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Mersky, Rebecca A.; Chambliss, Catherine A. – 2003
Despite the fact that both national and regional statistics show that violent crimes (murder, non negligent manslaughter, aggravated assault, robbery, and forcible rape) in the U.S. have been declining in recent years, many believe that violent crime rates have been steadily escalating. Exaggerated media portrayals of violence, including both news…
Descriptors: College Students, Crime, Higher Education, Mass Media Effects
US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1945
As yet citizens in the United States have had very little specific and authoritative information from the enemy-occupied countries of Europe and the Far East about what has happened and is happening to the intellectual life of their people. Recognizing these limitations in the information and desirous that the citizens of the United States,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Youth, Politics of Education

Walters, Ronald – Urban League Review, 1990
Discusses the recent resurgence of White racial nationalism, and its influence on modern political behavior. Explores the ways the conservative movement has manifested itself nationally through racially motivated violence and the rise of the conservative wing of the Republican party. Discusses ways to reverse the trend toward institutionalized…
Descriptors: Black Power, Blacks, Conservatism, Government Role

Coldrey, Barry – Children & Society, 2001
Explores reasons for the abuse phenomenon throughout traditional residential care provided for boys and young men in the United Kingdom. Addresses specifically the severe discipline which often became abusive, the presence of sexual abuse, severe staff reaction to resistance, and the similarities of regimen across the spectrum of traditional care…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Cultural Traits, Foreign Countries