Levels of serious violence in England and Wales fell by almost a third in 2020, reflecting COVID-19 lockdowns and other restrictions.
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May 12, 2021
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Domestic violence rose globally in 2020—so much so that doctors have called it "a pandemic within a pandemic."
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Apr 20, 2021
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Domestic violence committed on female partners in heterosexual couples occurs significantly more frequently when the woman earns more than the man—according to our findings about 35% more often.
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Mar 31, 2021
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New findings show that alcohol-related violence affects the poorest in society to the greatest degree, with the most deprived groups experiencing as much as 14 times as many incidents of alcohol-related domestic violence ...
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Feb 23, 2021
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For a girl in Ethiopia, her mother's wealth can protect her from becoming a child bride—but if a father prefers child marriage, his own wealth may increase the likelihood that she will be married before 18, according to ...
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Feb 4, 2021
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A community or sub-culture encouraging young men's exposure and obsession with guns—as well as ready access to firearms and drugs—can make gun violence 'all too easy," with Flinders University experts promoting a new ...
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Dec 15, 2020
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A new study from researchers at Rice University found that Americans' attitudes about gun ownership are impacted by the gender and race of firearms' potential owners.
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Nov 17, 2020
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We wouldn't expect best friends to bully each other—but they can in unexpected ways. Sometimes, bullying behaviour by young people that would usually be considered harmful is accepted by a victim, because they greatly value ...
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Sep 17, 2020
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In more "normal" times, two women a week are murdered by their partners in the UK, but these crimes rarely make the news. Now, following lockdown around the world, there has been a flurry of reports of a surge in domestic ...
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May 15, 2020
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As the world reels from the physical, psychological, social and economic effects of COVID-19, millions of people are being temporarily distracted by the Netflix docuseries "Tiger King."
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Apr 8, 2020
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