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(Phys.org) —The presence of gangs in the vicinity of schools creates a pervasive climate of fear and victimization among students, teachers and administrators that escalates the level of aggression in bullying incidents and paralyzes prevention efforts, suggests a new study in the journal Psychology of Violence. http://phys.org/news285575418.html Other Sciences Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:30:54 EST news285575418 (AP)—Gunmen killed a guard and fired at a renowned Congolese doctor who has helped thousands of women recover from violent rapes. http://phys.org/news270486837.html Other Sciences Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:14:11 EST news270486837 A new study on violence against women conducted over four decades and in 70 countries reveals the mobilization of feminist movements is more important for change than the wealth of nations, left-wing political parties, or the number of women politicians. http://phys.org/news268386331.html Other Sciences Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:45:37 EST news268386331 Indiana University has released Kinsey Reporter, a global mobile survey platform for collecting and reporting anonymous data about sexual and other intimate behaviors. The pilot project allows citizen observers around the world to use free applications now available for Apple and Android mobile platforms to not only report on sexual behavior and experiences, but also to share, explore and visualize the accumulated data. http://phys.org/news266060321.html Technology Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:38:48 EST news266060321 Over the course of 2011's momentous Arab Spring uprisings, young women in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen used social media and cyberactivism to carve out central roles in the revolutionary struggles under way in their countries, according to a new study commissioned by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. http://phys.org/news256927686.html Other Sciences Tue, 22 May 2012 17:48:13 EST news256927686 Could widespread conjugal visitation reduce sexual offending in prisons? It's a possibility, according to Stewart D'Alessio and his team from Florida International University in the US. Their work shows that in states where conjugal visits are permitted, there are significantly fewer instances of reported rape and other sexual offenses in their prisons. The study is published online in Springer's American Journal of Criminal Justice. http://phys.org/news251548169.html Other Sciences Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:30:17 EST news251548169 More than 1,100 women are raped every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), making sexual violence against women 26 times more common than previously thought, a study concluded Wednesday. http://phys.org/news224305966.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 May 2011 04:13:09 EST news224305966 University of Alberta research has discovered a strong link between depression and risky sexual behaviours such as improper condom use, transactional sex and relationship violence among young people in South Africa. http://phys.org/news209136430.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:00:01 EST news209136430 Using a combination of scientific methodology and old-fashioned legwork, human rights researchers based at the University of California, Berkeley, have systematically canvassed nearly 2,000 households in the Central African Republic, carefully documenting the devastating human impact of violence in the country, as well as detailing the opinions of how the country should move forward. http://phys.org/news200046835.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:00:03 EST news200046835 A Comment The Lancet Series on HIV highlights the forgotten drug in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: alcohol. The Comment, by Dr Katherine Fritz, International Center for Research on Women, Washington, DC, USA, and colleagues, says that patterns of hazardous alcohol consumption exist in countries with the worst HIV epidemics, most notably Southern and Eastern Africa. http://phys.org/news198829683.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:00:52 EST news198829683 Adolescent sex offenders are often stereotyped and treated as socially inept, but new research negates this image, finding that they are more likely to be characterized by atypical sexual interests -- such as desire for prepubescent children, coercive sex with peers and adults, and exposing their genitals to strangers. Adolescent sex offenders are also more likely to have a history of sexual abuse themselves, been exposed to sexual violence in their families, and experienced early exposure to sex or pornography. http://phys.org/news198764241.html Medicine & Health Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:30:02 EST news198764241 Since the second world war, the use of rape as a weapon of war has assumed strategic importance, and is now a deliberate military strategy, argue researchers in an editorial published in the British Medical Journal today. http://phys.org/news196628261.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:57:53 EST news196628261 In order to realize international health goals aiming to improve maternal health, recognition of women's full reproductive and sexual health rights is crucial. In an editorial published this week entitled "Maternal Health: Time to Deliver," the PLoS Medicine editors argue that action on maternal health must focus on increasing access to family planning resources as much as it does access to basic medical care. http://phys.org/news196402876.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:00:01 EST news196402876 (AP) -- A Pennsylvania school district that was at the center of a highly publicized "sexting" case was sued Thursday by a teenager who claims her principal confiscated her cell phone, found nude images she had taken of herself and turned it over to prosecutors. http://phys.org/news193579673.html Technology Thu, 20 May 2010 13:30:02 EST news193579673 Nearly 4 million adults in California reported being a victim of physical or sexual violence at the hands of a spouse, companion or other intimate partner, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. http://phys.org/news191751822.html Other Sciences Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:29:00 EST news191751822 Young women and teenage girls often face efforts by male partners to sabotage birth control or coerce pregnancy -- including damaging condoms and destroying contraceptives -- and these efforts, defined as "reproductive coercion," frequently are associated with physical or sexual violence, a study by a team of researchers led by UC Davis has found. http://phys.org/news183613927.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:30:01 EST news183613927 Australia on Wednesday dismissed as "baseless" claims it was proposing a China-style plan for mandatory filtering of the internet and denied the system could be abused to silence free speech. http://phys.org/news180166233.html Technology Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:50:02 EST news180166233 (AP) -- Australia plans to introduce an Internet filtering system to block obscene and crime-linked Web sites despite concerns it will curtail freedoms and won't completely work. http://phys.org/news180082489.html Technology Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:55:25 EST news180082489 Being a victim of sexual assault and seeking help is difficult for anyone, but when the victim is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) the thought of reporting a crime may well be laced with added layers of uncertainty and mistrust, according to a study in Oregon. http://phys.org/news169391411.html Other Sciences Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:12:02 EST news169391411 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Northeastern University study of college students from an unidentified university found that both the perpetrators and the victims of physical and sexual violence report high substance use during those incidents. http://phys.org/news151941015.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:51:09 EST news151941015 (PhysOrg.com) -- Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) teens in British Columbia are at a higher risk of pregnancy because of discrimination, sexual abuse and harassment compared to heterosexual teens, according to a University of British Columbia study. http://phys.org/news148665142.html Medicine & Health Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:52:22 EST news148665142 The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, in collaboration with Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's Center for Youth Violence Prevention, announced the results of a three-year, comprehensive research project on sexual and dating violence among New York City high school students, and the health impact of that violence on those victimized by it. A copy of the full study, "Partners and Peers: Sexual and Dating Violence Among NYC Youth," will be released in July. http://phys.org/news133793094.html Other Sciences Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:44:54 EST news133793094