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“If you go out and have unprotected sex with lots of people, that behavior puts you at risk. Similarly, violent behavior can spread. One violent act can elicit a response. It can spread to people in a peer group so that they feel that they have to respond. It can pass generation to generation almost like a genetic disease.”

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Steven James, born in 1969, is an accomplished author whose works span a variety of genres and have won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

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