School violence

growth of gangs is become harder to control and, therefore, communities, police departments, school, and educators have looked to strategies in gang prevention with programs like G.R.E.A.T or Boys and Girls Club of America. Youth today are subjected daily to seeing some form of violence. This can be in the home, at school, or in media (e.g. television and video games). The negative effects of violence can be lessened by parental supervision, appropriate parental behavior, and limiting…

The reward structure is one distinguishing factor between violent video games and other violent media such as movies and television shows, which do not reward viewers nor allow them to actively participate in violence. Carole Lieberman, MD, a media psychiatrist, stated, "The more video games a person plays that have violent sexual content, the more likely one is to become desensitized to violent sexual acts and commit them." By inhabiting violent characters in…

Something I never really understood in my life until an important moment of clarity was violence. When I was younger, violence to me was getting punched or pushed or shoved around. Violence, to an extent, is exactly that. At that point in my life, I wasn’t intuitive in the depth and effects of violence. It wasn't until I was nearly a teenager did I understand. As a young child, I didn’t have much experience with violence, delivering it or receiving it. In part it was because I was a shy person…

Youth violence in certain ethnic groups has been increasing around the world. Does ethnicity and culture contribute to why there is so much violence, physical or verbal, in our society? Throughout the world there are non-government organizations working to help prevent youth violence. Many of these organizations have made huge impacts in areas of the world, building centers where these kids can come get help with their education, volunteer, or talk to someone in your local community or city.…

Violence in America: What Is the Cause of it? Violence is not a new trend in the today’s world; it has been around for years. Violence has many causes including exposure to violent media, violence in the home or neighborhood or frustration. However, violence has a major effect on the younger generations. It appears that violence has an effect on all age groups in today’s society. Not a day goes by that violence is not mentioned on the news. When individuals think of violence, often crimes such…

Violence in the sports world is best known for intentional acts of violence in which can injure another person such as another player, a coach, a game official, and even another fan. Violence in the sports world is not only known on the field but just as well as in the stands with fans. Although it is more commonly found on the field sports violence mostly begins with the fans. An outstanding result found by Dr. John Cheffers was a strong link between both the fans and athletes. If it is seen…

Violence is surprisingly good Please note that this essay wasn’t meant to be taken seriously, but there are some good things to learn from this. When people think of violence, they usually think of it as bullying and hurting others. When I think of violence, I think of it as a punishment of sinning against the Lord or ISIS bombing that great big beautiful wall Donald Trump will never build. According to Google definitions, violence is a “behavior involving physical force intended to hurt,…

more are injured, and 53 use a gun to commit suicide.” (Erik Kain). In today's world real world violence has been becoming a bigger issue. Violent video games and violent role playing games may be to blame for this. Violent video games give people the ability to have a virtual gun and use it to do wrong, after years of addiction to video games they can influence people, resulting in increased violence. According to the article Shooting in the Dark Mark Kegan explains how research…

African Americans, Hispanics and Violence in America There are many recruiting cases in America that involve violence. Most of these cases are connected with minorities. The majority of these minorities are African American and Hispanic. There is an extreme percentage of African Americans and Hispanics in prison in the U.S.A. There is also an extreme percent of African Americans and Hispanics living in poverty. African Americans and Hispanics are in the lowest percentile in education in…

dual-process habituation theory (Watt, 1979). Community violence exposure, risk taking, and decision making are concepts that low income, minority adolescents can be faced with frequently and deserves further investigation in research literature. The research questions are as follows: Could adolescents become desensitized to community violence with results in their brain activity? I hypothesize that adolescents can be desensitized to community violence. Brain activation for people who are…