Childhood trauma leads to an increase in dropout rates, arrests
Every day, children across the nation experience traumatic events.
Every day, children across the nation experience traumatic events.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2021
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Nearly 38% of households in South Africa are headed by women. They largely—or solely—support the home financially as breadwinners. That amounts to nearly 6.1 million homes in which women are the primary breadwinners.
Social Sciences
Oct 22, 2020
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As unemployment rates skyrocket around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a world-first study has found social venture start-ups not only alleviate social problems but also are much more important for job creation ...
Social Sciences
May 15, 2020
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Disease, disasters, drought, famine, climate change, the terrorist threat, oppressive regimes… the list of problems facing people the world over continues to grow and the number of people displaced from their homes for ...
Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2019
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State spending on transitional housing supports for youth "aging out" of foster care can make a big difference in preventing homelessness, incarceration, substance abuse and early childbirth, according to a new study by social ...
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2019
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A major new report examining the help given to prisoners recovering from addiction has set out a series of "blueprints" which its authors say could "transform" the way prisoners are supported once they have served their sentence.
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2019
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For people on probation and parole and those who work with them, electronic monitoring can be a useful tool to ensure they are making curfew or determining when they are in places they should not be.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2017
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A Penn State Abington professor is proposing public policy solutions to help reduce the mental health impact of incarceration among African-American men.
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2017
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Using a novel molecular analysis technique, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified the chemical underpinnings of Captagon, also known as fenethylline, an illegal amphetamine-type stimulant that ...
Biochemistry
Aug 17, 2017
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The evolution of how prisoners in substance-abuse programs communicate is a good indicator of whether they'll return to crime, new research has found.
Social Sciences
Dec 1, 2016
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