Social Science

Violence in education is actually lower in the new century, having decreased significantly since the 1990s. There are many programs and policies that have served to cause a lowering of school violence, while other forms of violence, such as emotional…
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Human beings seek connection.  If we cannot find a way to “belong” in socially acceptable ways, we seek anti-social, also known as “criminal” ways to belong.  Our human weaknesses have origins in our biology as social creatures.  It is our…
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It’s no secret that there are differences in both the ability to pay for health care from family to family, and in the types and kinds of health care that are offered and available to people who live under different…
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Four obvious origins of violence in education can be identified. Increased violence in society as a while, violent teachers and school officials, violence in the children’s homes and violence from outsiders who view schools as open sources of victims are…
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It is impossible to find a comprehensive and universally acceptable program that applies to all schools in the vast and diverse complex of American schools. Any discussion of school violence and the changes to environment that are effective in reducing…
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There are two kinds of family crime. One kind is that group of people who we all know as “The Mafia.” That other group of crime committing families is, in fact, a direct blood related family. Then again, there are…
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“If ‘business organizations are a creature of the law’ (Tomkins, Victor & Adler, 1992, p. 537), after all, psychologists can help determine what kind of creature the law has created and empirically identify its most dangerous traits. These research efforts…
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The nuclear family is considered by many to be the normal or desired form of family structure, where there are two parents and their children. The isolated nuclear family is considered to be physically or emotionally isolated or distant from…
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There are two reasons why women in the labor force is an issue at all. Since the dawn of man, women have been more than capable of raising children while doing the labor required for survival, housing, creating textiles and…
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A statistical model is a mathematical representation of the relationship among variables.  All models are simplifications of reality, the key question is whether the simplification adds to our knowledge and understanding  of the world.  Thus, a famous statistician named George…
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