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Playing video games for better, not worse
Some video games can make children kinder and more likely to help-not hurt-other people. view more (2009-06-18)
TARGETED POLICING IS GOOD FOR PUBLIC HEALTH (p 1717)
A public-health article in this week's issue of THE LANCET proposes that an understanding of policing and the criminal justice system-especially the concept of deterrence-is integral to the implementation of effective public-health strategies worldwide. Jonathan Sheperd from the University of Wales, Cardiff, UK, discusses how deterrence is an... view more... (2001-11-14)
Intervention reduces children's viewing of violent TV
A team of Oregon State University researchers has successfully implemented a classroom-based intervention that reduces the amount of violent TV that children watch. view more (2009-04-08)
Violent behavior that occurs during disorders of arousal is provoked
Disorders of arousal (i.e., sleepwalking, confusional arousals and sleep terrors) have sometimes been associated with violent behaviors against other individuals. view more (2007-08-01)
Poor educational outcomes are linked to youth offending
Youngsters who commit crime are more likely to have problems at school and to have missed weeks of teaching because they were excluded. view more (2005-03-18)
Nipping violence in the bud in children
Annie knocks Melissa to the floor to get her doll. Alexis screams at the kid who grabbed his toy truck. Every day, in daycares across Quebec, similar scenes are witnessed by early childhood educators who try to foster calm by encouraging kids to express their anger and frustration in more contructive ways. view more (2008-12-09)
Integral ready for launch
ESA's Integral has been given the green light and is all set for launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in the early hours of tomorrow morning. More than 34 simulations for a total of 300 hours have been carried out at ESOC, ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. ESOC is responsible for Integral Mission Control and it is from... view more... (2002-10-16)
Scientists solve cosmological puzzle
Researchers using supercomputer simulations have exposed a very violent and critical relationship between interstellar gas and dark matter when galaxies are born - one that has been largely ignored by the current model of how the universe evolved. view more (2007-11-30)
Psychologists offer ways to improve prison environment, reduce violent crime
U.S. prisons are too punitive and often fail to rehabilitate, but targeting prisoners' behavior, reducing prison populations and offering job skills could reduce prisoner aggression and prevent recidivism, a researcher told the American Psychological Association on Saturday. view more (2009-08-10)
Lots of Small Stars Born in Starburst Region
The present research programme was granted observing time with VLT ANTU in April 1999. Its general aim is to investigate collective, massive star formation, in particular the coalescence of high- and low-mass stars in the violent environments of starburst regions. These are areas in which the processes that lead to the birth of new stars are... view more... (1999-10-13)
Violent video games lead to brain activity characteristic of aggression, MSU researcher shows
A Michigan State University researcher and his colleagues have shown that playing violent video games leads to brain activity pattern that may be characteristic for aggressive thoughts. view more (2005-10-12)
CONCERN OVER NEW UK LEGISLATION TO DETAIN PEOPLE WITH DANGEROUS SEVERE PERSONALITY DISORDERS (p 1926, 1955)
Recent UK government proposals to reduce the risks posed by people with "dangerous" severe personality disorders (DSPD) include a controversial new legal framework for indeterminate detention. In a systematic review in this week's issue of THE LANCET, Alec Buchanan and Morven Leese from the Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK, aimed to... view more... (2001-12-05)
New research on family-based HIV prevention presented at annual NIH conference
Researchers from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center (BHCRC) presented exciting new research today at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Annual International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS. view more (2008-10-08)
Almost 3% of emergency department patients have been violently assaulted, but only half enter crime statistics
Almost 3% of emergency medicine patients have been violently assaulted, but only half of these assaults end up on police files, finds research in Injury Prevention. view more (2002-12-03)
Smoking during pregnancy fosters aggression in children
Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids according to a new Canada-Netherlands study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. While previous studies have shown that smoking during gestation causes low birth weight, this research shows mothers who light up during pregnancy can predispose their offspring to... view more... (2009-01-06)
Everyone wants gamma-ray eyes!
Even before ESA`s Integral gamma-ray observatory was launched, astronomers were competing to win time to use this state-of-the-art observatory. The Integral Science Operations Centre in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, received hundreds of excellent proposals. ESA expects Integral to revolutionise the way we think about the violent Universe.... view more... (2002-10-29)
Violent patients most likely to be removed from GPs' lists
Violent, threatening or abusive behaviour by patients is the most common reason for removing a patient from their lists, report general practitioners in this week's BMJ. In April 2000, researchers at the University of Sheffield surveyed 1,000 general practitioners in England and Wales about the current scale of, and reasons for, removal of... view more... (2001-05-09)
Urban TV surveillance does not prevent street violence, but reduces severity of injuries
Closed circuit TV surveillance does not prevent street violence in town centres, but it increases police detection rates, reveals a study in Injury Prevention. And it reduces the severity of injuries sustained, the study shows. view more (2003-12-18)
The PC's PC
This is the finding of research presented today, Tuesday 28 September, by Michael Wilbert and Dr Brian Ewart of the Sunderland Crime Research Group, at The British Psychological Society's Division of Forensic Psychology Conference, held at Churchill College, Cambridge. view more (1999-09-13)
Predicting performance of armed police officers
A new test for selecting police officers for firearms duty examines how officers apportion control to themselves and offenders in simulated situations. This research, by Janice Leggett of Bath and West Community NHS Trust and Joanne Silvester of City University, in association with Gwent Police, is presented today, Thursday 5 April, at The British... view more... (2001-04-03)
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