Crime - Classification
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Using arrest charge to screen for undiagnosed HIV infection among new arrestees: a study in Los Angeles County.

30 Mar 2009 Despite high documented HIV prevalence, few jail systems offer universal HIV screening, nor is this always feasible. The authors evaluated undiagnosed HIV infection and HIV risk history by arrest charge among 1,322 new arrestees to examine whether ... Read more...

The mangled butterfly: Rorschach results from 45 violent psychopaths.

30 Dec 2008 Participants were 45 violent California male prison inmates scoring 30 or more on the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991, 2003). Inmates were evaluated using Rorschach and neuropsychological test data. The participants' intellectual ... Read more...

Gender differences in police encounters among persons with and without serious mental illness.

30 Dec 2008 OBJECTIVE: This study examined the rates, patterns, and types of police contacts among men and women with and without serious mental illness. METHODS: Data on type of contact, type and number of offenses, dispositions, and repeat offenses were ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Crime - Classification'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Using arrest charge to screen for undiagnosed HIV infection among new arrestees: a study in Los Angeles County. 30 Mar 2009
• The mangled butterfly: Rorschach results from 45 violent psychopaths. 30 Dec 2008
• Gender differences in police encounters among persons with and without serious mental illness. 30 Dec 2008
• Is the crime drop of the 1990s in Canada and the USA associated with a general decline in risky and health-related behavior? 30 Oct 2008
• Toward a quantitative typology of burglars: a latent profile analysis of career offenders. 14 Sep 2008
• The origin of violent behaviour among child labourers in India. 30 Dec 2007
• An analysis of Korean homicide crime-scene actions. 30 Oct 2007
• [Differentiation of impulsive crimes from crimes of passion] 30 Oct 2007
• The longitudinal association between substance use and delinquency among high-risk youth. 29 Oct 2007
• Transgression wrongfulness outweighs its harmfulness as a determinant of sentence severity. 30 Jul 2007
• Long-term outcomes after discharge from medium secure care: a cause for concern. 29 Jun 2007
• Attitudes towards prisoners, as reported by prison inmates, prison employees and college students. 2 May 2007
• The 2004 IAHSS survey--crime in hospitals. 30 Dec 2005
• U.S. physicians disciplined for criminal activity. 30 Dec 2005
• Understanding the risk factors for violence and criminality in women: the concurrent validity of the PCL-R and HCR-20. 29 Apr 2005
• Involvement with the criminal justice system among new clients at outpatient mental health agencies. 30 Jan 2005
• The 2003 IAHSS survey--crime in hospitals. 30 Dec 2004
• Uniform emergency codes: will they improve safety? 30 Dec 2004
• A neural network applied to criminal psychological profiling: an Italian initiative. 30 Jul 2004
• The relationship between lead and crime. 30 May 2004

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Technical information about 'Crime'

Definition: A violation of the criminal law, i.e., a breach of the conduct code specifically sanctioned by the state, which through its administrative agencies prosecutes offenders and imposes and administers punishments. The concept includes unacceptable actions whether prosecuted or going unpunished.

Descriptor UI: D003415

Alternative terms: Crime; Crimes; Kidnapping; Kidnappings;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; ethnology; history; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; psychology; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.198.240; I01.880.735.191;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: specify geog if pertinent