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…“It has been calculated that American kids see about 200,000 acts of violence and 25,000 murders on TV by the time they reach age 18.”(Schleifer 18) Arrests of people under the age of 18 for violent crimes rose 47 percent from 1988 to 1992. (Miller 174…

…America’s Youth and Today’s Violence The media believes every child is capable of what happened at Columbine. Therefore, when a person picks up a paper or turns to his or her favorite news channel, all they learn about is how schools…

…Youth Gun Violence Despite nationwide gun-free school laws that prohibit possession of a firearm on or near the property of a public or private school, students are bringing guns to school and using them against their fellow students and teachers…

…Many people have been debating over the recent changes in television. Because the increasing juvenile crime rate is blamed on the rise in television violence, many people are pushing to regulate, or remove violence on television. There have been many…

…Lights, Camera, Violence! "Packed with nonstop action and adventure!" We hear this quote all the time when previewing movie trailers. It seems all they show on these trailers are the violent scenes, for example, the blowing up of police cars…

…violent and exploitative. He builds his case for violence as a "cleansing force" (Pg. 94) for the natives to embrace and be empowered by so to break from the bonds of the settlers. Focusing on the French colonial Algeria, where he worked for some time…

…Gore and Bill Clinton, have officially asked the producers and television stations to tone down the violence in their products and try to have more family orientated messages. Why the sudden change in heart? The recent rash of schoolshooting and teen…

…When a normal person watches a TV show, they do not go out and commit a violent act the next day. The content of violence on TV should not be reduced. TV violence should stay because people are not required to watch TV, because the United States…

…to see if the results would be the same as they were on TV. In many people’s living rooms across the world sits a big outlet for violence, better known as the television. Mostly it’s the children who view it, and are pulled into its realistic world…

…Children and Violence In Lost Boys, a study of race and youth violence, author James Garbarino says, "The 1997-1998 school year will go down in American history as the turning point in our country's experience and understanding of lethal youth violence…