The horrible sound of screeching tires can be heard from miles away, and you may find yourself minutes from losing your life, bleeding out from the treacherous wound you have acquired from skidding off the road into a bank, or you can find yourself putting other’s lives in danger. Making only one mistake can change your life. At least 200,000 people die a year in car crashes caused by texting or using a cell phone while driving, and this is one of many negative impacts cell phones have on…
The categorical grouping of criminal personality are diversified and difficult to identify because of the multiplicity of behaviors. The behavioral psychologist and researchers place the determinants of criminal personality in groups; psychosocial, cognitive, personality development, and environmental. There were much confusion in the past diagnosing this antisocial personality disorder/ psychopathy stemming from period of the DSM-I, 1952 to the DSM-5 today. In studies done by multiple…
Bully Bullies and Bullying. What comes into your mind when you hear this words? According to the dictionary, it is the use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or she to do what one wants. In other words, it is classified as an emotional, tormenting, harassing, threating, gossiping, issue that can affect the world today (dictionary.com). Being oppressed is a major problem for children and young people of our generation. Moreover, if someone get picked on…
Hate Speech and trolling In the year 2016, we live in a very progressive time. We are on the heel end of the first African American presidency, women are taking major leading roles in both the film and sports industries, and same sex marriage is now legalized and more excepted than ever within all fifty states. Everything on the surface seems to be on the right track for America’s social progression. Even though everything seems fine and dandy on the surface there is a disturbing trend…
“William, do you understand?” Said the rich business man, “this is a very important job. All that money is in there, and we’re trusting you with knowing where it is. Not even my son knows. You’re my most trusted security guard.” William nodded, his face beaming. “I will protect the money at all cost!” The politician smiled slightly fixing the cuffs of his suit. “Remember: at the end of the week some people will come in and transfer the money to the bank. Manage to protect it by then.” The…
While most people do not realize how much of an effect social media has on them, studies have shown social media has its pros and cons. Pros being that social media helps connect others easily; the cons are that it helps bullies continue their pestering online any time they want. More than half youth students have been bullied or engaged in bullying over the Internet (“Bullying Statistics”). Some studies have been done on cyberbullying like this US Legal article about the pestering corruption.…
“Those books you read. Common Sense, Atlas Shrugged, all of them?” “Yeah?” “I had their contents stored in my brain when I was born. Every word of every book has been in my memory since I can remember. That’s how I knew they even existed. And also the location where the Mother Country stashed them. When I was fourteen, I broke open the storage unit containing them, and stole every single last one of them. The Unite was furious, but never made the heist public knowledge, and they never found out…
There is no argument that women in the mainstream media have been portrayed as sexualized objects for decades in an attempt for advertisement; sexualizing women has been a successful business tactic that guarantees attention and profit. As technology develops over time, it also creates more opportunities to exploit women for personal gain. In this day and age, nobody accessing the media more than today’s adolescents. A 2013 study reported that 81% of American teenagers use social media sites,…
– found later to be Aydin Coban, 38 - after showing her breasts to him via a video chat website. The picture of her began circulating the internet and even made its way to a fake Facebook profile. No matter what she did in attempt to escape this stalker, he would come back out of nowhere. On September 7, 2012, Amanda had posted a video on YouTube using flashcards to communicate to the viewers her story of being blackmailed and bullied. On October 10, 2012, she hanged herself in her home. She…
The Creeper: No Remorse In today’s society, monsters are often associated with fear, the heart pounding, hair raising, gut wrenching fear that makes the stomach turn with terror in every way possible. Most people when asked what they thought to be an accurate description of what a monster’s appearance was, they almost all gave the same answer. Monsters tended to be described as much larger than the average human, grotesque smelling, and being covered in fur, preferably matted, which sounds a…