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Domestic Homicide: Female Victim’S Employment Status As A Risk Factor, Sharlette A. Kellum
Domestic Homicide: Female Victim’S Employment Status As A Risk Factor, Sharlette A. Kellum
Dr. Sharlette A. Kellum-Gilbert
This study investigated whether a significant relationship exists between a woman’s employment status and the potentiality of her being killed while in an abusive relationship. Would an abusive man be more likely to kill his female intimate partner if she sought independence from him (e.g., employment away from the home)? If he saw the woman’s employment as a means of leaving the abusive environment, he might consider ending her life before she could successfully leave the relationship. There was also a question of whether or not there were other factors related to domestic homicides. Men who kill the women they …
Television Violence Prevention Versus Juvenile Violence Prevention, Sharlette A. Kellum Ph.D.
Television Violence Prevention Versus Juvenile Violence Prevention, Sharlette A. Kellum Ph.D.
Dr. Sharlette A. Kellum-Gilbert
Animated features, like children's cartoons, are considered by some to be the most violent shows on television, with approximately 25 to 50 acts of violence per hour (Dietz and Strasburger, 1991). Cartoons, unlike other shows that portray violence, present instances of violence to children in an "acceptable" way, which teaches children from zero to 17 years of age that hurting people is tolerable. Television violence has been linked to juvenile aggression, which has been linked to juvenile violence. In researching several studies, the author found that many of the preventions mentioned in the television violence studies were also mentioned in …