... with their parents were characteristic of the insecure attachment style. This insecure attachment style associated with familial violence may then lead to developmental problems or psychopathology (Kashani, et al., 1997). Internalizing Effects Although a strong correlation has not been documented between family violence and a subsequent diagnosis of major depression, researchers have found that children may ... exhibit many symptoms of depression (Kashani, et al., 1997). For example Kashani, Shekim, Burk & Beck (1997) found that there is a significant relationship between children's sel...

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... relationships with their parents were characteristic of the insecure attachment style. This insecure attachment style associated with familial violence may then lead to developmental problems or psychopathology (Kashani, et al., 1997). Although a strong correlation has not been documented between family violence and a subsequent diagnosis of the Internalizing Effects, researchers have found that children may exhibit many ... Children who witness physical violence between their parents seem to have more behavioral problems than children from families in which high parental conflict exis...

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... for young stars, mostly men to have their views heard and to vent about life on the streets (hiphopanonymous.net). Rose (as cited by Krohn et al. 1995) says, "Rap music is the central cultural vehicle for open social reflection on poverty, fear of adulthood, the desire for absent fathers, ... rap's ghetto stories as real life reflections that should draw attention to racism and economic oppression rather than to questions of obscenity (Krohn et al 1995). The major debate that has been raised surrounding rap music in the past few years is what the effect of the lyrics may ... which many ...

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... , including crime, is a social product, a result of interactions and patterns of learning that occur in the intimate personal groups and surrounding social circumstances that encapsulate the individual' (Hale et al. 2013: 123). His work showed that different groups of people, teach other people their skills, motivations, and beliefs; this, therefore, coinciding with my previous point earlier on how ... Connell devised a theory of 'hegemonic masculinity' and viewed it as a 'crucial point of intersection of different sources and forms of power, stratification, desire and identit...

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... , and they often provide the resource to help victims escape from their abusers. The Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA) protects individuals living in federally subsidized housing (Tiesman et al. 23). However, survivors of domestic violence who do not live in federally subsidized housing are not covered by VAWA. Additional federal and state fair housing laws need to be enacted ... information can then be distributed to violence survivors. The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) works to provide state funding to administer financial empowerment and training for victims...

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... sociocultural perspective assumes that people's behaviour "both normal and abnormal "is shaped by the kind of family group, society or culture in which they live (Feldman et al. 2004). The social influence of an individual or group affecting others is extremely strong in children and young adolescents. Younger children are extremely impressionable from members of their peer group ... of this was somewhat forced, with the threats of violence and being outcasts. The more attractive a group is to its members, the greater its ability to produce conformity (Feldman et al 2004). Ralph's attem...

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... noticed that that small percentage still caused approximately 18% of all the violent crimes committed in their sample. In the study by Leon-Carrion et al. (2003), a comparison was made of the school and head injury histories of violent and non-violent prisoners. Difficulties with academics were prevalent in ... found that "what differentiated the violent from the non-violent group was a history of having suffered head injuries that were never treated- (Leon-Carrion et al., 2003, p207). If brain injury is severe enough, and left untreated, the result can be brain damage that is never look...

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... common and school administrators frequently transferred responsibilities of student discipline to law enforcement, people began to question if such harsh policies were necessary means of violence prevention (Fine et al., 2003). By 1997, 3.1 million students were suspended annually as a result of zero tolerance policies; and in 1998, 87,000 students were expelled under the ... delinquent behavior and additional suspensions. This contradicts the first assumption of deterrence, demonstrating that harsh punishment is not an effective means of preventing re-offense (Skiba et al., 2006). Addit...

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... , playful appropriate aggression, like the kind used to play a sport, is not discernible from the aggressive acts intended to cause harm. (Olsen, et al. 189) This proves there is no discernible link between violent acts of crime and playing violent video games, because aggression can manifest itself in a ... game. The study found that aggression an individual might have after playing a violent video game lasts for less than four minutes. (Barlett, et al. 234) This proves that unless an adolescent plays a violent video game four minutes before committing a serious crime, then there is no ...

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... verbal aggressive behavior resembling that of the models. The data clearly confirmed the prediction that exposure of subjects to aggressive models increases the probability of aggressive behavior (Bandura et al. 1961). Another study sought to determine the extent to which film- mediated aggressive models may serve as an important source of imitative behavior. Children were divided and ... exhibited almost twice as much aggression as subjects in the control group. These results provide strong evidence that exposure to filmed aggression heightens aggressive reactions in children (Bandura et...

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... dating violence against adolescent girls (Silverman, Raj, Mucci & Hathaway, 2001). It furthers previous representative studies by providing a better assessment of dating violence and using a prolonged reporting period (Silverman et. al., 2001). Although the article did state what was going to be presented in its analysis, there was a poor description as to what the researcher's suspected hypothesis will be. Silverman and ... question was, they instead stated they would provide prevalence rates, demographic characteristics of teens at risk and assess dating violence history as a predictor ...

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... TV in their family room, planted in children's minds the worst possibility -- that a parent could die violently at the hands of a child." (Medved, et. al. 243) Seeing the violence, hearing about it, watching news reports about violent acts committed by real people, especially other children, affects the viewer negatively. ... in front of the set. "Children ages 2 to 5 watch about 28 hours of television each week, or almost 4 hours per day." (Black, et. al. 317) Older children watch about four hours less per week. These younger children are fascinated with a media that does not require t...

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... a bank robbery where hostages developed a fondness for their captors.  Similar psychological processes drawn between battered women and their abusers. Characteristics are a consequence of being in life threatening relationships. (Graham et al, 1998) cited in (Yllo & Bograd, 1998:218)  Unequal power relations between the two can lead to emotional bonding (ibid) Mistreatment followed by kindness reinforces the bond. Walker (1979) ... and have an aversion to refiges. (Glass, 195:143)  Mooney (1994) discovered that a percentage of men who admitted using violence did not differ appr...

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... studies use unstandardized or unreliable measures and tend to exaggerate positive results from studies, more or less "cherry picking" the results that best support their hypothesis. Ferguson et al. argued that persons who were exposed to greater amounts of violent television or violent video games reported being no more likely to act in a criminally violent manner than those ... who were exposed to less media violence. In their study, Ferguson et al. randomly selected participants to answer various surveys regarding their general personality, aggressive personality, violent behavior, exp...

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... ;The ability to be in constant contact with a dating partner via these relatively new technologies may contribute to someone's ability to stalk, control, harass, and abuse their partners" (Lenhart et al. 2011:#1064). Cyber bullying between peers is becoming more common from the age groups of twelve to seventeen year olds. The technology user senses a feeling of being behind a mask when ... ' romantic relationships are quite fluid and often unstable, with more than four in ten young adults experiencing both a breakup and reconciliation in their present or most recent relationship" (Longmor...

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... talking about it next. "A number of authors have noted that older children are more vulnerable than younger children to the psychological effects of war (Bloch, Silber, & Perry, 1956; Green et al., 1991). The younger child's psychological response resonates with the parental response as they have less cognitive capacity to independently evaluate the dangers. Vizek-Vidovi ... et al. (2000) compared younger children (grades 2–5) with an older group (grades 6–8) in Croatia, and found that the older children manifested more depressive and anxiety reactions." If we refer ... ...

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... (Africa News Service). Girls are assigned domestic chores such as cooking, cleaning and caring for younger children. Boys are assigned warfare tasks such as fighting, kidnapping and stealing (Klasen, Fionna, et al). Surprisingly, children are exposed to violence from a young age. This exposure influences their behaviors and actions during and after the war. Unfortunately, governments are taking advantage of children to further ... showed behavioral and emotional problems. The study also showed that boys had higher scores for trauma than girls, but there was not much difference in mental...

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... should be raised (Barrow, 1996, Evans & Davies, 1997). Effects of corporal punishment vary in different forms. Physical punishment and psychological maladjustment has found to have a connection (Frias-Armenta, 2002; Swinford et al., 2000); some may think that the result generally comes from their culture (Barrow, 1996). Others think that when corporal punishment is done, this could be a reason that the child thinks ... , 1998), doesn't interact well with other people, often angry, could not get along with others, depress child (Frias-Armenta, 2002), and exposed to violence and criminal b...

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... 1995c). A study of the rates of victimisation of Indigenous Australians found that Aboriginal women were 10.7 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than non-Aboriginal women (Harding et al. 1995, pp. 20-3). It is likely, therefore, that rates of sexual violence against Indigenous women are disproportionately high, when compared to non-Indigenous women. Sexual Minorities There has been little ... research literature and statistics suggest that the victims' willingness to report offences to the police depends quite heavily on their knowledge of and relationship with the offende...

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... for both of the above methodologies in that exposure to media violence increases violent behaviours and attitudes but a few studies have concluded that this link is weak. A study by Milavsky et al (1982) found that media violence has only a minor effect on violent behaviour and social environment and family background have a greater influence [5]. Cause and effect is difficult to establish in these ... types of research method have been used to study the effects of video game violence on participants, which have yielded the same results as the wider investigations already discussed. Shu...

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... the new laws. Hotels, bars and clubs have been forced to close their doors due a dramatic loss in profits. These businesses are angry and are directly blaming the government (Miller et al. 2014). However, it is important for these entertainment venues to remember that they have a social responsibility to their customers and the society; a responsibility to keep customers, police, medical personnel and ... ...

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... not complete as far as having the capacity to be the main cause for Family Violence. The Social Learning Theory states that people learn behavior by observation and imitation. Papalia, et al. states that imitation is the most prominent way to teach a child anything. Imitation can be seen in their development of language, moral decision- making as well as aggression. Based on ... ...

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... may contribute to them deterring from using forms of physical violence. Numerous studies have also found that retaliation from the target to be a motivation for deterrence of violent behaviour (Wright et al, 1983). During the evaluation of costs within a hostile encounter there is a crucial thought towards coercive power. This is the capability to force change, using threats of harm or bodily force ... ...

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... , but according to the 2010 survey reports from the Center for Disease Controls Department of Violence Protection, the rates of domestic violence against women have apparently increased a small amount (Black et al., 2011). Their facts show that 29% of all women have reported some instance of abuse from their spouse or cohabitant. Although it is eye-opening to see that these rates ... ...

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... 's Rights Network at the Wellesley Centers for Women used human rights reporting to document battered women and children's experiences with the law in the Massachusetts Family Court System (Cuthbert et. al. 2002). The co-directors of the project, Carrie Cuthbert and Kim Slote, were international human rights lawyers who had already organized several international meetings of domestic violence advocates. They ... ...

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