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Study On Juvenile Psychopaths
<view this essay>.... John DiIulio, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, says that "The difference between the juvenile criminals of the 1950s and those of the 1970s and early 1980s was the difference between the Sharks and the Jets of West Side Story and the Bloods and the Crips. It is not inconceivable that the demographic surge of the next ten years will bring with it young criminals who make the Bloods and the Crips look tame." (10) They are what Professor DiIulio and others call urban "super predators"; young people, often from broken homes or so-called dysfunctional families, who commit murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, and other viole .....
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The Issue Of Premarital Sex
<view this essay>.... woman. Pressures to
have sex have increased due to the pressures of society. The consequences
of sex have been increasingly ignored, as many forget that pregnancies and
STDs occur, and many just turn to abortion for an answer.
Topics regarding sex have risen primarily because of the complex
physical and emotional aspects of the sex act. The physical aspects
include excitement, foreplay, intercourse, and possible pregnancy or STD
transmission. The emotional aspects, however, are not so simple. These
three aspects have led to the views held by the different sides to the
issue.
The power that sex wields can be expressed by comparing it to fire.
Fire is goo .....
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The X Files: Negative Images Of Races
<view this essay>.... episode "El Mundo Gira", Latin immigrants are lured into believing in the "El Chuppecabra" because of some weird events that have happened. They all put the label of "El Chuppecabra" on a man that has a physical problem that he can not control. The Latino official tries to explain this by saying "They need something to live on, they use their myths to have a sense of hope." This puts a false interpretation of these people in the mind of the viewer. The viewer takes this statement and weather he/she knows about it; they associate all Latin Americans to this idea. Thus, Latin Americans are seen as inferior to this person. Another problem with this episode is th .....
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Racism
<view this essay>.... why does racism
continue? The answer is simple. Racists from many years ago raise their
kids in clans and white supremacy groups and teach them the ways of hatred.
These kids grow up "brain-washed" that black people are their enemies and,
taught by example, will continue this trend (The Volume Library; 1988).
The Ku Klux Klan has been around since the end of the civil war. It is
a roller coaster of a history. From extreme power, to rapid decline, and
slow reemergence (Software Toolworks Encyclopedia; 1992). The clan, who is
notorious for its violence, has a relatively innocent beginning. It was
formed from some veterans from the confederate army and was .....
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Reducing Gun Violence
<view this essay>.... 1,500 accidents.
Young people, children, and young adults are members of families that own guns. Young people are victims of guns. Obviously, the question of just what restrictions, if any, should be placed on these firearms is as much a matter of concern to them as to their elders. Still, it is to their elders, the leaders among them at least, that they must look for guidance if not perhaps for answers.
Gun violence claims over 40,000 American lives a year. Among all consumer products, only motor vehicles outpace guns as a cause of fatal injury, and guns will pass them by 2003 (Violence Policy Center).
Their are many different methods in , such as fed .....
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Success Secret: A High Emotional IQ
<view this essay>.... So in
fact, it is very important we stay on top of our performance and the way we
carry ourselves. Most corporations today look for communication skills,
interpersonal skills, and initiative skills in a person all those things
have to do with emotional intellect.
There are actual course that are designed to help people strengthen
the weakness that a person has within themselves. For instance,
Weatherland School of Management at Case Western Reserve University has
developed one. Most people that take the course show an 86% improvement.
There are even follow-ups three years later and the percentage is still
high. Through my eyes emotional intellect does .....
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Only Those With No Hope Take Drugs
<view this essay>.... resist peer pressure, which
comes from the influence of people their own age. In addition, they are easily
influenced by media, such as movies, music, TV, and etc. Moreover, young people
often have a sense, that death or other severe consequences of drug use will not
affect them personally. At the age of rebel, teenagers are curious of trying
new things which they've been told forbidden. Adults may begin using drugs for
some of the same reasons as young people. In addition, the stress of life, job,
and family pressures may lead people to seek relief in drugs.
When people do not know how to handle their stress and depressions
properly, they seek for w .....
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Women And Society's "Glass Walls"
<view this essay>.... to reach a certain goal in life often have to deal with society's opinion, expectations, gender bias and sexual attacks.
Since in the early part of a woman's life, education plays a major role, the fact that most university activities relate to male students, may cause many women to loose interest in education and extracurricular activities. The Sadkers imply that financial distribution of resources points to male dominance because the male-oriented activities and clubs receive a substantially larger portion of the university funding. The interest in male sports and profit made by the university allow male athletics to acquire nearly half of the university .....
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