Sentences with phrase «school crime in»

James Dean became the movies» all - time romantic teen - age icon when he pulled on his red jacket and played a confused knife - wielding kid named Jim Stark in this lyrical and violent drama of high school crime in the L. A. suburbs.

Not exact matches

Tough says that people who test high in conscientiousness get better grades in school and college, commit fewer crimes, and stay married longer.

«Of all the factors that lead to corporate crime, none comes close in importance to the role top management plays in tolerating, even shaping, a culture that allows for it,» says William Laufer, the director of the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School.

So far most of the government apps seem modest in scope (think: Mapping crime reports or finding out when the next train will come), but O'Reilly suggested that this is only the beginning and that the approach can work for big problems like rising health care costs, poorly performing schools, and climate change.

Gorsuch's commitments to interpreting the law as «the words on the paper say» and not over-criminalizing innocent conduct were on full display in a 2015 decision in which he used «plain old grade school grammar» to determine the legal penalties imposed on defendants accused of using a firearm «during and in relation to any crime of violence of drug trafficking crime.»

The Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan policy institute at the NYU School of Law, reports that overall crime rates in the nation's 30 largest cities remain at or near historic lows.

I only Go After Homes in Safe, Crime Free, newer Homes in Great School Districts.

The city also has the best schools in the state, low crime rates and a very tight - knit community.

An unfiltered glorification of crime, the movie is thought to have encouraged a number of copycat killings, including the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, during which 12 people were shot dead, as the murderers supposedly yelled lines from the film.

According to authorities, Cruz was initially able to leave the crime scene at the school by blending in with students fleeing campus in the wake of the massacre.

It is reprehensible to view a school shooting or a hate crime in context of how you can make a quick buck.

In the days after the shooting, conservative blogs picked up a narrative later promoted by everyone from Limbaugh to Laura Ingraham that Broward had adopted a bleeding - heart disciplinary program because of a liberal, Obama - led effort to keep crime statistics down and criminals in schoolIn the days after the shooting, conservative blogs picked up a narrative later promoted by everyone from Limbaugh to Laura Ingraham that Broward had adopted a bleeding - heart disciplinary program because of a liberal, Obama - led effort to keep crime statistics down and criminals in schoolin schools.

The NRA opposed the legislation at the time, arguing that it «will not prevent the next shooting, will not solve violent crime and will not keep our kids safe in schools.»

Things you should consider are the proximity of good paying jobs, crime in the area, and the quality of the schools.

When I worked as a crime reporter in Broward County, it was normal for a school to go into a Code Yellow lockdown when police were searching for an armed suspect in the surrounding neighborhoods.

The students should go to local, try to ramp up security, get more video coverage at these schools, maybe would with some veterans groups to see if we can get a volunteer program like Neighborhood Watch in areas 20 years ago that had high crime.

TO choose between him or Mitt Romney a man who is evil I have no choice but to vote for President Obama, To cut a child's hair off and commit the crime he did in school is a lot different than a little boy pushing a little girl because of embarassment.

But as long as I know how important maternal health is to Haiti's future, and as long as I know that women are being abused and raped, as long as I know that girls are being denied life itself through selective abortion, abandonment, and abuse, as long as brave little girls in Afghanistan are being attacked with acid for the crime of going to school, and until being a Christian is synonymous with doing something about these things, you can also call me a feminist.

Youngest sister Geeti's crime was to do badly in school and call social workers for help dealing with a family home in turmoil.

Without God, we are torn in two directions: universities praise diversity, but students still form cliques; politicians promise a bright future, but our news programmes are distressing; people are obsessed with scientific explanations of everything, and equally obsessed with the sentimental love expressed in pop songs; sexual abuse with a minor is the most shameful of all crimes, but everyone has a right to complete sexual liberation once they reach the age of consent; we relocate all over the world, preferring to live anywhere but home, yet we still agonise over our local sports club; we own many things, and still feel we don't have enough; we believe in discipline at school or at work, but we all have a right to «let ourselves go» at the weekend; we tolerate everything, except people that don't agree with us.

Maybe if we had a little more prayer in schools we would have a little less crime and murders.

Conversely... an open Catholic school in a neighborhood (correlates) with lower levels of serious crime....

When I ask Carter to describe the kind of young person who commits violent crime, he says there are some recurring themes: «The common factors will be a broken family at home, someone who isn't fully engaged in their education — absenteeism from school and truancy — and domestic abuse is a key factor as well.

«Huckabee: Lack of religion in classroom leads to violence in schools» - must be why Canada and Sweden and others have such low violent crime rates.

As everyone knows, there is a tremendous cultural struggle going on in national politics, manifested in disputes over abortion, capital punishment, gun control, crime, welfare, affirmative action, gay rights, school prayer, and other kindred things, many of which have a subtle racial dimension.

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State and federal courts and mediators are dealing with hundreds of Native American land claims, and indigenous tribes in the U.S. and Canada have filed suits demanding reparations for various crimes, such as the abuse of students in parochial and government - run schools.

We know the statistics: that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime, nine times more likely to drop out of school, and twenty times more likely to end up in prison.

James Q. Wilson agrees that much went radically wrong about then» as evident in divorce, crime, out - of - wedlock births, ineffective schools, and much else» but he thinks the reason is chiefly cultural.

Teenage pregnancy is being cited as one of — if not the leading cause — of delinquency and crime, and it has been proven to have a direct bearing on behavior problems in school and academic performance.

Until any poster actually a commits a real crime the only thing you can do is get all huffy and cry about it, which we all know works so well in any school yard.

It takes a little research but the legalization in Colorado has proven to be beneficial - crime rate cut in half; tax revenue with a huge portion going to support public schools.

I did not know the public schools were part of one monolithic organization with a single person in charge that continually covered up its crimes for decades....

It's somehow satisfying to be the bearer of bad tidings: «They'll be banning Christmas outright next», «Mark my words, Catholic schools are doomed», «They'll make it a hate - crime to say prayers in school».

«It is not easy to separate out from prejudice the influence of fears that, with an increase in black occupancy, crime will increase, schools will decline, and house values will drop.»

We're mad about the ACLU, condoms in school, crime on the streets, and drugs in our neighborhood.

Steve — we'e all «done something wrong», but keeping a person locked in a closet is much more than a reason for school expulsion, it's also a crime that should have been punished, but probably wasn't because of his last name!

Concurrently, we have seen a huge increase in illegitimate births, single - motherhood, sexually - transmitted disease, crime, serious misconduct in schools and rapidly decreasing educational standards.

Without God, we are torn in two directions: universities praise diversity, but students still form cliques; politicians promise a bright future, but all our news programs are distressing; people are obsessed with scientific explanations of everything, and equally obsessed with sentimental love in every pop song; sexual abuse with a minor is the most shameful of all crimes, but everyone has a right to complete sexual liberation once they reach the age of consent; we relocate all over the world, preferring to live anywhere but home, yet we still agonize over our local sports team; we own many things, and still feel like we don't have enough; we believe in discipline at school or at work, but we all have a right to «let ourselves go» on the weekend; we tolerate everything, except people that don't agree with us.

But if you're in the right stage in your life; easy commutes, no crime, great schools, limited but excellent career opportunities,

After all, the JRW Little League is rooted in the midst of several challenging Chicago neighborhoods, where crime, poverty, underperforming schools, drug dealing and other societal ills can make everyday living nothing short of a treacherous human struggle.

But a high school coach and a program try to hold on in a city ravaged by senseless crime

Proceeds from the event will support the Serena Williams Fund, which finances two schools in Kenya and provides assistance to families affected by violent crimes.

Here is a video of Serena finishing the race, which raised money to provide assistance to families affected by violent crimes, as well helping to fund two schools in Kenya.

«A Teachable Moment,» August 17, 2008 «While it is true that for decades the children of New Orleans toiled in a substandard school system, they have also continually faced countless other obstacles to success — inadequate health care, poorly educated parents, exposure to high rates of violent crime and a popular culture that often denigrates mainstream achievement.»

Jens Ludwig, an economist at the University of Chicago who oversees a research group there called the Crime Lab, has for the past few years been studying, along with some colleagues, a counseling program called Becoming A Man, or BAM, which operates inside 49 Chicago schools, mostly high schools in low - income neighborhoods.

What: YMCA (England)'s «Dads and Lads» Parenting Courses Where: Youth / community centres and primary schools in Bradford / Bradford Moor Funding: Children's Fund «On Track» crime diversion (filtered into the Children's Fund); YMCA England (Family Support Grant)

It's linked to higher rates of poverty, failure in school, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, violent crime, depression, and ultimately a loss of hope.

In the Garfield Park fieldhouse, on the West Side in one of Chicago «s poorest, high - crime neighborhoods, next to nothing was happening in the after - school programs on that day, Oct. 1In the Garfield Park fieldhouse, on the West Side in one of Chicago «s poorest, high - crime neighborhoods, next to nothing was happening in the after - school programs on that day, Oct. 1in one of Chicago «s poorest, high - crime neighborhoods, next to nothing was happening in the after - school programs on that day, Oct. 1in the after - school programs on that day, Oct. 17.

Much of that time was as a detective in a violent crimes unit, and two of those years I also worked as a school resource officer.