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 ...
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Jun 14, 2010
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Child homicide can shatter families and communities. But what emotional effect does it have on detectives who might have to investigate such crimes repeatedly during their careers? University of Huddersfield psychologists ...
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May 19, 2017
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Six homicides were recorded in Toronto during the first two weeks of 2022—a statistic that led some to wonder if Canada's largest city, which typically experiences the highest number of annual homicides in the country, ...
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Jan 26, 2022
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms what too many students across the country already know: The incidence of mass homicides on school campuses has risen steeply in recent years, as has ...
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Jan 28, 2019
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The primary reason gun fatalities result in arrests more frequently than nonfatal shootings is police devote more time and resources to the fatal cases, a new study by scholars at Duke and Northeastern universities finds.
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Aug 1, 2019
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What happens when a city increases the size of its police force?
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Nov 24, 2021
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When examining data regarding police officer–involved homicides, correlations to local data regarding race, income level and population density may seem obvious. But Brian Finch, professor (research) of sociology and spatial ...
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Jun 23, 2021
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It's a figure of speech many of us have likely said during an argument or frustrating situation without really meaning. For a small percentage of the population though, the phrase, "I could kill you," is not so meaningless, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 12, 2017
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The Dec. 14 massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary was the second-deadliest school shooting in American history. Despite the bloodshed, Americans probably shouldn't expect sweeping reform when it comes to gun control policies, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 20, 2012
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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 ...
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Dec 3, 2009
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