Games, Books and Movies: The Violence Accelerator or Misreported Non-issue? ... Without a doubt, media violence does influence people. However, does media violence influence people to the point of lashing out in violence? ... On the contrary, books and other forms of written literate have displayed the same amount of violence long before any televised violence came about. Large number of certain books contain much more violence and extreme situations than much crimes depicted on television. ...

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Research reports are divided on the causes of school violence. ... School violence is a subset of youth violence, a broader public health problem. ... Youth Violence typically includes persons between the ages of 10 and 24, although pathways to youth violence can begin in early childhood ("School violence," 2009).Violent behavior includes bullying, fighting (e.g., punching, slapping, kicking), weapon use, electronic aggression and gang violence. ... Violence at school often involves the use of weapons. ... Violence is an everyday part of our existence. ...

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Along with that crime rate is also the substantially high violence rate. ... Why is violence becoming and everyday common happening in our society? ... This is an extreme view of the situation, but who is to say that at least part of it is not true? ... This is where the actual violence may begin. ... This is an extreme case, but it is a case. ...

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In America, "anime is often overemphasized for gratuitous violence and sex," sometimes just to sell it. ... A big issue when it comes to censorship is violence. ... Usually violence isn't any worse than what can be seen in TV or in movies, but it can be carried to extremes." ... Also, because of the "cartoons are for kids" mentality, just a small amount of violence sets people off when what they need to understand is that violence happens. ... That's why violence is in the movies. ...

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In the era of modern politics, it takes extreme circumstances for a politician to be so bold pre-trial and especially pre-election. ... The one-sided approach to domestic violence is one of the most prevalent examples of inequality within the feminist movement. ... In some cases, female violence is glorified. ... When jumping from her article praising the video of "...the feminist hero" (Morrissey) Michelle Obama to a story consciously promoting domestic violence, it is implied that these are the standard practices of feminism. ...

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Donna Cohen, in her article "Culture, Social Organization, and Patterns of Violence" shows that in the West (which includes Colorado) and South, where a culture of honor persists, there is a higher rate of argument-related homicide that in other areas of the country (the North). ... Southerners and Westerners support honor-related violence more than Northerners and also react more aggressively when insulted (Cohen 408). In addition, laws in the South and West are more likely to support those who use violence consistent with honor (Cohen 409). ... The more stable communities within these reg...

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Another issue that can be used in describing what it means to be an American is the subject of love and violence. ... One night, Stanley gets really drunk with his friends, and hits Stella (a form of physical violence). ... As an American, everyone encounters violence at some point in their lives, and this play, "A Streetcar Named Desire", gives an example of how one American family coupes with violence. ... I have already mentioned love and violence earlier, using the play "A Streetcar Named Desire", but there are different kinds of love and violence, or in this case, violence for love, in ...

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Many acts of extreme violence happen in response to seemingly trivial incidents and violence almost always has "sense" which means having a social meaning to both the perpetrators and the victims (Ray, 2011). ... Accordingly, most conventional justifications of violence still remain incomplete, they highlight the singularities of violence but they fail at providing a broad framework that incorporates the full range of interpersonal, institutional and structural violence. Some justifications of general violence are connected to theories that state the foundation of violence is within the indivi...

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Many individuals argue that today's generation is more desensitized towards violence than any generation in the past. These same individuals argue that there is a direct correlation between violence expressed outwardly mimicking the violence seen on TV In congressional testimony defending television, CBS president Howard Stringer points toward a different cause of violence. "I come from a country ... that puts a lot of American movies on and has more graphic violence within its live drama on the BBC than anywhere else, and there is a lot less violence in the United Kingdom than th...

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We have a feeling of violence in each story; in almost every story the ending finishes in a violent way; when Felix gets killed by a Japanese bomb, broken necks, car accidents and heart attacks. What those examples shows is that usually in poor environments the violence is more present then in rich and high educated neighborhoods. ... The recent attack on America which took place in New York and Washington on September 11, was accomplished by a group pf people that did not accept the life style of Americans and their values and for those and other reasons they wanted to stop our capitalist s...

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In order to fit in with American society Italian immigrants needed to endure an extreme cultural transition. ... Civilians in Italy used crime and violence to rebel against their own corrupt government system. ... By raising money through threats and violence Capone influenced enough people in order for his man to win. ...

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It is these very issues which sow the seeds of hatred and violence. ... Let us visualize an individual living in total abject poverty somewhere in the plains of Afghanistan or any other strife ridden country, toiling eight to twelve hours a day in extreme conditions; he barely manages to bring home a dollar so that he can secure himself and his family a square meal. ... When people living in these countries have their basic rights to existence revoked, the very principles and notions we in America take for granted, strong emotions in the form of violence hatred and animosity are generated. ...

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I think differently because of how the censorship bureau has taken extreme efforts to ban hip-hop music and the distribution of it. ... Music should be used for entertainment not a scapegoat for the violence that the youth execute. ...

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Therefore, applying capital punishment to ease overcrowding would be an extreme measure to reduce the prison population. ... As a result the criminals might be more likely to commit harsh acts of violence against other people. ...

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By approaching uneasy situations with violence we can assume that the merchants often reacted belligerent and ignorant to those with opinions different than their own. ... Realizing their extreme faith in God, we can start to understand that their social system was strongly based around the word or teachings of the Bible. ...

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This extreme form of exploitation is many times individually justified, as the slave-holders believe they are masters in the world of business and need to tend to those, who are not equipped with business-sense with guidance. ... Job scarcity, poor living conditions that compound crime, violence, and drug abuse issues in these marginalized groups enhance an already problematic situation of basic survival in the American economy. ...

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Overcrowding increases the chance for prison riots, higher chance of prisoner misconduct, psychological problems, changes the prison dynamic, increases prison violence, and is cruel to the prisoners. ... Countless prisoners have died due to extreme wait times. ... Overcrowding has also increased the incidence of infectious disease and has led to rising prison violence and greater violence and greater reliance on lockdowns. ...

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In the past 7 years almost 30 acts of school violence either killing or seriously wounding someone with guns or knifes have taken place in this nation (Cook 45). ... In this paper I will overview many of the acts of violence and the different circumstances they occurred under. ... After reviewing all this research I will come to an informed decision on why I believe this violence has and does occur. ...

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However, Black men are more likely to be victims of police violence, racial hate-crime violence and urban gang violence than any other major ethnic group; it should also be known that homicidal deaths contribute to lowered life expectancy for African American males (Harper, 2009). ... Many experts refer to this group of people as an endangered species because America is losing our young, black men at an alarming rate to violence, the criminal justice system and murder. . ... Black men who are raised in violent homes are more likely to display violence with others. ... African American men expe...

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This group fares second to last because of the lack of housing and the extreme poverty during that time. ... These years included violence, and protests for each group to try to gain their independence. Women would not gain their independence until the 1970s, which was a decade of extreme support for women. ... The south's lack of industrialization, and extreme discrimination did not let them advance as a society. ...

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Because the poor have very little access to employment, basic services, median incomes, lack of education and violence at the home and outside it hinders the process of changing their current status. ... The problems of the poor will not all be solved at once but, if people start to move into the area of addressing and fixing it; it may not be as extreme as it is now and the vicious cycle can end someday....

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This is a negative consequence can be seen at a startling extreme in incidents such as the Columbine shooting in America. ... Every one of us has been subjected to violence, whether it is on the news, or in a scary movie. ...

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Some stories are extreme as lighting there tap water on fire due to the contamination. ... The flourish of business and the many people coming from all over America entering this small reservation seems to have brought along some epidemic issues of drug abuse and violence. ...

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First, there is the extreme patriotic response that is the symbolic ritual that celebrates our American exceptionalism. ... Extreme patriotism, and the cathartic "redemption" of capturing and killing terrorists has been a common cultural ritual since 9/11, and Boston College students can be seen repeating this cultural right when they celebrated in the mod on April 19th. If this is our response to terrorist acts, how can America, as Ivie asks in Democracy and America's War on Terror, "disentangle itself from this self-perpetuating, self-defeating, dangerously escalating cy...

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Racism People see racism everyday across America. A group of whites burn down a black church, someone gets hurt or murdered from a racial slur, or fights break out at school or in public. These are the extremes of racism. Racism is definitely not a good thing. What will the future br...

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