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Binge Drinking On College Campuses
1,342 wordsWe have all heard the terms boozing, drinking to get drunk, sloshed, tanked, tipsy, tooted, hammered, and the like. But have you ever really thought about what you were saying when you used these terms. You were saying that all that you did the night before was binge drink. Binge drinking on college campuses is something that has grown to an all time high. All too often we have heard the horror stories of how kids are getting behind the wheel of a car after a night of binge drinking, and end up ...
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Violence In Schools Violent Crime
1,127 words... age... " [I]t is not simply who has the abortion that leads to the lower crime rate... but the ability of the woman to choose better timing for child rearing that lowers criminality. " (Los Angeles Daily News, August 8, 1999, pp. 1, 18) What about the Brady Bill and other gun control measures? Didn't the Brady Bill play a big part in reducing gun crime? See Gun Cite's analysis of that claim. Four scholars discuss "Does Gun Control Work?" in PBS's moderated panel discussion, Think Tank (aired...
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Growing Problem Of Street Gangs In Canada
1,288 wordsIt is a scenario of nightmarish quality. An unsuspecting innocent individual has taken a short cut to get home late at night and is confronted by a group of individuals on a back street. However, this is no ordinary group of young men and women. This group is what is commonly called a street gang. Usually associated with poorer urban areas of the United States, street gangs have made a huge impact in Canadian Cities. Known for criminal acts such as robbery, assault and even murder, street gangs ...
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Gun Control Advocates Gun Control Debate
1,762 wordsWith the Second Amendment giving American citizens the right to bear arms, and approximately fifty percent of Americans owning some form of a firearm, issues involving the ownership and possession of guns have led to heated debates in American society. Most notably is the issue of gun control. Many feel that the some form of gun regulation is necessary in order to lower the level of gun related violence in the country. On the other hand, the opponents of gun control feel that it would be an infr...
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B I G Racial Minorities
1,799 wordsNyisha T Coven Music: 230 Dr. Hollerbach The Story of Sean (1) Sean Puffy Combs was born in 1970 in Harlem. His father fell victim to gang related violence when Sean was 3 years old. Combs went to the private Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx, before getting into prestigious Howard University in Washington, DC and leaving after a year to pursue a career in the music business. Even in his early years, Combs proved that he was able to make a lot of money, while getting involved in various bus...
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Children At Home Peer Pressure
702 wordsEDUCATING KIDS AT HOME Every morning, Mary Jane, who is nine, doesnt have to worry about gulping down her cereal so she can be on time for school. School for Mary Jane is literally right at her doorstep. In this era of growing concerns about the quality of public education, increasing numbers of parents across the United States are choosing to educate their children at home. These parents believe they can do a better job teaching their children than their local schools can. Home schooling, as th...
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Gun Control Advocates Diego Ca Greenhaven
1,959 wordsOur Gun Control GUN CONTROL: Our Streets Are Running Red Tom Coker English IA November 18, 1997 6: 35 p. m. : William Wallace had a very stressful day at work and is now driving home. As he is travelling along the I- 10 freeway in Los Angeles, he suddenly comes to a complete stop. Gridlock traffic is not an unusual sight for any motorist that travels on this freeway, and William decides to exit the freeway in order to escape the madness. He exits on the next off ramp and comes to a red light at ...
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Law Abiding Citizens Los Angeles Times
2,223 wordsIn some cases, gun control may be favored even if the price is more death. Consider, for example, H. Laurence Ross review of Gary Kleck's book Point Blank in the American Journal of Sociology. Kleck's book was awarded the Hindelang Prize, as the most significant contribution to criminology in the last three years; Ross praises Kleck's meticulous research and analysis, and Kleck's debunking of many of the myths surrounding the gun issue. And Ross does not deny Kleck's conclusion that, because han...
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U S Department U S News
3,007 wordsLegalization: Problem or Solution to the War on Drugs Legalization of drugs is a very controversial topic that is being discussed in the United States. Currently there is an intense debate to legalize marijuana as a medicine. To most people, legalizing drugs seems like something insane. They probably ask how can they legalize something that the government furiously tries to eradicate. The problem is exactly in what the government tries to do. Eliminate drugs. The drug problem will never go away....
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Gun Control Activists Law Abiding Citizens
2,079 wordsRight to Bear Arms Americans are faced with an ever-growing problem of violence. Our streets have become a battleground where the elderly are beaten for their social security checks, where women are viciously attacked and raped, and where children are caught in the crossfire of drive-by shootings. The damage that these criminals are doing to our society cannot be ignored. However, the effort by some misguided individuals to eliminate the legal ownership of firearms does not address the real prob...
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