Consider how many people are killed, lives are destroyed, or loved ones who are victims of domestic violence. In modern-day America, domestic violence has reached epidemic proportions. Domestic violence changes the ways that Americans live their lives, the way they act, talk, and even thinks. These ...

The problem of violence against women rages all over the world and is a crisis in almost all societies. In the past, this problem was called domestic violence but has recently been changed to violence against women because the term domestic violence does not demonstrate that almost all cases of dome...

Crime statistics are not what we are led to believe We hear a lot about the crime rates going up and down from the media and they tend to expand on specific types of criminal behavior that might be of interest to the public. When politicians are running for office we are told that the crime rates ar...

Despite the increasing scientific evidence showing that there is no direct causal link between alcohol and violence, public beliefs continue to remain adamant that alcohol plays a key role in the influence that alcohol has on violent crimes. What has been scientifically proven though, is that alcoho...

School violence is not a new issue for the nineties. School violence has been around since the nineteen fifties, but was more an issue of juvenile delinquency. The difference between the 1950's and 1990's is that the student conflicts are more likely to be settled with the use of we...

Twenty-seven uniformed officers witnessed this incident from various law enforcement agencies. None of the officers (those individuals who are supposed to protect citizens) made any effort to stop this abuse.(LA Times March 19, 1991 p. A20). The level of escalation even went so far as to call in a p...

The mission of policemen in America is to "serve and protect," but if one reviews the recent history of the police force across the country, one is forced to ask: who is doing the protecting? Africans in America are far too often the victims of police violence, and very infrequently the be...

"Forces of Deviance" The book "Forces of Deviance: Understanding the Dark Side of Policing," by Victor Kappeler, shows several incidents and examples of police deviance. I've picked three chapters to summarize that I've picked by interest and importance to help show and understand what police dev...

I think that being a policeman is the hardest job anyone can be. Police officers have to work in any conditions. Many locations, which range from towns and countrysides, to urban areas of all size, are working grounds for police officers. Working conditions vary according to location, size. Those w...

The causes of street violence, what can be said about this reoccurring problem that is affecting the lives of Americans everyday. Gangs and organized crime figures contribute to this on going problem. Street violence is no longer a problem that goes on in just "ghetto" areas. In the last few years ...

Both Mike Males, the writer of \"Stop Blaming Kids and TV,\" and Susan R. Lamson, writer of \"TV Violence: Does It Cause Real-Life Mayhem?\" have different views on the controversial issue of television causing violence. Males believe that television should not be blamed for the violence in society ...

The film, \"Colors,\" produced in 1988 by Dennis Hopper, is giving us a view of Los Angeles street gangs and how the police and community deal with them. What is ironic about the story is although there are plenty of scenes of violence and terror, the producer seems to take a more sympathetic stance...

As shots ring out at schools across America, one cannot help but assume that America is more violent now than it has been in the past. Has America really become more violent? Violence has always been present in the world, and in America, but it seems that in the twentieth century American violence ...

Gun Control in 1988, handguns killed 7 people in Great Britain, 19 in Sweden, 53 in Switzerland, 25 in Israel, 13 in Australia, 8 in Canada, and 9,915 in the United States. These figures are very shocking, but no one ever comes up with idea to stop it or to reduce these numbers. We have got to...

Viewpoints on school violence "Is violence out of our hands" Flack jackets, riot helmets and gas masks everything your child will need to go back to school this year. Is this what the future holds for our children? Democrat Carolyn McCarthy from New York thinks so, unless t...

Gun Control Since the days of the pioneers of the United States, firearms have been part of the American tradition as protection and a means of hunting or sport. As we near the end of the 20th century the use of guns has changed significantly. Because of fast and steady increase in crime and ...

One concern in Long Beach is the security at the Port of Long Beach. Since \"9/11,\" there have been many security concerns all over the nation. With the Port of Long Beach being the second busiest container seaport in the United States, after only Los Angeles, security is a big concern. In seeing ...

(for a current events brief) A round of bullets killed Katherine Bagwell adding to the growing number of homicides in Oakland, California this summer. Her 7-year-old daughter sat beside her in the car as she watch the horrific event. Sadly, it had been only one year ago that the girl witnessed ...

The problem of violence in schools today is a major concern. Crime in and around schools threatens the well being of students, as well as the school staff and the surrounding communities. It also holds back learning and student achievement. The problem is more defined in the public school system tha...

Violence in schools is a great concern in our society. The concern is heightened by the abundance of media coverage on a number of recent school shootings. With all of the news clips, sound bites, and Internet coverage swirling around in our heads, one might conclude that children are more viol...

Gangs Gang violence, crime, and its affects on the community A street gang is a group or association of three or more persons who may have a common identifying sign, symbol or name, and who individually or collectively engage in, or have engaged in, criminal activity, or as a juvenile commits an...

Films and television programmes have sometimes been blamed for recent increases in crimes of violence. Do you think that they really influence people in this way? We are all influenced by things that happen to us. Watching films and television programes are one o...

There are many fatal and nonfatal crimes in our school's today. We have got to put an end to all this unnecessary violence. School violence effects the way students perform in school, hurts many students, so we have to show the solution to stop the violence and teach the awareness of viole...

Throughout the centuries people in law enforcement have encountered common problems. People created rules and regulations (laws) to act as guidelines on how to conduct oneself in a manner which the majority of the population considers "normal" behavior. Since the first law was written, t...

Issue of Gun Control and Violence The issue of gun control and violence, both in Canada and the United States, is one that simply will not go away. If history is to be any guide, no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate is, it is probable that the arguments pro and co...