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Featured Content: Neuropsychological Functioning in Prisoners with and Without Self-Injurious Behaviors

"Self-injurious behaviors are alarmingly prevalent in the criminal justice system.  The Department of Justice reports that over 15% of stat…

Started by Lisa HansonLatest Reply

Halloween sex offender policies questioned; Kids more at risk to get hit by a car while trick-or-treating

Press release from October 2009,   "The rates of non-familial sex crimes against children under the age of 12 are no higher during the Hal…

Started by Thomas MankowskiLatest Reply

In light of today's trending #bullying: Top five SAGE articles on Bullying 10/18/2011

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, May 2011; vol. 26, 8: pp. 1664-1693. An Ecological Systems Approach to Bullying Behaviors Among Middle S…

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Featured Content: Neuropsychological Functioning in Prisoners with and Without Self-Injurious Behaviors

"Self-injurious behaviors are alarmingly prevalent in the criminal justice system.  The Department of Justice reports that over 15% of stat…

Started by Lisa Hanson

3 Mar 3
Reply by Gergely Fliegauf

Featured Content: Effectiveness of Residence Restrictions in Preventing Sex Offense Recidivism

"Many municipalities have recently extended residence restrictions for sex offenders beyond the provisions of state law, although the effic…

Started by Natalie Katz

1 Feb 14
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Featured Content: Explaining the Relationship Between Insecure Attachment and Partner Abuse: The Role of Personality Characteristics

"Studies have found that male batterers are more often insecurely attached as compared with nonbatterers. However, it is still not clear ho…

Started by Natalie Katz

0 Oct 24, 2012

Featured Content: The Effects of Exposure, Proximity, and Capable Guardians on the Risk of Bullying Victimization

"Bullying victimization in school is a significant social problem, which has been linked to serious, detrimental, lifelong consequences for…

Started by Natalie Katz

0 Oct 17, 2012

Featured Content: Recognition of and Intervention in Forced Marriage as a Form of Violence and Abuse

"This paper highlights the importance of recognising forced marriage as a form of violence and draws attention to the interventions that ar…

Started by Natalie Katz

0 Sep 12, 2012

Featured content: Factors Related to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Adolescence

"Studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adolescence published from 2000 to 2011 indicate that adolescents are at greater risk o…

Started by Natalie Katz

0 Aug 29, 2012

Featured Content: Hip-Hop and Procedural Justice: Hip-Hop Artists’ Perceptions of Criminal Justice

"Despite its popularity, hip-hop has remained one of the most woefully underexamined topics within criminal justice and criminology. Given…

Started by Natalie Katz

0 Aug 15, 2012

Featured Content: Low Self-Control and the Religiosity-Crime Relationship

"Two arguments have been advanced regarding the effect of low self-control on the religiosity-crime relationship. The first holds that self…

Started by Natalie Katz

0 Aug 8, 2012

Featured Content: Beyond Crime and Drug Use: Do Adult Drug Courts Produce Other Psychosocial Benefits?

"An extensive body of research indicates that adult drug courts reduce reoffending, whereas a more limited number of studies point to reduc…

Started by Natalie Katz

0 Aug 1, 2012

Featured Content: What Are We Feeding Our Inmates?

"The current economic downturn has caused some states to consider serving inmates less food to save money. Because South Carolina has been…

Started by Natalie Katz

0 Jul 18, 2012

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