Essays on Community Violence

“Only crimes could take place in the darkness punishments had to be done in the light” writes Terry Pratchet in his The Feet of Clay novel. When summarised the quote asks “Should information regarding punishments be publicised?”, which has received much contempt by people around...

How is the world organized economically? What is violence? How are they interrelated? In order to explore this question, one must first identify and define the key terms used in it, namely the economical organization of the world, and ‘violence’; it is important to realize...

How would you feel if you and your family were held captive on a ship with hundreds of other helpless people for long periods of time? African slaves were put in horrible conditions and treated with no respect as they were boarded on ships to...

In March 1867, nearly two years after the confederate armies had begun to surrender and more than a year after Congress had refused to seat representatives from the former Confederate states, the mark of Radicalism was indelibly inscribed into the cornerstone of the reconstructed American...

In discussing sexuality, it is important to consider sexual orientation, gender and biological sex. The term “LGBTQ” is frequently used in this context and encompasses a wide spectrum of different sexual orientations as well as differences in traditional gender assignment cues. These different sexual orientations...

This essay will consider how, as citizens, we come to know the concept of violence and how violence operates in the realm if international politics. In order to do this I will be looking at the impact of globalisation and its success in operating as...