American Teens Against Crime

interest. New virtual technology allows for user to blur the line between reality and fantasy. TV: The average American teenager watches three hours of television a day. Scientist Rebecca Collins conducted a study to see if watching sexual behavior on TV influenced teenagers’ own behavior. In her results, she found that watching shows with sexual content has a considerable amount of influence on a teen. Collins found that young children who watched the highest amount…

from which differences and judgements then arise. This is true of many circumstances, but continues to be true for Americans who identify as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered)—that judgments of them…

Mainly young black and white kids rode the Southern railroad to get to new jobs. Among these four black teenagers were four white teenagers, two being female. The white teens broke out in a stone-throwing fight with the blacks, and authorities were called. Police captured as many blacks as they could on the train which resulted in the capture of nine young boys (“Scottsboro”). These boys received their name “Scottsboro…

highly adaptable creature wired almost perfectly for the job of moving from the safety of home into the complicated world outside. (Dobbs, 22)” Along with Dobbs, there are others who are against charging kids as adults. In the article Kids are Kids - Until they Commit Crimes written by Marjie Ludsrom, an American journalist who received the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1991, wrote about the inconsistency of court rulings pertaining to underage criminals. She expresses that, “It's a…

Video game violence has been a controversial topic for many years dating back to even the simplest classic video games such as Ms. Pac-Man, Centipede and Space Invaders eventually pushing into more modern games like Grand Theft Auto V and Call of Duty: Black Ops. This paper attempts to expand on and analyze the idea that due to the historical trend of video game violence being blamed for seemingly related violent events, some of the research may be faulty. The way we look at video games and how…

Adam Walsh Act and changes that the Walsh Act brought forth, the constitutional challenges that the Walsh Act faces. You will also be able to identify the rationale behind the Walsh Act. This topic was of most interest to me, being a victim of a sex crime I wanted to research and form an opinion. I want to know if the Walsh Act was truly seeking justice for the victims, or if this was another loop hole in the already complicated Criminal Justice system. Keywords: sex offenders; Adam…

from slavery and things such as the Ku Klux Klan, we still face racial issues and tension today. African Americans today feel so strongly about the problem that some started a movement called “Black Lives Matter” in July of 2013 as a result of the George Zimmerman case. George Zimmerman was a Caucasian male who shot and killed an African American teen, Trayvon Martin, whom was committing no crimes at the time. Zimmerman was oddly found not guilty even after confessing to…

Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Rights In the United States, there are many different beliefs and ways of life. Some people should not be discriminated against simply based on their sexual orientation. The Catholic Religion believe that being gay, lesbian, and transgender is wrong way, unnatural or immoral. Some people don 't accept that sexual preference. The Declaration of Independence states “We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable that all men are created equal & independent…

down the american flag as a crime. The people that are for calling the flag burning, in act of disrespecting their country, only see what they want to, “freedom of conscience and expression is at the core of our self-conception”... " burning the flag is such a powerful form of communication”... “we to embrace a prohibition on such communication,” (19-20) With the controversy towards burning a cherished symbol of our country it is thought as a foul act upon such people who commit the crime but…

Racial profiling is when people or in this case, police officers will use the race of a person and suspect them of a transgression even if they are uninvolved in any crime. In the article, “Black and Blue: Exploring Racial Bias and Law Enforcement in the Killings of Unarmed Black Male Civilians” the author states that, “In the current review, we dissect the psychological antecedents of these killings and explain how…