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Study highlights global fertility decline and its implications for the future

The world is approaching a low-fertility future. Although by 2100 more than 97% of countries and territories will have fertility rates below what is necessary to sustain population size over time, comparatively high fertility rates in numerous low-income countries, predominantly in western and eastern sub-Saharan Africa, will continue to drive population increases in these locations throughout the century.

21 Mar 2024

Ancient Eastern Arabians developed malaria resistance through agriculture, study finds

People living in ancient Eastern Arabia appear to have developed resistance to malaria following the appearance of agriculture in the region around five thousand years ago, a new study reveals.

27 Feb 2024

Probation disproportionately affects the health outcomes of Black Americans

"Mistrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful," warned Friedrich Nietzsche more than a century ago.

11 Sep 2023

Shared community spaces in rural communities may promote healthy aging among older, non-white adults

Millions of Americans over the age of 65 lack access to the social and emotional support they need for healthy aging, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

20 Jun 2023

Adolescent boys feel uncertain about navigating the perceived realities of youth sexual culture

While typical consent education in secondary schools may rationalize or provide a 'road map' for consent, teenage boys feel uncertain and anxious about navigating the perceived realities of youth sexual culture, according to new research from the University of Surrey.

30 Nov 2022

Mental health-related incidents remained relatively stable during the pandemic, study finds

A new study finds that while most crime types declined across Canada and internationally as a result of the COVID-19 social restrictions, mental health-related incidents remained relatively stable, counter to claims that mental health-related incidents increased across the nation as a result of the pandemic-related restrictions.

11 Oct 2022

Study explores the relationship between empathy and cyberbullying among early U.S. adolescents

Bullying has been made easier and sometimes more serious by social media, gaming platforms, and other online communications technologies, affecting so many of our schools, families and communities.

8 Aug 2022

New analysis examines the effects of media on two aspects of radicalization

A recent analysis in Campbell Systematic Reviews examined the effects of media on two aspects of radicalization: the support of the use of radical violence in the name of a cause or ideology (called cognitive radicalization) and the actual involvement in such violence (called behavioral radicalization).

8 Jun 2022

Psychopathic individuals have 10% larger striatum in the brain compared to others, finds study

Neuroscientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), University of Pennsylvania, and California State University, have established the existence of a biological difference between psychopaths and non-psychopaths.

11 May 2022

Study to assess the impact of a multi-component intervention in reducing racial health disparities

In an unprecedented effort to address the harmful effects of structural racism on health, 60 predominantly Black neighborhoods in Philadelphia will be part of an ambitious study to assess the impact of a multi-component intervention addressing both environmental and economic injustice on health and well-being, led by Penn Medicine researchers Eugenia C. South, MD, MHSP, and Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD.

13 Oct 2021

New animated video explores how social media affects people with eating disorders

Researchers from Loughborough University have teamed up with UK charity Beat to create an animated video that explores how social media affects people with an eating disorder.

15 Sep 2021

Structural home repairs in low-income neighborhoods linked with reduced crime rates

Investing in structural home repairs in historically segregated, low-income, Black, and Latino neighborhoods have been associated with reduced crime rates.

22 Jul 2021

New conceptual model depicts the relationship between policing and population health

A specific police action, an arrest or a shooting, has an immediate and direct effect on the individuals involved, but how far and wide do the reverberations of that action spread through the community? What are the health consequences for a specific, though not necessarily geographically defined, population?

9 Jul 2021

Sexual violence is rampant in Belgium, shows new study

Sexual violence is rampant in Belgium. In the first large-scale representative and gender- and age-sensitive study on sexual violence in Belgium, called "UN-MENAMAIS" '(Understanding the Mechanisms, Nature, Magnitude and Impact of Sexual Violence in Belgium), experts from Ghent University, the University of Liège, and the National Institute for Criminology and Criminalistics found that two third of the Belgian population experienced sexual violence during their life.

18 Jun 2021

2018 legislation calls for assessment tool to predict recidivism in federal prison inmates

Passed in 2018, the First Step Act sought to address re-entry challenges for inmates in the federal prison system. The legislation called for developing an assessment tool to identify inmates for release who had the lowest likelihood of recidivism.

3 May 2021

Reforms can be sustained only when criminal justice staff view them as legitimate, reveals study

Researchers commonly work with the criminal justice system to implement reforms, bringing with them the latest science and data pointing to why a certain practice will help improve outcomes. New research from the University of Kansas shows if community corrections agencies are to sustain evidence-based reforms, they need to view them as legitimate.

30 Apr 2021

Criminology News and Research

Study highlights global fertility decline and its implications for the future

Ancient Eastern Arabians developed malaria resistance through agriculture, study finds

Probation disproportionately affects the health outcomes of Black Americans

Shared community spaces in rural communities may promote healthy aging among older, non-white adults

Adolescent boys feel uncertain about navigating the perceived realities of youth sexual culture

Mental health-related incidents remained relatively stable during the pandemic, study finds

Study explores the relationship between empathy and cyberbullying among early U.S. adolescents

New analysis examines the effects of media on two aspects of radicalization

Psychopathic individuals have 10% larger striatum in the brain compared to others, finds study

Study to assess the impact of a multi-component intervention in reducing racial health disparities

New animated video explores how social media affects people with eating disorders

Structural home repairs in low-income neighborhoods linked with reduced crime rates

New conceptual model depicts the relationship between policing and population health

Sexual violence is rampant in Belgium, shows new study

2018 legislation calls for assessment tool to predict recidivism in federal prison inmates

Reforms can be sustained only when criminal justice staff view them as legitimate, reveals study

Adverse childhood experiences linked to adolescents' delinquent behaviors

Research project to study how the pandemic has affected health, wellbeing of police officers

Researchers determine magnitude of Philadelphia's firearm violence during COVID-19

UMass researcher receives $1.5 million grant to study sexual abuse prevention program

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