News tagged with homicide rate
Murders, Traffic Deaths Connected
Dec 03, 2009 |
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If you want to know how many people are killed in car accidents in a particular U.S. state, look to its prisons. Regions with higher murder rates also tend to have a greater number of traffic fatalities, according to a new ...
Homicide rates linked to trust in governement, sense of belonging, study suggests
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 01, 2009 |
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When Americans begin routinely complaining about how they hate their government and don't trust their leaders, it may be time to look warily at the homicide rate.
Researchers study hidden homicide trend
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Gun-related homicide among young men rose sharply in the United States in recent years even though the nation's overall homicide rate remained flat, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ...
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Stranger homicide by people with schizophrenia is rare -- and unpredictable
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 12, 2009 |
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International study led by Sydney researchers shows homicides of strangers by people with schizophrenia are exceptionally rare and unpredictable events
Economists find critique of gun buyback flawed
Apr 23, 2007 |
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A 2006 study claiming that Australia’s gun buyback had no effect on homicide or suicide rates was seriously flawed, according to new research.
Drink and drugs fuel Scottish suicide and homicide rates
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Alcohol and drug misuse mean Scots are almost twice as likely to kill or take their own life compared to people living in England and Wales, research published today (Monday, June 16) reveals.
South Africa in grip of strangulation spate
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Murder of women by strangulation is a serious problem in South Africa. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health compared four South African cities for the period 2001 to 2005, and report information about ...
US guns fuel Canada and Mexico crimes, UK gun crime remains rare
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Guns smuggled from the US arm criminals in Canada and Mexico, contributing to a higher murder rate in Canada and more intense drug crime conflict near the Mexican border, according to a study published today in a special ...
New research is first to explore regional differences in US serial killings
Jan 25, 2007 |
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Did you know that people living in the Western region of the United States are more likely to become victims of a serial killer than people living in the Northeast? The February issue of Homicide Studies, published by SAGE, ...
Study examines correlation between race and police force size
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Empirical studies have long shown that crime rate and budget alone do not account for the size of an area’s police force. Police forces tend to be larger in areas where blacks comprise a larger percentage, and many sociologists ...
UK teen suicide rates on the decline
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Suicide rates in those aged 10-19 in the UK declined by 28% in the seven year period from 1997-2003, shows a study published today in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The study, carried out by researchers at the ...
LSU professor dissects patterns of violence in rural communities
Jun 19, 2008 |
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[B]Findings suggest that civic participation is key to cutting rates of violent crime[/B] Matthew Lee, professor of sociology at LSU, has taken an intense look at the phenomenon of violence in rural areas. His article, "Ci ...
Young adults visit doctors least at an age when risky behavior peaks
Sep 25, 2009 |
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When adolescents graduate to young adulthood, their preventive care tends to fall by the wayside. A recent study has found that young adults are much less likely to use ambulatory or preventive care, even though their mortality ...
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