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	<title>Self-Defense &#38; Violence Prevention Blog</title>
	<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog</link>
	<description>I use this blog to provide safety, self-defense, and security information, addressing topics such as domestic abuse, teen violence, and violent crime prevention.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New Study Shows that Spanking Causes Aggressive Behavior</title>
		<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2010/04/13/new-study-shows-that-spanking-causes-aggressive-behavior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Abuse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just read a very interesting article about a new study that has provided even stronger evidence that the link between spanking and future aggressive behavior is causal, not just correlated as has long been known. In other words, this study is strong evidence that corporal punishment causes children to become more aggressive and misbehave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death Penalty Facts</title>
		<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/11/04/death-penalty-facts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics &#038; Commentary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I created this blog several years ago to do my part in reducing the amount of violent victimization in society, such as murder, rape, battery and so forth. Unfortunately, sometimes murder is committed by the governments that we want to protect us.
I remember the story of a teenage girl who was stoned to death by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Danger of Prostitution Prohibition: AIDS</title>
		<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/10/28/another-danger-of-prostitution-prohibition-aids/</link>
		<comments>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/10/28/another-danger-of-prostitution-prohibition-aids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics &#038; Commentary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just like with the historical prohibition of alcohol and the ongoing prohibition of drugs, I think prohibition of prostitution not only fails to prevent or reduce the occurrence of prostitution but greatly exacerbates the problems associated with it.
Nationwide, the war on prostitution costs taxpayers billions of dollars annually. I&#8217;m not sure of the accuracy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Ed Student Brutally Attacked in School</title>
		<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/10/12/special-ed-student-brutally-attacked-in-school/</link>
		<comments>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/10/12/special-ed-student-brutally-attacked-in-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Police Misconduct]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost everyone wants to reduce the presence of murder, rape, assault and other violent aggression in our society. Indeed, protecting people from offensive violence is the point of this blog. Unfortunately, I just saw a disturbing video that reminds us that many times the ones from whom we need protection are the same police officers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotes about Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/09/04/quotes-about-forgiveness/</link>
		<comments>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/09/04/quotes-about-forgiveness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Violence Prevention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I created this blog to inspire us all to exercise compassion in an effort to reduce and hopefully eliminate offensive violence and protect ourselves and others. We want to stop offensive violence such as murder, rape, assault, battery and kidnapping. I have pointed out before that the desire for revenge causes many of those acts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Defense Items being Sold on this Site</title>
		<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/07/28/self-defense-items-being-sold-on-this-site/</link>
		<comments>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/07/28/self-defense-items-being-sold-on-this-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense Advice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I updated the homepage of this website to include links to and information about the following self-defense and violence prevention products that you can buy now:

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The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker &#8220;teaches how to identify the warning signals of a potential attacker and recommends strategies for dealing with the problem before it becomes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Movie Changeling and Corruption</title>
		<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/06/13/the-movie-changeling-and-corruption/</link>
		<comments>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/06/13/the-movie-changeling-and-corruption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Police Misconduct]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently watched Changeling, a movie directed by Clint Eastwood starring Angelina Jolie. Based on actual events, it tells the story of a mother reunited with her missing son only to find out the boy is an impostor. Instead of helping the mother, the corrupt city authorities refuse to admit their mistake, choosing to call [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lockdown, USA, and How Drug Laws Increase Violence</title>
		<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/03/26/lockdown-usa-and-how-drug-laws-increase-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2009/03/26/lockdown-usa-and-how-drug-laws-increase-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics &#038; Commentary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A gentleman contacted me from Article 19 Films, who produce socially responsible documentary features. He told me about a documentary called Lockdown, USA that they recently released. It chronicles Hip-Hop impresario Russell Simmons&#8217; campaign to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws, the controversial New York State laws created in 1973, which became the foundation to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the Prison Industry to Actually Rehabilitate Offenders</title>
		<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2008/06/19/getting-the-prison-industry-to-actually-rehabilitate-offenders/</link>
		<comments>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2008/06/19/getting-the-prison-industry-to-actually-rehabilitate-offenders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Recidivism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post entitled, Recidivism and the Prison Industry (Part 1), I explained that the prison industry does not effectively rehabilitate offenders because doing so is not in their financial interests. The prison industry profits from the expensive wastefulness and ineffectiveness of the prison system. As I said about rehabilitating offenders in the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recidivism and the Prison Industry (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2008/04/28/recidivism-and-the-prison-industry-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2008/04/28/recidivism-and-the-prison-industry-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Recidivism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In regards to criminal behavior, recidivism refers to criminals re-offending after release from prison. In the United States, the recidivism rate is approximately 60%, which means that more than half of people released from prison commit another known crime.
An incarceration system could find many effective ways to significantly reduce the recidivism rate. And I assume [...]]]></description>
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