Can we reduce violence?

Question

I know it tends to be bad news that gets all the press and things probably as bad as we think. However, there are scary, high-profile cases of children being killed with knives and guns etc. We all deplore it and moreso if we feel that, when bought to justice, justice is too lenient. Do we expect too much of the police and the system? So is there anything we can do - us normal people? Has society got to change somehow? Does anyone know where to begin? Is it a lack of or misguided parenting? Is there too much violence on telly and films? Should violence in the news be discussed only after the watershed? Should there be a return to strict dicipline in schools? Should police be given more power and demand more respect from the public as a whole? Should children in violent or disfunctional families be removed? Do we need social services involved in schools? I don't necessarily advocate any of this. What do you think? (I'm in UK btw).

That should read 'things probably are not as bad as we think'.

Answer 1

They should definately re-introduce dicipline into our schools. A lot of young people today have no respect whatsoever for anyone or anything, not even themselves.They exhibit such violent behaviour nowadays and believe that they are invincible gangsters, when in reality they are only children.But when you think about it where is there for them to go of a night. Youth clubs and discos are a thing of the past, bowling alleys and cinemas are expensive. So the council build leisure centres, a novelty at first but then gets boring. The government need to be putting more resources into the youth of today because they are our future. All they seem to be able to do is hang around street corners so they then engage in either criminal activity or alcohol or drug mis-use. Come on England put a little investment into our childrens future before its too late.
I also believe that in some cases parents should be made accountable for their childrens actions by being made to take responsibility and act as good parents rather than condone or encourage such negative behaviour. I realize that not all parents are to blame and that it is peer pressure.
I dont think it is fair on the good kids and there are still plenty of them out there.
This government and all of the other parties need to sort out their home affairs before getting involved in every other country's and sort this evergrowing problem now.

Answer 2

The reduction of violence will come after a conscious and collective choice is made by the human race as a whole. I believe that there is too much violence in television, video games, and music. I developed a theory that I believe to make a great deal of sense when it comes to anger.

No one makes another person angry. The person who becomes angry makes a conscious choice to do so by allowing what is said or done by another party to affect him or her in a negative fashion, and reacts to it negatively. I feel that unjustifiable anger begets violence, and to shuck blame onto another situation or person is an unwillingness to accept responsibility for one's actions.

Your question about discipline in schools is a valid one. I remember getting hit with a ruler or a yardstick in elementary school. Perhaps if teachers were again given that authority, many of the children of today may have less social problems.

I do not agree that law enforcement should be given more power. It can get to a point where that power becomes absolute, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. There are some people who should not be given authority, hence, corrupt police officers and public officials.

Perhaps social services should become more involved in the educational environment. I believe dysfunctional behavior is learned or inherited. There must be something that can be done to lessen its effects.

Even good parents can have bad children, and vice versa.

Everything that is going on in the world was predicted in the Bible way before we were even born. So I am not surprised by anything that is going on, but I am dismayed by many things that are happening in the world.

Answer 3

Discipline starts in the home and it should be in the schools as well. Many kids come from broken homes and the parent left to look after them has no control over them any more.
Police don't want to know/scared of the hooligans. A few weeks ago our greenhouse glass was getting smashed - I phoned the police who called with us...was told to go out and say NICELY to them "You are annoying us, can you please stop it!" What sort of an attitude is that - Policeman told me that there was nothing they could do unless they caught them breaking the glass! (Too much paperwork to be filled out for a small incident like mine.) The law is an A*S and it is on the side of the criminal. It's time this country (UK) got a bit tougher with hooligans because there is no law and order any more and the thugs know that the police can't do anything about them. Police don't get the respect they used to get and it's such a pity. Dread to think what it will be like in 10 - 20 years.

Answer 4

I think it is possible to reduce violence if everyone in the world becomes aware of how serious this subject is. I believe families, and schools should teach their children important lessons. There's only one problem with that: Children don't listen. At my school ( 6th- 8th grade middle school) the principal gives us an important message, or lesson to think about everyday. The students don't listen though, and I might as well be honest and say it goes through one ear, and out the other. If there is a way to get kids to understand the way violence impacts people, it should be used. I say if we're going to change things start with the children because we are the world's future.

Answer 5

Ok mother of 4 here - violence is not something we teach OUR kids about, its something they see on the television and in the media....I believe that inefficient parenting is in most cases to blame because of the society we live in. Values have been passed over for financial reward...everyone wants a bigger house, another car, a better gaming console to name but a few and so the kids are farmed out and there are no longer any consequences for disruptive behaviour. Kids are no longer afraid to do anything wrong - schools merely suspend them, parents ignore and even defend them, mates support them and nobody does a d****d thing to stop any of this. I say bring back discipline in schools, make punishments stronger, reduce the amount of visual that is acceptable on telly...even bring back the death sentence......I mean in Singapore if you steal they cut your hand off....that would stop a few wqould-be kleptomaniacs dont you think! But bottom line - I think we should actually make the parents responsible for the actions of their children and take responsibility - in a world where adults allow 13 yr olds to drink strong spirits and smoke marijuana because of the peer pressure surely we could not go amiss by making parents stand up to the plate!

Answer 6

Yes, the level of violence can be reduced. Some only act out what they see in movies and TV programs. If certain movies were banned, certain TV shows banned, Certain music banned, Then the freedom of expression would be lost also, which is not a good thing.

Unfortunately, the level of violence is VERY BAD, maybe worst than we think. However, as ironic as this may sound,"VIOLENCE SELLS."

Violence is so much a part of human nature, it will never be eradicated only CONTROLLED to a certain degree. Let's face it, WAR IS VIOLENT, at least 50% of the TV programs use violence to capture their ratings, many sports are violent in nature and cheered by millions.

Violence is very much a CATCH 22 THING.
WE DENOUNCE IT ON ONE HAND and APPLAUD IT ON THE OTHER.

VIOLENCE, CAN'T LIVE WITH IT...CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT.

Answer 7

First we must understand what violence is and how it is deployed in humans. Sociology will never have the answer, because they will not do the work required. It is one thing to give facile answers to the problem of violence, but we have been given these answers for over a hundred years and still there is violence. You must move past the easy, feel good answers of social science, just to look at the problem correctly. For instance, most of your social scientist will tell you violence is learned behavior; then give you simple correlations to support this assertion. As scientist, we know that it is highly suggested that violence is a contingent strategy, that is deployed to one degree or another by most humans. The conclusion that falls out of this is; that violence itself is not learned, but that peace must be.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

I think there is a definite correlation between violence to the person and inequality of wealth in said society .
I know that there will always be rich and poor people ,but that gap in western societies is ever widening . Therefore the so called underclass will perpitrate ever more violent crime to try to "get" the uppercasses wealth -ie burglary,and general theft .
Close the gap between "rich" and "poor" an i think you will see a drop in violent crime .

Answer 10

Hi I don't think anything to do with violence will ever change. Its a shame that most people still want to be animals and feel that fighting is the only solution. Plus with wars still happening today why should they think any different?! In the wild its essential for animals to fight for food, land, etc. In human lives they just fight for fun or to prove who is the biggest man or woman, when in fact they are just proving how pathetic and useless they are to our race. Cant wait for us more intelligent and sophisticated humans to live longer more tranquil lives without them here. Or we could send them to their own land far far away to quickly kill themselves. Hayley-May