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Level Of Violence Los Angeles
2,390 wordsKeeping Our Teenagers off the Streets In Leesville, LA, many parents and governmental agencies are concerned with the question of how to keep teenagers of the streets, just like in many other small communities in LA. The thing is, in LA the presence of youth gangs is one of the most heated social problems. To keep teenagers off the streets actually means to keep teenagers out of the youth gangs. (Harmon 73) Within the scope of this research, we will first provide background information on gangs ...
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Level Of Violence Youth Gangs
1,678 wordsYouth Gangs and the Affects on Our Community Gangs vary tremendously in numbers and in age range. Relatively few young people join gangs, despite their high profile in the media. Even in highly impacted areas, the degree of participation rarely exceeds 10 percent. In addition, it has been reported that less than 2 percent of all juvenile crime is gang related (Snyder 89). Low statistics like the above, may camouflage the impact that the presence of gangs has on a school. Gangs play a significant...
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Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties
953 wordsWhile most people won t admit to watching more than a couple of hours of television per week, at any given moment millions of Americans are glued to their television sets. The variety of programming offered ranges from action, to comedy, to drama. Though not all programming is suitable for all viewers, as adults living in a free country, we have the right to choose what we want to watch and what we don t. Censorship, as defined by Britannica, is the changing or the suppression or prohibition of ...
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Acts Per Hour Acts Of Violence
612 wordsTV Violence and Children Children from the ages 6 - 11 spend more time watching television than they do in the classroom. The level of violence that they see on prime time television is about five violent acts per hour and the level of violence on Saturday that includes cartoons morning programming is about 20 to 25 violent acts per hour. At this rate, the average American child will see 8, 000 murders before they finish elementary school! As a child sits in front of baby-sitting television, her...
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Acts Per Hour Violence On Television
2,345 wordsViolent behavior of individuals may be linked to media violence. There are a number of different ways that people can be influenced by media violence. Who will be affected, by what material, and in what way is difficult to determine. Media violence does not only include television and movies, but local news as well. There are ways to prevent media violence from corrupting ones own behavior. It is the responsibility of the public to voice their opinions and speak out against television violence. ...
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Acts Per Hour Violence On Television
1,028 wordsWhenever the thought of how television affects children pops into someone mind, the first thing that they think about is the amount of violence on television. Most mass communication scientists, as well as most people in general tend to feel that more violence a child witnesses on television, the more aggressive he or she becomes. Over 1000 studies have been done to confirm this link. People believe that essentially, media violence legitimizes and contributes to a culture of violence and the acc...
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