban and suburban areas are dealing with daily. ... Another factor might be that the gang members arrested in the early 1990's might be getting out of jail and going back to the life of violence. ... Families have left big cities like Los Angeles and relocated to the southwest for many reasons, ranging from the stalled California economy to hope for a better life for children away from gangs. ...

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These programs help promote re-integration of offenders into society and address life skills from a spiritual perspective (Gingerich, 1). ... Once the program is complete, 400 religious inmates will live separately from other prisoners and spend their days immersed in religious services and study, specialized counseling and a mandatory daily devotional period (Chachere, 1). ... Stability in life comes from positive, in-depth, long-term relationships (Gingerich, 1). ...

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On "Oz", inmates kill other inmates daily, with the help of correctional officers. ... One can predict that a prisoner held for two, four, eight or ten years, then released, still with no education or vocational skills will likely return to a life of crime. Often their life in crime will start again in weeks after their release. ...

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The rate of employment in the society increases daily and one of the major causes is attrition. ... Various skills and knowledge are learned in college and can be applied in everyday life activities, these skills learnt are important because they are necessary for job acquisition. ...

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Juan Gonzalez a reporter for the New York Daily News wrote about an incident that involved two Latinos and members of the New York police force. ... Bringing up these two problems about how minorities are mistreated by the system and how the government hides things from us is just the way life is but I know most of us would like that to change. ...

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"The Reality of the Prison Walls; Fair or Unfair?" The story "Past Present" by Jimmy Santiago Baca is a story of the prison system and the unfairness that he had seen during his time in there. The prison system to him is considered "unjustified". They have caused him to become a person that he d...

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If the average heroin user spends seventy to one hundred and forty dollars daily that can lead to four hundred and ninety dollars to nine hundred and eight dollars a week being spent on drugs, which is equivalent to over forty thousand dollars being spent annually, on top of the cost of living. ... With that being said many rehabilitation centers should be at a comfortable luxury for anyone seeking help with an addiction or a new way of life....

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This action may eliminate much of the criminal activity that occurs daily within the housing areas. ... With improvement to the quality of life the military will benefit both physically and financially....

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