People did not know that he would come home and hit the woman he claimed to love. Barbara said, "He would come home and get very agitated about everything. ... Meanwhile, no one knows that behind the walls of a "perfect" home, there is a victim silently crying for help. ... I didn't necessarily grow up in a home with domestic violence, but I saw it happen and that had an impact on my beliefs today. ... I wouldn't want my children to grow up and live in a war called "home." ...

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On the contrary, most are from middle-class and higher-income homes where the power of their wealth lies in the hands of their husbands. ... Some of the more popular myths are that the battered woman syndrome affects only a small percentage of the population, drinking causes battering behavior, police can protect the battered women, battered women can always leave home, and long-standing battering relationships can change for the better, and most importantly, once a batterer, always a batterer. ... Data on wife beating are difficult to obtain because the incidents usually occur at night, in ...

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American homes during the colonial days already practiced the harsh punishment for children. ... The use of hand, paddles, belts or any other objects that can be a source of pain and fear for children is definitely a way of doing corporal punishment (Dayton 1994). ... Although, there are still distinctions between the home and school situations since at home, parents are more attached with children and so when doing necessary punishments, their love and care controls their way of punishing. ... This is why most cases about corporal punishment are allowed at home but not in school (Benatar, 199...

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If our communities are not responsive to the needs of families and their children, this neglect can develop into school violence. ... In addition, neglectful or abusive family environments can inhibit the development of communication skills; self-esteem can be seriously damaged. In homes where positive behavior is not the norm, exposure to violence through popular culture may have a more profound impact. ... Coordinating privileges and punishments at home based on bullying at school helps, too, but do not use corporal punishment. ... The possibility of moving an aggressive child can pressure a...

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You can hire all the police you want. ... Armed citizens can stop the crime before it ever even happens. ... This means that each individual has the power over whether they can posses a gun or not. ... I am sure that citizens of the United States who are not convicted felons or mental patients can and do carry concealed handguns without posing a risk to their fellow Americans. ... By taking a look at evidence gathered form domestic studies, international evidence, and crimes involving guns we can better understand this. ...

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Communities are ripped apart and can no longer provide a secure environment for children. ... As a consequence of war, children can lose their confidence, their trust in others and their trust in the future. ... Now I would like to call upon your attentions to ideally understand what war can do to children around the world. ... In areas where children are comfortable to improvise their toys, the bright shells of explosives can seem like attractive playthings. ... I remember when I was back home in Liberia; they used to have a group of children who were disabled in each community. ...

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Do these rappers think that they own women and can treat them any way they want to? ... Today most young people think that if a person is rich and famous they can get away with anything. ... There are no witnesses who can identify the driver or shooter in the Cadillac that pulled up next to Tupac and driver, Marion Knight. ... The police were lead to his home after a source told them that shots were fired at a neighbor during an argument. ... Now Death Row Records is known as the only label that can do whatever they want. ...

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This former solider was in the Angolan armed forces and explained how soldiers burst into his home one night three years ago and took him away. These children were abducted from their homes, separated from their families, even drugged and forcibly trained to fight (Shepler, 2005). Francisco stated, "All these years, all I have wanted to do is go home. ... These women fought to live and did whatever they had to in order to maintain their homes and feed their families. It has also been stated that even after the war ended there was an on going threat of sexual violence in the homes, streets, and...

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Feminists drew attention to the fact that rape (then conceptualised as sexual intercourse without consent) was a crime committed by men against women, not only in dark back-alleys but in homes, workplaces, and in the context of intimate and family relationships (see Brownmiller 1975). ... It can include unwanted touching, sexual harassment and intimidation, coerced sexual activity, sexual assault and rape and can include other physical violence and threat to life. ... This is similar to figures from England and Wales, which reveal that sexual offences account for less than one per cent of a...

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Aggression and violence can be understood as coercive processes that reflect the aggressor's intentional decision to use force against the spouse, and the decision to punish or retaliate against the spouse for perceived disobedience (Klein, 1998). ...

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Violent crime can be seen as a highly masculine activity. ... Hatty (2000) argues that men, particularly in this age bracket can be more violent than woman due to social issues such as employment, class, social bonds, and family environment. ... This insinuating that although some children may not face violence from their relatives/guardians, it can be a biological impairment that has been passed down to them. The National Institute of Justice wrote a report on how family life can have an impact on violence and they found that if a child experiences violence as a young child, this can affect t...

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I agree to some extent that violent video games can increase the aggression of already aggressive boys and girls, although I wouldn't go as far as saying that it is a sole contributor to violence in every teenager out there. According to researcher Jeanne Funk, "Playing violent video games probably will not turn a docile, well-socialized child into a bully", but violent video games can be known to make already aggressive children even more aggressive and make them at risk to act out on their video game fantasies.... While I do feel that violent video games can aid in the increased aggress...

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These characteristics can and have been reported as psychiatric diagnosises. ... Sociobiological theorists would explain that the function of marital violence can be found in the potential purpose of coercive control in marriages which can be viewed as being motivated by the male need to guarantee his paternity by ensuring compliance through power and control (Kashani & Allan, 1998). ...

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So, if we are free agents who can choose between right and wrong, if the body is weak and tends to favor the callings of the instincts in a context in which we should instead follow the callings of the spirit, then the result is obvious: Man is destined to a state of constant frustration. ...

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Ralph Baer could not possibly have anticipated the cultural phenomenon video games would become when he created "Odyssey" in 1972, the first home video game console. ... While the ESRB has assuaged many parents' concerns about the content of their children's games, mature video games have occupied the media limelight since "Mortal Kombat" for their often explicit content.Although the most obvious benefit from video games is the enjoyment of playing them and this pleasure can be extended to stress relief and feelings of accomplishment,video games certainly present a number of vali...

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The slaves called this the honor code; this represented the respect and prized personal good somebody can have. ... White southerner's seen themselves as above the law, honor and slavery gave them that idea, but blacks seen themselves outside the law they couldn't go to court because the court system was controlled by whites and the only way they felt as if they can gain respect and fairness is by taking things into their own hands. ... With all that going on with Butch and his life at home led to him setting his house on fire in attempt to burn and rid of all the bad memories his ...

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