Essays on Violence

Concerns Over Aggressiveness of American Teenagers Playing Violent Video Games There have been significant concerns among the Americans over the aggressiveness of the American teenagers who indulge in playing violent video games because they tend to imitate or engage in the violent activities they observe during the gameplay. An APA Taskforce...

The issue of gun control and preventing school mass shooting is a pervasive issue in the US with policymakers experiencing an impasse over means of bringing this issue to an end. Indeed, the US has in the past centuries had troubled youths, with a good number of them owning guns...

The research attempts to examine whether playing violent video games results to corresponding aggressive behavior on children. While the number of American children playing video games has significantly increased, research show that there is need for concern since majority of video games played are violent. The hypothesis of the study...

This research was carried out due to research work that examined the issue of domestic violence in terms of qualitative and quantitative teachings. A literature review was conducted to determine the psychotype of the victims of their partners , why they tolerate tyrants and what motivates them when choosing such...

The social reaction or labelling theory focuses on the negative linguistic characterisation or tendency embraced by a majority group to a minority group based on the deviance from social norms. According to the theory, self-identity, as well as the behaviours of individuals, may be influenced or determined by the perspective...

Violence is a significant, universal political occurrence. There is hardly any difference between the history of violence and the history of politics. Abuse can take different forms such as physical, economic, psychological, political, social, and identity-yielding (Siroky, 2012, p.350). It is vital to differentiate between the types of violence that...

The past centuries have been characterized by violence in huge scale which has sparked debates as to whether this trend is still present in modern times. In the first half of the twentieth century, both the first and second world war led to the death of millions of people. On...

Violence and its Different Forms Violence is a significant, universal political occurrence. There is hardly any difference between the history of violence and the history of politics Abuse can take different forms such as physical, economic, psychological, political, social, and identity-yielding (Siroky, 2012, P 350). It is vital to differentiate between...

The Definition of Racism and Sexism The definition of racism and sexism are interchangeable except for gender. The theories of racism and sexism are conceptually the same as problematic notions that establish a hierarchy between races and gender respectively. The theory of racism is built on the idea that some races...

Self Defense is the right that any individual has to use reasonable and defensive force in defending one`s life or the lives of others. It includes in other circumstances, using deadly force to achieve this objective. The defense has to be equal and proportional to the actions of the offending...

I submit herewith a proposal in regards to a research study entitled ‘Mass shooting and Violence,’ which is to be conducted under my direction and with the help of the research materials provided by the university. The report will analyze previous cases of shooting and gun violence that have occurred in...

Gun control is a problem that has caused a lot of problem raising many questions about who should be able to own guns and debate the age limit for obtaining guns in the country. Currently, the effects of gun control have caused a lot of loss of lives in various...