... had reported it to police. What are the reasons for people remaining silent, for not filing a report? Their silence and the high attrition rate in sexual assault cases may be attributable to several factors, including; police response, the ordeal of the trial, cross examination, and judicial attitude towards ... because of unforseen circumstances. A study by Gregory and Lees (1996) of attrition rates in two different London police boroughs found a high attrition rate appeared to be attributable to the police practice of "no-criming", where a proportion of recorded cases were categorised...

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... behaviors and risk-taking which causes eighty two percent of teenage pregnancies to be intended and sixty nine percent to be unplanned."(The Cause of High Birth Rate p.87) Pregnancy at a young age destroys the life of the baby's parents, especially the mother. "Teenage bearing interferes with the education and ... employment prospects of the young mother and their prospects for marriage." (The Cause of High Birth Rate" p.88) Many teenagers engage in the sex for all the wrong reasons. Although many girl's become pregnant and guy's get them pregnant it isn't ... stated that less than 10 p...

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... using and abusing illegal drugs is as strong as it has ever been. But today, the youth of America are faced with a crisis unique to the modern era; the soaring rate of adolescent AIDS infection. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, causes the terminal Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. AIDS weakens the body's immune system to a point where any ordinary infection, such as ... risk of contracting HIV or AIDS, the Government has set up many abstinence programs in our schools in order to try and quell the problem. One such program is the "Me, My World, Future Program" (Mays et al., 19...

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... would lead men and women to engage more frequently in promiscuous sex (Collins, 2010). Moreover, people feared that birth control would reduce the rate of fertility in America. These concerns were somewhat well-founded, as promiscuity rose and birthrates dropped in the US, Europe, and Asian countries ... interested in the field of human being's mentality and thoughts. Therefore, the subject of the approval of birth control pills is of great importance to me as it frees the minds of women who use it. I also have the duty to study societal behavior and relate it to people's thoughts and ....

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... billion dollars annually in the US. Some of the fatalities in America are at the hands of prostitution. In a study done in Colorado Springs, it was discovered that "[The] death rate among active prostitutes [is] 459 per 100,000, which is 5.9 times that for the general population. This corresponds to an occupational fatality ... rate more than triple that of fishing workers." This is appalling to hear because you would think that fishing workers would be exposed to danger since it was named the highest ... because she loved him. He used and abused her until she got caught by the police...

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... on how to help prevent pregnancy and the difficulties of being a teen parent. If students became further informed of these risks through sex education classes, schools can help reduce the rate of unwanted pregnancies and lower the risk of sexually transmitted diseases. At an early age, children are exposed to sexual references on T.V. shows, movies, Internet, music, and video games. In ... to the lack of knowledge on how to properly use her birth control. Sex education could have helped to prevent this. On the other hand, my mom always talked to me about having safe sex but not so much ...

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... benefits of condoms and contraception." This would be understandable if it was decreasing the amount of teen pregnancies, but it is not. Between 1991 and 2004, the teen birth rate dropped from 6.2% to 4.1%. During the same period, sexual education rose along with condom and contraception use. This just shows that some teens are going to have sex no matter what ... students all the information about sexual education, but it is also having some reverse effects. A recent Colombia University study found that "virginity pledge" programs still had an 88% rate of premarital sex. Although it di...

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... reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (www.CDC.gov/STD/gonnorhea.htm) Though the national rate of gonorrhea cases has dropped annually since 1985, it is still an infectious disease needing to be stopped. In 2002, the rate of reported gonorrhea infections was about 125 people for every 100,000. People get gonorrhea by having sexual contact with ... virus, but children are also becoming infected. It is estimated that there are 2000 babies born every day with the HIV/AIDS virus. (www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets.htm) To me this is the worst this is the worst type of ...

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... wins, he gets a kiss. Well he won, shockingly, and he ultimately got his kiss. The date would then resume at a nice Italian restaurant. After some talk on how they would rate themselves in bed and the weirdest place they had ever had sex, they decided to get some body shots. This led to more shots, with the two getting noticeably drunk ... they might have had otherwise. It is their recipe for good television. One reason why people should not be promiscuous today is due to the fact of the growing STD rate. According to Health Matters, a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseas...

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... what they had to drink before the crime occurred, or what they may have been wearing to "incite" this action. Proof of the focus on the victim was evident to me even at orientation for FSU. They issued warnings to the student body; especially the female students, to be careful when out at night, and never go walking alone. It is ... of having to live in fear and embarrassment for the rest of their lives. The legal proceedings need to change, and change quickly, because with the right corrections, the report rate and the prosecution rate could significantly increase, thus correcting one ...

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AQUAINTANCE RAPE INTRO Every finger in the room is pointing at me I want to spit in their faces then I"m afraid of what that could bring I got a bowling ball in my stomach I got a desert ... within society. Even though awareness is increasing, I feel it is nowhere close to where it should be. A woman is raped every two minutes. It took me about eight minutes to write this page so far, which leaves 4 more victims of sexual assault to add to our statistics. It's absolutely disgusting how we have ... PTSD, borderline personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder, never feeling safe, bein...

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... that they are going to be 100% effective. Though using a condom is considered "safer" sex, there are still consequences that may have to be faced at some point, and a high rate of STD's and pregnancies indicate that the teens are not properly protecting themselves and that the condoms are not properly protecting the teens. Now the question teens need to ask ... themselves is "Am I going to be able to handle whatever it is that might happen to me?" Before that question is to be answered, teens better think long and hard about what it is that might happen. It may be something as serious a...

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Marriage breakdowns have long been a problem. The rate of divorces has increased dramatically, yet some couples have happy marriages that have lasted "until death do them part." Many people could question: "What is the special formula that kept ... , but we do choose the person we marry. I think of marriage as the greatest decision I would make in my life, and I want it to be a wise one. This book gave me an insight of what marriage might be in my life. The men and women that were interviewed by Wallerstein in her study admitted that even the best relationship requires hard ... work and cont...

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... continues to say that if Johnny were trying to persuade Susie into having sex he could just say, "Hey, everything is okay. Nothing will go wrong. Heck, the school gave me this condom, they know what they"re doing. You"ll be fine". The essay consists of about thirty percent data and about seventy percent sarcastic generalizations. However, he doesn't use ... statistics very well, nor does he appeal to expert authority or popular opinion. For instance, he says, "The condom failure rate can be as high as twenty percent," but where did this information come from. Furthermore, he uses langua...

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... continues to say that if Johnny were trying to persuade Susie into having sex he could just say, "Hey, everything is okay. Nothing will go wrong. Heck, the school gave me this condom, they know what they"re doing. You"ll be fine". The essay consists of about thirty percent data and about seventy percent sarcastic generalizations. However, he doesn't use ... statistics very well, nor does he appeal to expert authority or popular opinion. For instance, he says, "The condom failure rate can be as high as twenty percent," but where did this information come from. Furthermore, he uses langua...

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... , a decline from 62 births per thousand in 1972 to 50 per thousand in 1986, then back up to 60 per thousand in 1990. Among the 15-17 year olds the rate climbed 23 percent from 1985 to 1994, from 31 per thousand to 38 percent. But the age group 15-19 has dropped 3 percent. One million teens get pregnant every year ... can have someone to love them and that they want to be more mature socially in the world. I hear about this topic on talk shows and from friends. It shocks me because why would you put yourself in the position to take care of a child for one when you are a child and two, whe...

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... its highest during adolescence. Adolescents mirror their social and emotional environments. Berk teaches us about a cognitive distortion, called the personal fable (page 375). This is easily explained as the "not me- opinion of themselves. Teens get such inflated opinions of themselves they don't ever think that bad thing can happen to them. TV does not include the dangers of the sexual ... behavior. Approximately, 50% of teens do not use contraceptives (page 361). Since teens have the highest rate of STD's of any age group, and TV does not promote sexual education, this message could b...

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... sexual contents than it ever had before. The porn industry is popular amongst young women who feel they can make fast money. Although the pornography industry has a very high profitable rate, it also has its downfalls due to the awareness of sexually transmitted diseases nowadays. The pornography trade appears to be increasing but its markets are not secure (Faust 24). Although ... our society. "I realized that sexual fantasies based on pornography I had seen and read were intruding into our relationship, affecting my sexuality- and my view of my partner's sexuality-and distancing me fr...

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