News tagged with homicides
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.
Jan 28, 2011 |
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Children living in areas where homicides committed have lower reading, verbal test scores
Children living in areas where homicides are committed have lower reading and verbal test scores, a study by New York University Sociology Professor Patrick Sharkey shows. The research, which appears in the latest issue of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Violent crime 'race gap' narrows, but persists in US
The U.S. 'race gap' in the commission of violent crime has narrowed substantially, yet persists in many cities - with murder arrest rates for African Americans out-distancing those for whites - concludes a ...
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Mar 08, 2010 |
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Popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime
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 ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2009 |
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Black hole caught red-handed in a stellar homicide
(Phys.org) -- Astronomers have gathered the most direct evidence yet of a supermassive black hole shredding a star that wandered too close.
May 07, 2012 |
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Science lacking on whether death penalty deters murder
Scientific research to date provides no useful conclusion on whether the death penalty reduces or boosts the murder rate, said a report by the US National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2012 |
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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.
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Mar 28, 2011 |
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Iowa State team calculates societal costs of five major crimes; finds murder at $17.25 million
Murder takes an obvious toll on society in terms of the loss of human life, but what does it actually cost each time there's a murder? It's about $17.25 million according a recent Iowa State University study.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Improving crisis prediction, disaster control and damage reduction
Some disasters and crises are related to each other by more than just the common negative social value we assign to them. For example, earthquakes, homicide surges, magnetic storms, and the U.S. economic recession are all ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Homicide and suicide rates among mentally ill on the decline
People with mental health problems are committing fewer homicides while the number of suicides by mental health patients has also fallen, latest figures for England and Wales reveal; a previous rise in homicides by mentally ...
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Jul 07, 2010 |
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Seasonality of child abuse a myth: study
A new study of homicides of 797 children younger than age five has found that these deaths occur uniformly throughout the year, dispelling the widely held anecdotal notion that the winter months, and especially winter holidays, ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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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.
May 24, 2010 |
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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
May 14, 2010 |
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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 ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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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
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Homicide
Homicide (Latin: homicidium, Latin: homo human being + Latin: caedere to cut, kill) refers to the act of a human killing another human. Murder, for example, is a type of homicide. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English. Homicide is not always a punishable act under the criminal law, and is different than a murder from such formal legal point of view.
For more information about Homicide, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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