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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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....
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. ...
