...instead of prosecuting cyber bullies they should show them what they are doing to others. Second, there is always another to way to punish people for what they did. Lastly, there is always a different side to every argument and they are good and bad things about it. First, Prosecution is not a way to show awareness is a way to scare them. Many cyberbullies are teens who don’t even know they are actually bullying others it might just be they think they are funny. The federal government wants to give those who have cyberbullied criminal charges when...
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...They say that there must be deliberate and egregious acts that occur over a period of time (Greenwald, 2010). Without this accurately described, many individuals face misdemeanors, or in some cases felonious charges against them. It is now getting to the point that disciplining someone is a gray area that no one wants to venture into for fear of reprimand. The similarity between the two articles is that there is a major debate over the definition of “bullying”, and how to prosecute the offenders. This prosecution is the main difference. Some say that a child that bullies another should be treated as a criminal and have criminal charges that would be brought against them. Others believe that the offending child did not just develop this behavior overnight, but through years of a home where the parents constantly argued (Garby, 2013). This is a major problem because no one knows the proper way to treat a bully. This is affecting millions of people from the ones bullied, the bullies, the parents, teachers, and even the legislatures. I believe that my definition has remained relatively the same. The fact that these two articles gave more insight on the laws pertaining to bullying was a great way for me to explore the issues at hand. I feel like the only thing that has added to my definition to make it more specific is that bullying is more of an action that happens with kids and not adults. When adults do this, its more or less assault and battery. A more specific definition would...
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...Prompt: Traditionally the term "heroism" has been applied to those who have braved physical danger to defend a cause or protect others. Byt one of the most feared dangers people face is that of disapproval by their family, peers, or community. Sometimes acting courageously requires someone to speak out at the risk of such rejection. We should consider those who do so true heroes. Should heroes be defined as people who say what they think when we ourselves lack the courage to say it? Plan and write an essay blah blah blah, etc. A hero can be anyone- someone who fights crime, one who stands up for another, and maybe even one who silently defends. In my opinion, and Im sure many would agree, a hero is one who defends, protects, and stands up for what he/she believes in. Whether they have braved physical danger or not, heroes come in all different types, include those who protect with words over actions. Therefore, a hero should also be defined as one who says what he/she thinks when others lack the courage. One of the finest examples of this is the ever famous black woman Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus in the times of racial segregation. Parks did what many other blacks were unable to do and stood up for her beliefs , that a black woman is no different than a white woman. She was spurned by the entire community of whites, yet she stuck to her beliefs and brought about change. To this day, she is hailed as a hero, even though...
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...Have you ever seriously considered commiting suicide over comments made about you online? If you have, did you ask an adult or elder for help? Between 2011-2013, the MTV-AP survey recorded 66 percent of cyberbully victims who turned to their parents for help said it made the situation better. The first reason why cyberbullies should not be prosecuted is simply the fact that most cases can be handled without law enforcement getting involved. The vast majority of cyberbullying incidents can, and should be handled informally: with parents, schools, and others working together to address the problem. If online bullies were prosecuted, we would make criminals out of kids doing early-stage bullying. Law enforcement agencies should be the last ones...
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...Two incongruous versions of Mr. Simpson's persona will be given to the 12-member jury, and Mr. Simpson's fate will ultimately depend on which one it decides is closest to the truth. One is the street-smart San Francisco ghetto kid who overcame tremendous odds to become a beloved star of football and Hollywood, and who is now wrongly accused of a hideous crime. The other is a hot-tempered, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed bully who for years humiliated and terrorized the mother of his children, the woman he professed to love and cherish. Prosecutors are expected to depict Mr. Simpson as maniacally jealous of his former wife to the point of stalking and physically abusing her in fits of rage. They will try to persuade jurors that the slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald L. Goldman were almost the logical culmination of increasingly violent and obsessive behavior. The defense strategy, by contrast, is expected to lean heavily on the absence of a murder weapon with Mr. Simpson's fingerprints on it and, even more tellingly, on the lack of an eyewitness who can link him to the crime scene. The defense will raise questions about the victims' characters, suggesting that the killings may have been drug-related. Prosecutors will have to explain how one man was able to overpower two younger, well-conditioned and physically agile adults without either of them apparently screaming for help. Defense lawyers will argue that it took at least two people to commit the...
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...would want to do everything they can for their children to be comfortable going to school and feeling safe. The ongoing and growing problem that is causing such disturbance is bullying. Bullying is a social interaction where a more dominant individual, who is the bully, exhibits aggressive behavior that is intended to, and does, in fact, cause distress to a less dominant individual which is the victim. The aggressive behavior can be direct physical contact and/or a verbal attack that can be direct or indirect (Bullying). Bullying includes harassment, intimidation to varying degrees, taunting and ridicule (Ferrell-Smith). About 50% of high school students said they have bullied someone in the past year. Forty seven percent said they had been bullied, teased or taunted in a way that seriously upset them in the past year. Nearly 40% of bullied girls and 46% of bullied boys in grades 3 through 12 have been bullied a year or longer, yet fewer than 50% of bullied students have told a parent (Billitteri). Many students that are being bullied are suffering silently. Because bullying can have harmful and sometimes irreversible effects, it should be taken more seriously. Greater consequences should be given out. Those who bully should be prosecuted. Bullying goes beyond hurting the feelings of victims, it does great damage mentally and psychologically. It can result in physical injury or emotional trauma (Ferrell-Smith). Bullying is also dangerous because...
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...How not to be a victim of Cyberbullying Abstract: Bullying is a persistent willful act by an individual or a group to intimidate or hurt a weaker-than-bully victim. Cyber bullying in the social media is a very dangerous problem, especially because the major users of social networks are youngsters and adolescents who themselves are the top targets of conventional bullying. Bullying of any form causes deep scars in the psyche of the victim and at times may be even fatal. It is important to understand the causes, consequences of bullying which this report addresses. Introduction to the problem Bullying is generally an aggressive act intentionally designed to cause hurt, bodily/mental, to a person of lower power strata. Cyber bullying is a version of bullying in a digital world, where almost no bodily harm is met. In the United States, cyber-bullying is legally defined as “cyber-bullying could be limited to posting rumors or gossips about a person in the internet bringing about hatred in other’s minds; or it may go to the extent of personally identifying victims and publishing materials severely defaming and humiliating them” (Definitions.uslegal.com, 2015). Other definition of cyberbullying (Menesini & Spiel, 2012), has been more general not restricted to legal point of view, incorporating the electronic nature of the issue and specifically outlining the methods used for such bullying. Statistics indicate that between a substantial proportion (20-40%) of the children...
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...and his tone became more aggressive, she said. It took a year, Harrison said, to investigate the messages and bring charges against Smithers. She even hired a private investigator to help. Harrison said the Cranbury police were slow to investigate the harassment and said they did so only after she took the matter to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office. After the investigation, Smithers was issued a summons and was criminally charged on March 7. The Cranbury police declined to comment about their investigation for this story. According to complaints filed with the court, Smithers allegedly sent harassing and menacing e-mails to Harrison and had repeated unwanted e-mail contact with her. Harrison said she will continue to seek prosecution of...
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...2012 Saving our Kids from the Bully Bullying has been around for as long as people have, if you asked around most people have some memory of a bully intimidating them or making fun of them. For most, bullying happened at school, but it can happen at any time in one’s life. Advances in the internet and technology have brought about some positive changes in our lives. However, in the technical world that we live in today with our kids having access to cell phones and the cyber social media, it has turned into a deadly form of bullying known as cyber bullying. Like traditional bullying, many people think that cyber bullying is not a big deal. Many feel that it is just a part of life that needs to be dealt with. However, cyber bullying is something that should concern everyone. There are far too many children suffering from the effects of cyber bullying and as a society we all need to take steps to ensure our children are safe. No child should have to face the type of harassment that causes them to suffer feelings of depression, isolation, low self-esteem, humiliation, anxiety, and thoughts of suicide. Cyber bullying has some rather unique characteristics that are different from traditional bullying: * Anonymity As bad as the "bully" on the playground may be, he or she can be readily identified and potentially avoided. On the other hand, the child who cyber bullies is often anonymous. The victim is left wondering who the cyber "bully" is, which can cause a great deal of...
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...Each of the three states represented have different interpretations of how it defines and regulates cyberstalking. Of the three, Florida is a progressive leader in how it reacts to and manages cyber related crimes – particularly cyber-crimes that harass, bully or target minors. As technology rapidly has evolved, laws must remain commensurate, affectively governing and maintaining order for the internet's legitimate consumers. The Sunshine State has a growing and diverse population with an international economy – often Florida is the center of high profile events – favorable and sometimes unfavorable. Because, the internet is such an integrated part of people's lives, legislatures must adequately craft laws in order to protect its citizens...
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...there are many cases where people are exonerated after many years. At least they can get out and have freedom. They got rid of Apartheid – people who took a stand, i.e. Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela “committed” civil disobedience – yet were the catalyst for new/better laws to evolve. Bullies in school is a problem – if teachers hit a child, it adds to corporal punishment. Does corporal punishment in schools have a positive affect? The evidence shows that countries an states that do not have a death penalty – murder rates are lower. Criminologists believe that having a death penalty in place – creates a cycle of violence. Are the shootings in the schools a result of corporal punishment? We must look at Colorado to explore this question. Identifying Criminal Law: Elements of a Crime – criminal law is straight forward. Every crime has 3 elements: GUILTY MIND: to punish intentionally wrong conduct OJ Simpson case – he was charged with murdering his wife and waiter on Goldman. The prosecutor had the burden of proof. OJs attorneys succeeded in presenting racism issues as a major distraction in this case (Fuhrman – policeman) blood/forensic botch up, glove. The defense found holes in prosecution case. Nicole Brown and Goldman’s families sued OJ in civil court and won. Instead of OJ going to prison, he had to pay civil damages. The damages were so high that he had to sell his trophies. He tried to steal back his...
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...truth, however, this supporting cast plays a significant role in peer-to-peer violence....Bystanders make or break bullying episodes." (Our Children) This article examines the role of the bystander in bullying incidents and outlines some strategies to help encourage young bystanders to act in these situations. OUR CHILDREN Nov./Dec. 2003, pp. 8-10 Reprinted with permission from National PTA. Article originally appeared in OUR CHILDREN magazine, Vol.29, No.3, November/December 2003 pp. 8-10. The Bystander: A Bully's Often-Unrecognized Accomplice By Margaret Sagarese and Charlene C. Giannetti A few years ago, an upstate New York newspaper headline noted that 60 high school girls and boys, ages 14 to 21, faced criminal prosecution for leering at and cheering on two brawling 15-year-old boys. The headline and accompanying story startled us. What we found amazing about this news item was that the police were holding "the human boxing ring" accountable. The "innocent bystander" status usually accorded people on the periphery of such violence was ruled out. The furor over the Glenbrook North High School (Northbrook, Illinois) incident this past May also stripped bystanders of innocence. Even though no one watching or videotaping the vicious female hazing was formally charged, public outrage reverberated throughout the country. The senior girls barraged junior girls with mud, garbage, human feces, and paint thinner while beating many of them with fists, kicks...
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...not willing to entertain the idea of a compromised bill and sent his bill to Congress as it was written originally. President Kennedy stated that legislative action was imperative. After several meetings about the bill, the act was strengthened and provisions to ban racial discrimination on the job and eliminating racial segregation in all publicly owned facilities. The act also authorize the Attorney General to file lawsuits to protect individuals against the deprivation of any rights secured by the Constitution of United States law. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The president’s assassination changed the political situation. Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon Johnson utilized his legislative experience and the bully pulpit in support of the bill. On November 27, 1963, President Johnson expressed to the legislators that no memorial could better honor President Kennedy that the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill. After much opposition and many filibusters, the compromise bill passed the Senate on June 19, 1964. The bill was passed by both houses of Congress and President Johnson signed it into law on July 2, 1964 (Loevy, 1997). There are many features or components of the act. The act barred unequal application of voter registration requirements. During this time, one of the methods used to exclude black voters was the use of literacy tests. The act did not eliminate the use of literacy tests. The act banned any discrimination that was...
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...Cyberbullying: What School Administrators (and Parents) Can Do ANDREW V. BEALE and KIMBERLY R. HALL Abstract: Technology has transformed the lives of adolescents, including the ways they bully one another. Variously referred to as electronic bullying, online bullying, or cyberbullying, this new method of bullying involves the use of e-mail, instant messaging, Web sites, voting booths, and chat or bash rooms to deliberately pick on and torment others. To combat cyberbullying, educators need to better understand the nature of it and be aware of actions that they can undertake to prevent cyberbullying in the schools. Keywords: combating cyberbullying, electronic bullying, online bullying n recent years, considerable emphasis has been placed on implementing bullying prevention programs in public schools (Colvin et al. 1998; Hernandez and Seem 2004; Pellegrini and Bartini 2000). Researchers and administrators have developed programs, written articles, delivered workshops, and given speeches focusing on the goal and importance of eliminating bullying behavior in schools. The difficulty, however, is that despite the major emphasis on prevention of bullying in schools, the problem persists. According to the results of the first national survey on school bullying, 74 percent of eight- to eleven-year-old students reported that bullying and teasing occurred at their schools (Nansel et al. 2001). To make matters worse, technology has escalated bullying to a new and particularly insidious...
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...The increase of hedge funds and other accumulations of capital has allowed some investors to manipulate the short-term stock price of a company to serve their own self-interests while damaging the well-being of long-term investors. They’re more like day-traders than those investors in it for the long haul. Their objective is often just to raise the stock price long enough to get out. Management and long-term investors must stiffen their backbones to resist such tactics, which are detrimental to the overall well-being of a company for seven reasons. First, activists have the wrong time-horizon, focusing on the short-term rather than the long –term. Capitalism desperately needs managers to focus their attention on creating value for their customers and the economy through sustained effort over the medium-term. Activists pursue the maximization of shareholder value as reflected in the current stock price, which leads to negative results, such as destroying real shareholder value. According to Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of Salesforce [CRM], this theory of business is “wrong. The business of business isn’t just about creating profits for shareholders – it’s also about improving the state of the world and driving stakeholder value.” He has been joined by others in criticizing the goal of maximizing shareholder value, including former chairman and CEO of General Electric Jack Welch, Vinci Group chairman and CEO Xavier Huillard, CEO of Unilever Paul Polman, and co-CEO of Whole...
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