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    “Nearly 1.5 million high school students across the country experience physical violence at the hands of a dating partner each year” (Duret). Teenage dating violence is on the rise. Due to recent advances in technology, abuse issues are more prevalent; technology allows room for students to lash out over text messaging and through social media. However, teen violence can be prevented. The government has established laws and campaigns to educate and protect victims. Teenagers go through many changes

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    Teen Dating Violence Dawn Brown, Verronica Flowers, Michelle Marcak, Lisa Sprouse Dr. Brinda Mckinney, Instructor Arkansas State University NRS 3333 Women 's Health August 12, 2016   Teen Dating Violence In 2013, the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey reported that 21% of female and 10% of male high school students experienced some form of physical and/or sexual dating violence. It was also reported that youth who are victims of dating violence in high school are at greater risk of victimization

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    1 Teenage Gun Violence Nicole Minor Union University . Abstract Teenage gun violence is on the rise. Gun violence has become a major problem for America. We have more privately owned guns than any other country. This could be one of the reasons that guns are being used by teens, because of the access they have to guns. The availability of guns to our youth is making the world unsafe. Although lawmakers are working on gun control laws, I wonder is the problem

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    Abstract Teenage gun violence is on the rise. Gun violence has become a major problem for America. We have more privately owned guns than any other country. This could be one of the reasons that guns are being used by teens, because of the access they have to guns. The availability of guns to our youth is making the world unsafe. Although lawmakers are working on gun control laws, I wonder is the problem too far gone. Social Welfare Issue: Teenage Gun Violence Teenage gun violence is caused by individuals

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    Purpose This paper is to research teen dating violence and how it has or will impact many young women’s lives. How dating violence in today’s society plays important role in relationship among teens, while adolescence should be aware that victimization take place a lot with and abusive partner. While it can have an emotional attachment behavior with adolescence, and while interviewing Jamie Morris on her abusive relationship. Adolescence need to understand that there is preventive measure that

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    impacts of sexual violence in teenage girls. This research study hits on a major social issue that happens throughout society that has been going for many decades now, it emphases whether or not immigration and acculturation are related factors in sexual violence amongst this age group. Sexual Violence and victimization is a topic that we study on in the school of social work at Ryerson, as we take an anti-oppressive approach to social issues that happen around the world. Violence against women has

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    Gangs and Teenage Violence A gang is a group of people who interact among themselves. Teen violence is contributed to these gangs. Most gangs claim neighborhoods as their territory and try to control everything inside that territory. This kind of antisocial behavior is a major problem in American Society. Gang members are typical members of the same ethnic group. Fear and hatred for people of another race is called xenophobia. People who are victims of racism are often racists

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    Problem of Teenage Violence in Schools Today There is a growing problem with teenage violence today in school. The problem is teenagers are getting more and more violent. Many of them resort to violence as a way to deal with anger and stress. Most of teenage violence starts with the so called thugs who think they rule the school. Not just the thugs but anybody in general who thinks they can beat up on people and act all tough and push everyone around. Another source of this violence is the outcasts

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    Teen-dating violence happens to be one of the most common forms of violence, and it can be influenced from families, peers, or internal issues. Usually, domestic violence takes place in relationships of people between the ages of sixteen to twenty-four. According to a survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control, about four million women are abused each year by their partners and forty percent of teens ages fourteen to seventeen report that they know someone their age who is being abused by

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    problem solving skills and other challenges. Since, teen moms are adolescence themselves they like adult experiences and knowledge such as budgeting, and educational qualifications. Children who come from poor household tend to fall in a cycle of violence or emotional stress. Teen moms either have a high school diploma or equivalent which can only get them a job to stay within the the poor population. Majority of teen moms stop at high school because college isn’t ideal financially. The less educated

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