Number Of Violent Crimes Research Articles

Forgiveness as a Secondary Prevention Strategy for Victims of Interpersonal Crime

The number of violent crimes against people is increasing. The present paper aimed to review (i) the association between 'unforgiveness' among victims and psychiatric disease; and (ii) evidence that encouraging forgiveness can help to prevent psychiatric disease. Unforgiveness correlates strongly with the development of psychiatric disease. Encouraging forgiving attitudes and emotions leads to decreased anxiety and depression.

Combating Elder Financial Abuse–A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Growing Problem

SUMMARY While the number of violent crimes in the United States is decreasing, financial crimes against the elderly are increasing due to the aging of the overall population and greater concentration of wealth among older people. The United States, along with the rest of the world, is experiencing dramatic growth of its senior populace; and financial abuse of the elderly is also dramatically rising. Santa Clara County, California's response to this problem via their model program emphasizing a multi-disciplinary approach to combating financial abuse will be discussed.

Sociostructural considerations of domestic femicide

Previous research on the domestic murder of women is relatively scant. Domestic femicide data collected from 32 state domestic violence coalitions was regressed on variables associated with three theoretical explanations: economic stress and inequality variables, criminal justice variables, and community variables. Findings suggest that state size has the largest impact on the number of domestic femicides, perhaps because of the relationship between state size and other variables such as poverty and public services. Not related to domestic femicide are variables such as the number of officers on the street, the number of violent crimes, or household income.

Reaching Out, Reaching in: The Laotian Youth Development Project

Many California cities have been overwhelmed in recent years by a dramatic increase in the number of Asian gangs and in the number of violent crimes committed by the youth involved. Vietnamese youth gangs first attracted attention through a series of home invasion robberies, during which victims were threatened, beaten, and occasionally tortured to reveal the hiding place of the family savings. The 1991 standoff at the Good Guys electronics store in Sacramento drew national coverage, as four young Vietnamese men took hostages and made demands to television crews and Sheriff's deputies before a shootout claimed the lives of three hostages and three of the gunmen. In 1994, eighteen home invasion robberies were investigated in a three-month period in Sacramento County, and it is assumed that many others went unreported for fear of reprisals.

Emergency first-aid treatment of gunshot and stab wounds.

The number of violent crimes in Great Britain is on the increase and therefore there is a possibility that nurses will encounter a casualty with stab or gunshot wounds. On encountering a casualty with stab or gunshot wounds, the first aider must immediately assess the scene to avoid personal injury or risk to life. No matter how ugly or bad the injuries look, the basic principles of first aid still apply. Never attempt to remove any penetrating object still in situ as this may cause more serious bleeding. Any penetrating injury to the chest may result in instant respiratory distress. Make use of people present at the scene of the injury. Always ensure that the emergency services are notified immediately.

Longitudinal Trends in Violence in the Rural South

Since 1960, the number of violent crimes in America has increased by more than four hundred and fifty percent. Although the bulk of these crimes are being committed in urban areas, the rural areas of the country are not immune from the violence. Previous studies have noted that as a region, the South has one of the highest rates of arrests and incarcerations. Most studies on criminal violence have treated the region as a culturally monolithic entity without any recognition of differences in the patterns and distribution of violence in the rural areas of that region. The purpose of this paper is to examine variations in rural violence among twelve states in the southeastern United States using Uniform Crime Report data from 1962 to 1991. The study found that aggravated assault is the most common form of violent offending. This is followed by robbery, forcible rape, and homicide. For total violence, the rural areas of South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana reported the highest rates. Total violence rates are lower in the rural areas of West Virginia, Arkansas, and Virginia.

Fates of Assailants of U.S. Presidents

Abstract Public outrage has been mounting in recent years over the increasing number of violent crimes and assassination attempts. Before the 1982 Hinckley verdict, criticisms over merits of the insanity defense were escalating. Immediately afterwards some inaccurate news reports and hyperbole by public figures added to the popular perception that the insanity defense and psychiatric testimony have allowed notorious offenders more favorable dispositions, or perhaps even to go “scot-free.” Systematic review of fates of prior Presidential assailants demonstrates that both legal and extralegal consequences for their violent acts have been severe. Some inferences are discussed.

The Effect of Gun Availability on Violent Crime Patterns

Social scientists have started to find answers to some of the questions raised in the ongoing debate over gun control. The basic factual issue in this debate concerns the effect of gun availability on the distribution, seriousness, and number of violent crimes. Some evidence is available on each of these dimensions of the violent crime problem. The distribution of violent crimes among different types of victims is governed in part by the "vulnerability pattern" in weapon choice. The seriousness of robbery and assault incidents is influenced by weapon type, as indicated by the objective dangerousness and instrumental violence pattern. A reduc tion in gun availability would cause some weapon substitution and probably little change in overall robbery and assault rates—but the homicide rate would be reduced.