American Teens Against Crime

believe all forms of prostitution are wrong. Janice Crouse wrote an article on the topic, and she states within that “Nor does legalization end corruption -- laissez-faire Amsterdam closed one-third of their legal brothels because of ties to organized crime while acknowledging that the illegal brothels are thriving outside the official zone” (1). So although Amsterdam had legalized prostitution, many of the legal…

Those with the highest rates in violence are adults now. Most against the idea of media influence on youth violence believe people should make a public outcry for adults as well. However, no one cares about the declining morals of adults because they do not want to face the truth about themselves and refuse to believe…

In the Contemporary Age violent media has been the target of blame for the rise of youth violence. Consequently, children and teens have been prohibited to access the majority of violent types of media. American culture has grown to see violence as a barbaric passion. In his article, ”Violent Media is Good for Kids,” Gerard Jones develops the idea that adults should yield and allow kids to use creative violence in order to take control of their anger. This type of teaching can help young minds…

winning at this situation. While people claim there is a war on cops, the fact do not support this claim; not only are there already enhanced punishment for offenders who assault or kill police officers, but also police officers who use violence against unarmed and non-violent suspect rarely face criminal punishments for their actions. Also, this problem is still happening in the society as 2 police officers killed responding…

Carlos Nicolas Flores a Native-American from El Paso, Texas, is an exceptional professor and writer. El Paso, Texas is where he was born. Shortly after graduating from University of Texas at El Paso with a Master’s degree in English and he became a professor at Laredo Community College. Later on, he decided to take a different route with his degree and began to teach a development of Chicano and Black Literature. That is what steered him towards Dartmouth College in New Hampshire where he began…

smiley faces may seem like part of the original artist 's design, but they are in fact just a cover up, or an "artistic Band-Aid". What these Band-Aids are hiding are strategically placed tags, placed there by graffiti artists in an all-out defense against street artists. Unbeknownst to the general…

grew up in a middle class neighborhood in town outside Seattle called SeaTac. He was a dutiful son and close to his mother. His father was a bus driver who often complained about prostitutes on his route. Gary was a chronic bed wetter into his late teens and has said he remembers his mother would often bathe him when she found out. He said she would also humiliate him in front of family and friends. He had expressed strong sexual fantasies about his mother along with intense hatred. He was…

Relating to the First Amendment of the United States’ Constitution, every American individual has the freedom to express themselves to any circumstance they see fit. Despite what the Constitution states, several schools throughout the United States have put a halt to the freedom of choice, freedom of expression, and the ending of a child’s suffering. There are hundreds to thousands of books of different genres that have been banned from public and private schools in America. Children and…

The FBI defines serial killing as: “Three or more separate events, in three or more separate locations, with an emotional cooling off period between homicides.” The cooling off period could range from hours to minutes (Newton 12; Schechter). There are three major stresses in the definition of a serial killer: at least three murders, different murder locations, and there must be a cooling off period (Schechter). The time break is what differentiates between serial killing and mass murder. Until…

Some people who play violent video games display criminal behavior. Playing violent video games may make some people do things like breaking the law, killing, and stealing. Violent video games can affect people 's emotional state of mind.The emotional state of mind is the consciousness being affected by the violent video game and changing the way people think and act. “ Violent video game are linked to aggression. Aggression is angry feelings or violent behavior which has shown are link to…