Crime Victims - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Crime, policing and social order: on the expressive nature of public confidence in policing.

30 Aug 2009 Public confidence in policing is receiving increasing attention from UK social scientists and policy-makers. The criminal justice system relies on legitimacy and consent to an extent unlike other public services: public support is vital if the ... Read more...

Childhood bullying behavior and later psychiatric hospital and psychopharmacologic treatment: findings from the Finnish 1981 birth cohort study.

30 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: No prospective population-based study examining predictive associations between childhood bullying behavior and long-term mental health outcomes in both males and females exists. OBJECTIVE: To study predictive associations between bullying ... Read more...

Violence against Women Raises Risk of Cervical Cancer.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: An emerging literature suggests that violence against women (VAW), particularly sexual violence, may increase the risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection (STI) and, therefore, may be associated with cervical cancer ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Crime Victims - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Crime, policing and social order: on the expressive nature of public confidence in policing. 30 Aug 2009
• Childhood bullying behavior and later psychiatric hospital and psychopharmacologic treatment: findings from the Finnish 1981 birth cohort study. 30 Aug 2009
• Violence against Women Raises Risk of Cervical Cancer. 30 Jul 2009
• Tending victims, tackling crime. A northwestern Minnesota hospital takes on violence and abuse. 30 Jul 2009
• Plan of action. Physicians are working with the City of Minneapolis to keep kids from becoming repeat victims of violence. 30 Jul 2009
• Factors associated with violent victimisation among homeless adults in Sydney, Australia. 30 Jul 2009
• The long-term health consequences of relationship violence in adulthood: an examination of low-income women from Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio. 14 Jul 2009
• Prevalence of sexually abusive experiences in childhood and adolescence among a community sample of Latinas: a descriptive study. 29 Jun 2009
• Child sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance use: predictors of revictimization in adult sexual assault survivors. 29 Jun 2009
• [Clinical and psychopathological profile of women victims of psychological partner violence] 10 Jun 2009
• Sexual assault support services and community systems: understanding critical issues and needs in the LGBTQ community. 31 May 2009
• Risk factors for suicidality among a nationally representative sample of high school students. 30 May 2009
• [Characteristics of murder and attempted murder in Cameroon. Study based on expert psychiatric court reports] 30 May 2009
• Sexual assault in the military and its impact on sexual satisfaction in women veterans: a proposed model. 30 May 2009
• E-mail Use among a sample of intimate partner violence shelter residents. 30 May 2009
• Differences between homicide and filicide offenders; results of a nationwide register-based case-control study. 27 May 2009
• Organized activity involvement, depressive symptoms, and social adjustment in adolescents: ethnicity and socioeconomic status as moderators. 26 May 2009
• Sorority participation and sexual assault risk. 17 May 2009
• Accentuation of suicides but not homicides with rising latitudes of Greenland in the sunny months. 6 May 2009
• Stalking among juveniles. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Crime Victims'

Definition: Individuals subjected to and adversely affected by criminal activity. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D019548

Alternative terms: Crime Victims; Crime Victim; Victim, Crime; Victims, Crime; Victimization;

Related Mesh Headings: Violence;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data; economics; rehabilitation;

Tree Number: M01.135;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: coord IM with specific crime if pertinent (IM)