News tagged with homicide
Popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2009 |
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Researchers at Mayo Clinic compared two popular television shows, CSI and CSI: Miami, to actual U.S. homicide data, and discovered clear differences between media portrayals of violent deaths versus actual murders. This study ...
Stranger homicide by people with schizophrenia is rare -- and unpredictable
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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
Study finds job programs protect public health during periods of recession
Jul 08, 2009 |
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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 ...
Homicide by mentally ill has risen in England and Wales
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Jul 28, 2009 |
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The number of people killed by individuals suffering from mental illness in England and Wales increased between 1997 and 2005, figures released today show. The rise occurred in people who were not under mental health care ...
How do filicide offenders differ from other murderers?
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May 29, 2009 |
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People who commit filicide, the killing of their own child, are no more psychotically disordered than other homicide offenders. Research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry has shown that prevention of fil ...
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 ...
