News tagged with homicide rates

Better NHS services reduce suicide rates

Researchers at The University of Manchester have for the first time shown a positive link between improvements in mental health services and a reduction in suicide rates.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Suspects of child abuse homicide are convicted at rates similar to suspects of adult homicides

Child abuse homicide offenders appear to be convicted at a rate similar to that of adult homicide offenders in Utah and receive similar levels in severity of sentencing, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol blamed for high suicide rates in Northern Ireland

Alcohol and drugs are fuelling homicide and suicide rates in Northern Ireland, a new independent report by University of Manchester researchers has found, with alcohol appearing to be a key factor for the country's higher ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ned Kelly tattoos linked to higher violent deaths and suicides

(Medical Xpress) -- In a paper soon to be published in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Professor Roger Byard from Adelaide University showed that sporting a tattoo of Ned Kelly or in reference to him ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Demographics cloud optimism on black violent crime decrease

Optimism about studies that show a drop in the black percentage of crime may be dampened by demographic trends and statistical aberrations, according to a group of criminologists.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Killing Kings

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by a Cambridge University criminologist reveals just how dangerous it was to be a monarch in Europe before the modern era.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Guns claim kids' lives in both urban, rural areas

(AP) -- Children in the most rural areas of the United States are as likely to die by gunshot as kids in the biggest cities, a new analysis of nearly 24,000 deaths finds.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Rise in immigration may help explain drop in violent crimes, study says

During the 1990s, immigration reached record highs and crime rates fell more precipitously than at any time in U.S. history. And cities with the largest increases in immigration between 1990 and 2000 experienced the largest ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (16) | comments 8

Murders, Traffic Deaths Connected

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 ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Homicide rates linked to trust in governement, sense of belonging, study suggests

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.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Study finds job programs protect public health during periods of recession

A rapid rise in unemployment can be linked to an increase in suicides, homicides, and alcohol abuse, but job programs can successfully mitigate these rates, according to a new study reported in the "Lancet" medical journa ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0