Sentences with phrase «on urban violence»

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The feminist movement has pointed to the buried connections between militarism, urban violence, racism, economic exploitation and ecological abuse on the one hand, and sexual distortions on the other.

Still, she defended her record on guns in Buffalo, arguing she could support the needs of hunters in her own district with tamping down gun violence in urban areas.

He has defended his views on gun rights, saying firearm ownership in rural states like his is largely associated with hunting, and he understands gun violence is a separate issue altogether in urban America.

Stories on the stressful impact of urban violence on children, the shared aptitudes of humans and songbirds for vocal learning, and the impact of climate change on the forests of Minnesota and beyond, are among the winners of the 2015 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards.

I recently read Roger Ebert's review of a urban crime picture «Clockers» (A film I greatly disliked) he wrote something true from the results of black on black drugs and violence.

This hypnotic urban poem on masculinity, violence and wisdom may be Jarmusch's most likeable picture — as funny and dark as anything Tarantino has ever filmed, but with a surreal, dreamlike quality and a soul full of integrity.

What lends special interest is its provocative insistence on probing the links between urban violence and military indoctrination.

First, the film's lead, Noah Wyle (also one of the many producers behind this urban narrative's stark commentary on senseless violence), played a young dedicated doctor used to helping critically...

Her research focuses on anti-terror law, the criminalization of and marginalization of working class youth, processes of depoliticization, sites of urban segregation and violence, and legal and extra-legal policing / security practices.

In addition to his work with Brooke Charter School, Tom currently serves on the Board of Urban Improv, a Boston - based non-profit focused on youth development and violence prevention through improvisational theatre.

Dr. Noguera has published over 200 research and scholarly articles, monographs, research reports, and editorials on topics such as urban school reform, education policy, conditions that promote student achievement, the role of education in community development, youth violence, and race and ethnic relations in American society as well as the author of several books.

At Match Education, she supported in - district high school math tutoring programs, including a gold - standard study by the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab on the efficacy of 2:1 tutoring in improving outcomes and reducing violence in at - risk youth.

The characters are delightfully typecast - there's the tragic figure of our much put - upon anti-hero who is driven to commit violence for what he believes is a justified cause; a truly dastardly old - Etonian poetry - spouting villain (who, if this was a play, would receive hisses from the audience every time he came on stage); the exceedingly wealthy and influential Lord Tansor, living off the gains of his brighter ancestors; a dead - ringer for Uriah Heap; plus a massive supporting cast representing every strata of society, both urban and country; and last but not least, Evenwood House itself and its great library - the representation of everything that Edward yearns for but that remains tantalizingly out of reach.

Academic Dishonesty, Euthanasia, Fat Tax On Food, Global Warming, Homeland Security, Poverty, Armed Conflicts, Transportation, Working Women, Condoms In Schools, AIDS / HIV, Genocide, Global Resources, Abuse Of The Elderly, Feminism, Urban Terrorism, Teen Pregnancy, Water Resources, Media Violence

Academic Dishonesty, Fat Tax On Food, Homeland Security, Transportation, Working Women, AIDS / HIV, Genocide, Abuse Of The Elderly, Teen Pregnancy, Media Violence, Weapons Disarmament, Vaccinations, Foreign Oil Dependence, Air Pollution, World Trade, Arms Control, Homeless in America, Family Violence, National Tobacco Settlement, Age Discrimination, Tobacco Industry, Foster Care, Voluntary, Welfare Reform, Airline Safety, Euthanasia, Global Warming, Poverty, Armed Conflicts, Condoms In Schools, Global Resources, Feminism, Urban Terrorism, Water Resources, Medical Ethics, Term Limits, Abused Women, Creationism vs. Evolution, US Budget, Prison regime, Government Fraud and Waste, Academic Freedom, Foreign Policy, Internet Chat rooms, Violent Video Games, Nonproliferation, Trade with China, Iraq, National Testing and many others.

She is currently writing her dissertation, which explores performative responses to the Delhi bus gang rape of 2012 and argues for the importance of these performances in reframing discourse on sexual violence in contemporary urban India around the everyday and the role of affect.

These included characteristics on multiple levels of the child's biopsychosocial context: (1) child factors: race / ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian / Pacific Islander / Alaska Native), age, gender, 9 - month Bayley Mental and Motor scores, birth weight (normal, moderately low, or very low), parent - rated child health (fair / poor vs good / very good / excellent), and hours per week in child care; (2) parent factors: maternal age, paternal age, SES (an ECLS - B — derived variable that includes maternal and paternal education, employment status, and income), maternal marital status (married, never married, separated / divorced / widowed), maternal general health (fair / poor versus good / very good / excellent), maternal depression (assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at 9 months and the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview at 2 years), prenatal use of tobacco and alcohol (any vs none), and violence against the mother; (3) household factors: single - parent household, number of siblings (0, 1, 2, or 3 +), language spoken at home (English vs non-English), neighborhood good for raising kids (excellent / very good, good, or fair / poor), household urbanicity (urban city, urban county, or rural), and modified Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment — Short Form (HOME - SF) score.

«Violence Prevention: Program Effects on Urban Preschool and Kindergarten Children.»

The goal of this collaboration is to translate for Brazilians the science of early child development and the specific effects of urban violence on early child development.

Brazilian experts decry the high levels of violence, especially urban violence, that take their toll on the public in myriad ways.

[jounal] Ozer, E. J. / 2005 / The impact of violence on the urban adolescents: Longitudinal effects of perceived school connection and family support / Journal of Adolescent Research 20: 167 ~ 192

Research interests include evaluation of school mental health services, empirical development of interventions for children, and the impact of violence on urban youth.

Moreover, when young urban women have been studied, prior research has predominantly focused on physical aggression, often excluding nonphysical forms of aggression that may precipitate violence.