The drink and violence ?gender gap?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women and men are at the same risk of violence - until they start drinking, new research from Cardiff University has shown.
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Australia defends controversial web filter
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.
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Australian government to introduce Internet filter
(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.
Dec 15, 2009 |
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New study grapples with health effects of low-intensity warfare
For nearly two decades, Ivy Pike, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona, has been studying ethnic groups in rural northern Kenya to understand how violence shapes the health of those eking out ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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FTC warns of explicit content in virtual worlds
The US consumer protection agency warned parents Thursday that children can easily bypass age requirements in virtual worlds and access violent or sexually explicit content.
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Most runaway teens return home with help of family ties, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Runaways who maintain contact with pro-social peers and have parental support, especially from their mothers, tend to return home.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Experts offer strategies for working with immigrant victims of violence (w/ Video)
Last year, the United States provided asylum and resettlement assistance for nearly 80,700 people from other countries, an increase from 71,300 individuals in 2007, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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National anti-gun violence program largely successful, study finds
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 ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Psychiatric impact of torture could be amplified by head injury
Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a study from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), based ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Violence between couples is usually calculated, and does not result from loss of control
Violence between couples is usually the result of a calculated decision-making process and the partner inflicting violence will do so only as long as the price to be paid is not too high. This is the conclusion of a new study ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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China launches crackdown on online gaming
China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally and featuring content deemed to be unhealthy, state media reported Friday, in the nation's latest Internet clean-up effort.
Oct 09, 2009 |
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New study finds high rates of childhood exposure to violence and abuse in US
A new study from the University of New Hampshire finds that U.S. children are routinely exposed to even more violence and abuse than has been previously recognized, with nearly half experiencing a physical assault in the ...
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Outreach van makes sex trade workers safer: research
(PhysOrg.com) -- A van that circled Vancouver streets frequented by sex trade workers made them feel safer and reduced their likelihood of being attacked, according to a University of British Columbia study.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Violent upbringing may lead to domestic violence
October 5, 2009—A recent study from the latest issue of Personal Relationships shows that individuals who have experienced violence at an early age may have trouble adjusting to healthy, adult romantic relationships and ar ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Eating sweets every day in childhood 'increases adult aggression'
Children who eat sweets and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as adults, according to new research.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 2009 |
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