Netzley, Patricia D

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People are finding innumerable ways to entertain themselves online. Many of these options are enjoyable and even rewarding but concerns about violence, addiction, and isolation also exist.

Reliance on digital technology becomes a problem when a pleasurable, relatively harmless and even beneficial activity turns into an addictive behavior. The scope of this growing problem, the causes, the consequences, and efforts to address it are discussed.

Witchcraft has been practiced for centuries by witches who insist that their spells produce real magic, but skeptics say that spells produce nothing.

Examines the religion, art, architecture, society and intellectual persuits of the ancient Maya, based on artifacts gathered at their ruins.

Stories of nocturnal beings who feed off the blood or life force of humans have been shared throughout time and across cultures.

Teenagers who share sexually explicit photographs of themselves with one another via cell phone can face embarrassment, bullying, loss of reputation, or even prosecution for sending or receiving child pornography if the images fall into the wrong hands. So why do so many teens see nothing wrong with sexting? Teens and Sexting explores the real-life choices that teens face as they develop an understanding of risks and consequences and of right and wrong.

Discusses a number of issues related to the pros and cons of legalizing marijuana use in the United States.

Although polls have shown that more than half of Americans believe there is a link between violent video games and violent behavior, experts disagree on whether such a link exists or, if it does, to what degree. This book examines the ways in which video games might impact crime, particularly in regard to violent acts.

A Gallup poll reported in September 2013 that 80 percent of Americans blamed mass shootings on a failure of the mental health system to identify individuals who are a danger to others. Through objective discussion, numerous quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines What Are the Origins of Concerns About Mental Illness and Crime?.