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Presents opposing viewpoints concerning issues related to child abuse, including its causes, how widespread the problem is, and how the legal system should respond to it.
This essential volume explores many aspects of the Columbine school shootings in April, 1999. Topics covered include the historical and cultural background leading up to and following the massacre. Readers will evaluate the issues surrounding Columbine, such as the role of bullying at the high school, the shootings as a symbol of a greater culture of violence, and the impact of gun laws on the accessibility of weapons for senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Personal narratives are also featured, including Columbine high school seniors writing about the impact of the event on their lives, and a journalist looking back at the event that he covered years earlier.
Do guns contribute to or prevent crime? Is gun ownership a right or a privilege? Would Americans be safer without guns? This is a compendium of opinions on the issue of guns and crime answering these questions and more, including whether more stringent gun control would increase or decrease violence. Readers see both sides to relating issues, such as gun control, individual rights, its impact on children, and assault weapon bans.
Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq, some scholars began to draw comparisons to U.S. involvement in Vietnam, re-igniting the debate over the Vietnam War. In the following chapters the cartoonists in this volume present their views on the Vietnam War as it unfolded: Taking Steps Toward War, Going to War: The Johnson Years, The Long Road to Peace: The Nixon Years, and The Legacy of the Vietnam War.
Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format; the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications.; Title explores whether cybercrime is a serious problem; the ways cybercriminals use online media to commit crimes; whether internet activism is a crime; and what laws will best prevent cybercrime.; "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, th"
A series of essays that express various perspectives on different types of behavior disorders.
Presents varying opinions about whether media violence is a problem in the United States, whether it should be controlled by the government, and other ways to handle the situation.
Prominent observers offer differing views on the social, political, and legal impact of continuing immigration to the United States.
Examines whether violent crime in our schools and on our streets is pervasive.
This informative edition contains sixteen essays that discuss issues related to teenage driving. Readers will learn about safety issues, licensing restrictions, driver education, driving age, passengers, and cell phone usage. This is essential reading for any teen, so they become better drivers with a deep understanding as to the importance of it.