The High Cost of Ageing
Veena S. Kulkarni is Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Sociology, & Geography, Arkansas State University, U.S.; Vani S. Kulkarni is Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.; and Raghav Gaiha is (Hon.) Professorial Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, EnglandBy Veena S. Kulkarni, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav GaihaNEW DELHI, Jun 23 2017 (IPS)Evidence shows that health systems must be recast to accommodate the needs of chronic disease prevention. Disability is the umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions. (Representati...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 23, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Veena Kulkarni Vani Kulkarni Tags: Aid Asia-Pacific Headlines Health TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Nearly 1,300 Children Die From Gunshot Wounds In U.S. Each Year, Report Shows
Firearms kill almost 1,300 American youngsters each year, and boys and black children are most often the victims, a U.S. study finds.
During the 13-year study, more than half of the gun-related deaths were homicides, while 38 percent were suicides and 6 percent were fatalities from accidental gun injuries, researchers report in Pediatrics.
Each year, guns seriously wounded about 5,800 additional kids under 18.
“Firearm injuries are a leading cause of death among U.S. children aged 1 to 17 years and contribute substantially each year to premature death, illness and disability of children,” said lead study author...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Adverse childhood experiences, paraphilias, and serious criminal violence among federal sex offenders - Drury A, Heinrichs T, Elbert M, Tahja K, DeLisi M, Caropreso D.
PURPOSE
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are a broad conceptual framework in the social sciences that have only recently been studied within criminology. The purpose of this paper is to utilize this framework by applying it to one of the most potent... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Personality patterns predict the risk of antisocial behavior in Spanish-speaking adolescents - Alc ázar-Córcoles MA, Verdejo-García A, Bouso-Sáiz JC, Revuelta-Menéndez J, Ramírez-Lira E.
INTRODUCTION: There is a renewed interest in incorporating personality variables in criminology theories in order to build models able to integrate personality variables and biological factors with psychosocial and sociocultural factors. The aim of this ar... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Penn study links heart rate to gender gap in criminal offending
(University of Pennsylvania) A new study from the University of Pennsylvania published in the journal Criminology, addresses the incomplete understanding of why males are more criminal than females by examining gender differences in biological functioning and behavior. It is the first study to demonstrate that men's lower resting heart rate partly explains the higher rate of criminal offending. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 31, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Drug-crime relationship among Turkish prisoners: findings from the Socioeconomic Correlates of Crime in Turkey Study - Dolu O.
Drug-crime relationship is one of the hot topics in criminology literature. Particularly, possibility of a causal link between drug use and criminal behavior has been investigated by many researchers with large scale surveys on general public and with stud... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 9, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
How well do the adolescent risk factors predict re-arrest frequency across race/ethnicity among serious adolescent offenders? - Piquero AR, Cardwell SM, Piquero NL, Jennings WG, Gonzalez JMR.
The field of criminology has devoted considerable time and attention to assessing the main risk factors associated with delinquency and criminal behavior. This line of research consistently documents that certain individual, familial, and situational risk ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 9, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Strength based approaches and protective factors from a criminological perspective - Kewley S.
This paper provides a review of the current criminological landscape in relation to positive criminology and strengths based responses to crime. It does this by drawing on four forms of 'offender' rehabilitation as detailed in Fergus McNeill's (2012) semin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Prevalence of life-course-persistent, adolescence-limited, and late-onset offenders: a systematic review of prospective longitudinal studies - Jolliffe D, Farrington DP, Piquero AR, MacLeod JF, van de Weijer S.
Little is known about the prevalence, frequency, onset, and criminal career duration of life-course-persistent offenders (LCP), compared to adolescence-limited (AL) and late-onset offenders (LO), despite the importance of these categories in criminology. T... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 19, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Dilemmas in applying strengths-based approaches in working with offenders with mental illness: a critical multidisciplinary review - Vandevelde S, Vander Laenen F, Van Damme L, Vanderplasschen W, Audenaert K, Broekaert E, Vander Beken T.
The recent focus on extending risk assessment and treatment in forensic mental health with protective factors relates to the increasing interest in strengths-based approaches in various professional disciplines: law (e.g. human rights), criminology (e.g. d... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
UCLA researchers seek juvenile justice alternatives for children under 12
AlthoughLaura Abrams andDr. Elizabeth Barnert come from opposite ends of the UCLA campus, their work in their respective academic professions meets at the intersection of health and juvenile justice.A recent University of Californiastudy led by Abrams, professor of social welfare in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and Barnert, an assistant professor of pediatrics in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, offers a powerful rationale for shielding children 11 years old and younger from prosecution and incarceration in the state ’s juvenile justice system.“Children in the juvenile justice system litera...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 11, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Spotlight: Terri Medrum on using problem solving skills to help 'people at so many levels'
Terri Wayne Meldrum, senior vice president and general counsel, OhioHealth Corp.
Age: 48
Vitals: B.A. in psychology with a minor in criminology, Ohio State University, 1990. Juris Doctor, OSU Moritz College of Law, 1993. Previously worked at the Ohio Attorney General's Officer, Taft, Stettinius& Hollister and have held several positions at OhioHealth.
Why this business: It is a business and industry that allows you to be involved in complex, high level issues that force you to use your mind and… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
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Psychologists Find An Alarming Long-Term Effect Of Teen Sleep Deprivation
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Psychologists Find An Alarming Long-Term Effect Of Teen Sleep Deprivation
This reporting is brought to you by HuffPost’s health and science platform, The Scope. Like us on Facebook and Twitter and tell us your story: scopestories@huffingtonpost.com.
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 1, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Study finds police use out of court resolutions in over 5,000 domestic abuse cases
(Oxford University Press USA) A study published in the British Journal of Criminology investigated the nature and extent of UK police use of 'out of court resolutions' in cases of domestic abuse and found that many forces are potentially putting lives at risk. The researchers call for an immediate stop to street level resolutions in cases of domestic abuse involving partners or ex-partners. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 28, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
