May 25th, 2012

A new study had found a widely used psychological intervention dramatically reduces psychological distress experienced by child victims of war and sexual ...
May 9th, 2012

Women who have experienced several forms of violence, from witnessing neighborhood crimes to being abused themselves, are more ...
April 26th, 2012

A new paper on music therapy suggests music can serve as a tool to allow issues to be explored on a granular level ...
April 23rd, 2012

A new government study will investigate if pregnant women are more likely to admit to a computer, rather than ...
April 12th, 2012

When jurors sentencing convicted criminals are instructed to weigh not only facts but also tricky emotional factors, they rely on parts of the ...
March 5th, 2012

A new report discovers partner violence during pregnancy portends problems when team parenting — and in this study, mothers were found to be more ...
February 22nd, 2012

A new area of study incorporates a multi-disciplinary view of biosocial factors that can influence criminal and anti-social actions.
Criminiologist Dr. Brian Boutwell, ...
February 2nd, 2012

Mentoring has been found to improve the health and well-being of young women who were victimized in their youth.
Canadian investigators determined female college students who ...
December 6th, 2011

Family violence appears to increase a child’s sensitivity to detect potential additional threats, as researchers found brain changes are ...
November 9th, 2011

A new research study suggests prejudice based on generalized beliefs about certain social groups could be a personality trait.
Researchers from the University ...