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Crime
Number of Words: 726 / Number of Pages: 3
... years but that is not much. There is one exception; rape
which has gone up 3 percent. Violent crime has risen 40.9 since 1983 while in
recent years it has only gone down a tenth of a percent. This may be one of the
reasons people feel less safe. People aren't afraid of larceny or property
crimes. They are afraid of violent crimes, which is why is recent years they
feel insecure.
Many people believe the problem is in the trial system itself. Not
enough people are convicted. In our trial system where you are innocent until
proven guilty and to be proved guilty it must be done beyond reas ...
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Pornography Censorship
Number of Words: 840 / Number of Pages: 4
... magazines with relative ease. Although, studies show Internet pornography
only represents a small portion of Internet traffic it still is quite effortless.
Basically the only thing one needs to do is select any of the search engines and
simply type: sex. This will pull up a host of different sites where one can
easily click on any of them and view pornography. What many groups are trying to
do is make it less accessible to people and especially young people. What is
happening is that the term pornography is which a broad word used in many
different contexts and is difficult to determine what sho ...
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Child Abuse
Number of Words: 1658 / Number of Pages: 7
... to see what would happen. The result - nothing. Child Protective Services said the report was not submitted within 24 hours, so they couldn't do anything. We had another case that we reported just two weeks ago to Child Protective Services. Another five- year old was involved. The teacher noticed a bite mark on his cheek. She asked him what happened, and he responded "my dad bit me." The teacher asked him if his dad was mad when he bit him and he said he was very mad. We reported this to CPS, but were told they couldn't do anything because the skin was not broken. These instances really make me que ...
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The Impact Of Persecution On Amish Culture
Number of Words: 944 / Number of Pages: 4
... were willing to defend neither country nor property, nor even life with physical resistance. Death was no real threat for them. They think this life is just preparation for the afterlife (Hostetler 189), and so their only response to persecution is and always has been avoidance. They moved away, and tried to escape the authorities by all possible non-violent means. If they were caught, however, they accepted their "God-given" destiny with passivity.
But instead of destroying the Amish, these persecutions shaped the Amish culture and gave rise to the traditions that persisted associated though time. Be ...
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Television Violence And Children
Number of Words: 1546 / Number of Pages: 6
... can't be ignored. Violent television viewing does affect children. The effects have been seen in a number of cases. In New York, a 16-year-old boy broke into a cellar. When the police caught him and asked him why he was wearing gloves he replied that he had learned to do so to not leave fingerprints and that he discovered this on television. In Alabama, a nine-year-old boy received a bad report card from his teacher. He suggested sending the teacher poisoned candy as revenge as he had seen on television the night before. In California, a seven-year-old boy sprinkled ground-up glass into the la ...
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Racism: Issue In Institutional Racism
Number of Words: 1653 / Number of Pages: 7
... on these shores, truths that were “self-evident” were contingent on
subjective “interpretation.” This discretionary application of rights and
freedoms is the foundation upon which our racially stratified system operates on.
English colonists, Africans, and Native Americans comprised the early
clash of three peoples. Essentially economic interests, and namely capitalism,
provided the impetus for the relationships that developed between the English
colonists, the Africans, and the Native Americans. The colonialization of North
American by the British was essentially an economic crusade. The em ...
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Life Outside Our Biosphere
Number of Words: 909 / Number of Pages: 4
... on Mars, we would remain totally dependent on the Earth's
resources.
Another close planet is Venus, the second from the sun. This "sister
planet" of Earth proved to have extremely hostile conditions. Scientists were
hopeful when they found traces of water vapor in the upper atmosphere, but were
disappointed when concentrations of sulphuric acid were discovered mixed with
the water. Venus has surface temperatures of around 600 degrees Fahrenheit, and
an atmosphere one hundred times as thick as the Earth's. (This produces
pressure equivalent to pressure two miles under water on Earth.) These
cond ...
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Dining Establishments And Eating
Number of Words: 885 / Number of Pages: 4
... and exit doors(for more saved time). Once
entering the building one can distinguish a fast food restaurant, by the
high traffic tile floors, plastic bench seating that does not move for
comfort, and the poor taste of interior design with small amounts of
decoration. These buildings were meant for eating quickly, and then
leaving, visual impact is not a major concern. There will be no waiters to
take your order. A line to the cash register is the only way to get your
food, unless the decision of the drive up window is made. Food is often
times pre-prepared to save time.
Casual dining has m ...
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Hippies
Number of Words: 1832 / Number of Pages: 7
... their
parents' ideas, some just wanted to get away, and others simply were
outcasts, who could only fit in with the Hippie population. "Under 25
became a magical age, and young people all over the world were united by
this bond" (Harris 15). This bond was of Non-conformity and it was the
"Creed of the Young" (Harris 15). Most Hippies came from wealthy middle
class families. Some people said that they were spoiled and wasting their
lives away. But to Hippies themselves this was a way of life and no one
was going to get in the way of their dreams and ambitions.
Hippies flocked to a certain area of ...
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Families In China
Number of Words: 602 / Number of Pages: 3
... equally among all the landowners surviving sons when he died. Living conditions for the average peasant are generally better today then they were in the past. There are more opportunities for education and greater security for the family as social unit.
Marriage in China has also changed. Today there is a law that provides for the freedom of choice in marriages. This law also states that men and woman are equal, therefore a man can no longer dominate a woman. There are also no more arranged marriages.
The elderly in China still hold their esteem, they are thought to be wise and have t ...
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