News tagged with violent crime
National anti-gun violence program largely successful, study finds
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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Project Safe Neighborhoods - a community-based policing effort launched in 2001 - has been largely successful in its goal of reducing violent crime, according to an analysis by Michigan State University, the national research ...
Venezuela to outlaw violent video games, toys
Oct 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Shouts of "Kill him! Kill him!" ring out as the preteens train their virtual assault rifles on the last remaining terrorist and spray him with bullets. Blood splatters. The enemy collapses. And they ...
Glucose metabolism and recidivism of severe violent crimes in alcohol intoxications
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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It is commonly known that alcoholism and alcohol intoxications are connected with severe violent crimes such as homicides. For instance, in Finland even 80 per cent of these crimes happen in alcohol intoxications. It has ...
Schizophrenia does not increase risk of violent crime
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May 20, 2009 |
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In the debate surrounding violent crimes referred to as "acts of madness" or the like, it is often assumed that the violence is a direct result of the perpetrator's mental illness. Previous research suggests that people with ...
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Study finds recession associated with increases in minority victims of crime
Feb 15, 2009 |
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The victimization of both female and male blacks and Latinos increases during or after periods of economic recession, according to a study by researchers Karen Heimer of the University of Iowa and Janet Lauritsen of the University ...
Parolee releases spike violent crime, study suggests
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Sep 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- California lawmakers may want to rethink a cost-cutting proposal to release at least 27,000 inmates from state prison in light of a new study linking parolees to increases in violent crime.
Girls' violence on the rise
Sep 24, 2009 |
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The link between cyber-bullying and an increase in violence among young women will be featured in a new book published in November.
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 ...
Popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime
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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 ...
DNA samples used more for property crimes
Oct 20, 2006 |
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Law enforcement agencies across the United States more and more use a national database of criminals' DNA to solve non-violent property crimes.
Psychologists offer ways to improve prison environment, reduce violent crime
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Aug 08, 2009 |
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U.S. prisons are too punitive and often fail to rehabilitate, but targeting prisoners' behavior, reducing prison populations and offering job skills could reduce prisoner aggression and prevent recidivism, a researcher told ...
Childhood lead exposure is associated with increased risk of criminal arrest in adulthood
May 28, 2008 |
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Childhood exposure to lead is associated with adult criminal behaviour, including violent crime, finds a new study in this week’s PLoS Medicine. Dr Kim Dietrich and colleagues (University of Cincinnati, USA) studied the as ...
Doctors are key to tackling knife violence, says expert
Jul 18, 2008 |
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Every hospital emergency department should share information about violent incidents with local crime reduction agencies to tackle the problem of knife crime, says an expert in this week's BMJ.
Unsafe neighborhoods disable the elderly
May 27, 2009 |
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Elderly people who live below the poverty line and perceive their neighborhoods to be dangerous are more likely to have a mobility disability. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health suggest that e ...
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