Police Taser Injuries and Deaths in the United States

Police brutality has recently gained attention in the United States. Many of us have seen horrible videos of police brutality on television. Often, police brutality results in serious injuries and even wrongful death. And more often than not, Tasers play the devil's role in cases of police brutality. First, let us take a look at what a Taser is all about. "Taser" stands for "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle". This is not a child's toy as the name implies in the acronym which is character that appeared in children's books written in the early 20th century. This is a weapon that shoots two dart, each attached to a thin wire, to the victim.

DWI Records

DWI records make a strong statement about a person's background, for both personal and business reasons. DWI records are commonly overlooked in society; many people just think that "mistakes happen", but knowing who has or has not been convicted of DWI is VERY important. In a business aspect, it is essential to know if any of your employees have any sort of DWI records. When it comes to any position involving operating a motor vehicle, ANYTHING that happens on the road the company could be found liable for if the proper background checks have not been conducted about the employee. Also, other companies just do not appreciate the fact of recent DWIs because they infer that the person may have a substance abuse problem.

Women s Self-Defense - Understanding Body Language Pre-Attack Indicators

A large part of our awareness training focuses on attack recognition. Your personal security plan should include the ability to recognize body language, trusting your instincts and reacting decisively when your life is on the line. By being able to recognize the pre-attack signals that the body engages in involuntarily, you will increase your reaction time to avoid and or escape an attack. Attack recognition is the ability to be mentally prepared to react to an attack. When you are able to recognize pre-attack indicators, you are able to kick in your pre-planned avoidance maneuvers to escape and hopefully avoid a violent confrontation altogether.

Learn How to Refuse to Be a Victim by Using Self Defense Products

In today's world, it is important to learn how to refuse to be a victim by using self defense products. According to research and statistics by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, as of 2006 there is a murder committed every thirty one minutes, a forcible rape every six minutes and a robbery every one minute somewhere in the United States. This is alarming and should wake everyone up to the fact that no matter who you are or where you live it is necessary to protect yourself somehow. There are many personal protection products that can help you if faced with an attacker. The best steps to take are to have a combination of items to ensure your personal safety.

Roman Polanski, and His Impact on Public Attitudes About Rape and Women s Safety

Roman Polanski's arrest has been the talk of the town for the past few days. He was arrested in Switzerland on his way to a film festival where he was to be honored for his work in film. He had pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a 13 year old girl in 1977 and went on the run to avoid prison. As a writer about issues of women's self defense and safety this controversy is of great interest. After all, it is public attitudes that ultimately shape our justice system not to mention the attitudes of women and perpetrators themselves. As it turns out, the "unlawful sex" refers to an incident where he fed her champagne and a quaalude, forced her to undress, and penetrated her both vaginally and anally.

Crime Rates Among Children - Is Single Parenting the Cause?

Parenting is a hard job that can be difficult with two parents in the home, let alone one. Because of this awesome responsibility, much has been said about the possibility that raising kids minus a mother or father can lead to higher crime rates among children. While a compelling argument, something as complex as youth crime may not a solitary cause. A case in point would be the fact that most high profile crimes, like school shootings, involve kids from two parent households. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the Columbine killers, lived in fairly upscale neighborhoods and came from two parent homes.

Honour Killings - An Obscured Epidemic In India

Prima facie, the coinage honour killings seems to be purely contradictory. Many of us wonder how in God's name are the terms honour and the brutal lynching of a life in cold blood ever related. We can't even dare to conjure up in the worst of our nightmares of retaining honour by squeezing out pools of blood from our loved ones. We have been cultivated so intelligently to pass on the buck to our notorious neighbor- Pakistan for everything that is disgraceful and nasty. Up until now most of us have been brought up to think that heinous crimes like Honour killings take place in oppressive nations like Pakistan.

Risk Factors Associated With Juvenile Delinquency

Risk factors can be described as scientifically established reasons that have a strong correlation or a causal relationship to a problem. Thorough understanding of numerous factors that result in juvenile delinquency can help the society in getting solutions to deal with this problem. Some of these factors have been listed below. Environmental level factors -- Environment or the surroundings where a child grows has a phenomenal role in influencing the behavioral patterns in children. Some environmental level factors that have been traditionally identified with violent and delinquent behavior include poverty, excessive exposure to violence and crime, high rate of unemployment and limited economic opportunities.

Is Human Behavior Learned?

Yes! Human behavior is past down from generation to generation. Human behavior is learned behavior. What do you think about that? Just remember that an explanation is not a justification. Crime is a reality in our country whether we like it or not. Poor family values, poverty, poor education, these are the contributing factors that lead many men and women to crime. There are some well read and educated persons who believe that the human brain is wired for violence. What if I told you that violence was learned? Violence is past down from generation to generation, like wealth and heirlooms.

Dead Canadians and Mexican Injustice

Since 2000 some 250 Canadians have been killed abroad. Over the past few years there has been an upward spike in the number of Canadian tourists who have been killed in Mexico. Canadians better be prepared to tough it out if they get into trouble abroad. Don't expect the government to protect you. They're too busy defending the rights of the people of Afghanistan and bending over backward in high profile cases like Maher Arar. If you are just an ordinary Joe with no propaganda value, then take your chances in Mexico and other crime infested tourist locales because there will be no Mounties galloping to your defense if you or yours gets knifed, shot or worse.