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For adolescent crime victims, genetic factors play lead role

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Genes trump environment as the primary reason that some adolescents are more likely than others to be victimized by crime, according to groundbreaking research led by distinguished criminologist Kevin M. Beaver of The Florida State University. The study is believed to be t...

TV crime drama compound highlights immune cells' misdeeds

St. Louis, March 20, 2009 Detectives on television shows often spray crime scenes with a compound called luminol to make blood glow. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have applied the same compound to much smaller crime scenes: sites where the immune system att...

USMC Crime Scene Cleaners Draw On Iraq Experience as Biotrauma, Inc.

GAINESVILLE, Ga., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the first group of Marines ever trained to perform search and recovery duties for fallen servicemen overseas, Benjamin Lichtenwalner and Ryan Sawyer realized both the historical and practical importance of their mission from day one. Thi...

Economic Bad Times Put Minorities at Higher Crime Risk

Blacks, Latinos more often victimized as recessions occur, study shows MONDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- When the economy goes sour, certain minority groups suffer at the hands of criminals more than others, a new study finds. National crime statistics from 1973 to 2005 show an ...

Schizophrenia does not increase risk of violent crime

In the debate surrounding violent crimes referred to as "acts of madness" or the like, it is often assumed that the violence is a direct result of the perpetrator's mental illness. Previous research suggests that people with schizophrenia, a major psychotic disorder, are at higher risk for violent...

CSI: Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Television Shows Inaccurately Portray Violent Crime

VIDEO ALERT: Additional audio and video resources, including excerpts from an interview with Dr. Lineberry describing the research, are available on the Mayo Clinic News Blog . SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic compared two popular televisio...

Legal Aid Provides Access to Justice for Victims of Violent Crime

National Crime Victims' Rights Week is April 13-19 AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Every day throughout Texas, victims of domestic violence and other violent crimes are struggling to regain control of their lives. In addition to dealing with the emotional trauma of the exper...

Rape – a Common Crime in South Afric

Rape has been found to be a common crime with studies showing that around one in five South African men has committed rape at least once//. These shocking figures were compiled by the Gender Health Research unit of the country's Medical Research Council. Interviews of 1,370 males of ages of...

Laryngeal Cancer Added to Asbestos’ Crime Lis

Asbestos that has long been associated with mesothelioma and lung cancer has now been found to cause laryngeal malignancies as well //. The Indian Institute of Medicine revealed this finding in its report. In addition IOM also concluded that there was ‘suggestive but not sufficient’ evidence ...

Patients Suffering From Severe Mental Diseases Are At Risk Of Being Crime Victims

People suffering from severe mental illnesses (SMI) are eleven times more at risk than general population from violent crimes. The research report//, which was published in the recent issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, said that one in every four severely mentally ill person is at risk from b...

Tougher Gun Show Controls in California Slash Sales of Weapons Linked to Crime

California has succeeded in drastically reducing anonymous and undocumented gun sales and sales of military-style weapons by introducing tighter controls to gun shows reveals a study in the June issue of Injury Prevention. Eight gun shows in California and 20 shows in Arizona, Nevada, Texa...

State Regulation of Massage Therapy Will Improve Public Health, Safety

... of felonies under the Controlled Substance Act. It also authorizes the board to refuse, suspend or revoke a license if the licensee is convicted of a crime of moral turpitude or a felony, or if the licensee engages in immoral or unprofessional conduct. The licensure law authorizes the board to impo...

Report: Microsoft Sponsoring Ads for Rogue Internet Pharmacies

...nternet. "These bing.com ads aren't real pharmacies," said Garth Bruen, KnujOn's President. "These types of sites are usually the product of organized crime and vast illicit drug networks, many of them based in Russia and Eastern Europe, that deceive, defraud and poison Internet users." The study al...

New DeKaye Article Identifies 'Hierarchy of Greed' in Healthcare Fraud

...d being detected. Ethnicity and barriers to employment entry are also presented as contributing factors to this type of greed. The entry of organized crime into healthcare is portrayed as criminal enterprises seeking out lower penalties than drug-trafficking and other crimes to capitalize on schemes and o...

Humanitas Designated as Approved Provider by California Board of Registered Nursing for Continuing Education Course Credit and Units

...ence in the workplace on the same level as law enforcement officers. The average person has slightly a one in 100 chance of being victim of a violent crime while nurses face nearly double the risk. We worked with nurses to design this course so it addresses today's realities and a key element is communica...

Ex- White House Drug Spokesman Urges 'Double Drug Treatment'; Bob Weiner and Policy Analyst Zoe Pagonis Highlight 'Drug War's Wrong Focus'

...easing drug treatment to stop the main catalyst of crime and save families would be an extraordinarily rati...a key part of the very real reductions in national crime and drug statistics -- but to add to essential tre...here it's needed most. If they really want to stop crime and prevent addiction, the administration and Cong...

ID Experts Offers Breach Prevent for Healthcare: A High-Touch, Affordable Solution for HITECH Data Breach Protection and Compliance

...nd remediation, the company has managed hundreds of data breach events, protects millions of individuals from identity theft and authored the Identity crime Victim's Bill of Rights. ID Experts is actively involved with industry organizations including ANSI/Identity Theft Prevention and Identity Management ...

Pamela Davis Announced as Recipient of ACFE Sentinel Award

...emier provider of anti-fraud training and education. Together with nearly 50,000 members, the ACFE is reducing the incidence of fraud and white-collar crime worldwide and inspiring public confidence in the integrity and objectivity within the profession. In addition, the ACFE offers its members the unique ...

Crime, Drugs and Health Problems Face Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

... also reported that three quarters of these men have been to prison and two thirds of them were on welfare. Many people in Vancouver look at this as a crime problem, while others see it as a health problem, but the majority see it as both. Criminal activity and poor health are major problems facing many wh...

Addiction scientists call for end to executions for drug offenders

...nners" who are likely to be caught and executed. The authors cite the UN statement that capital punishment should be imposed only for "intentional crime with lethal or other extremely severe consequences", and argue that since trafficking is "no more a proximate and inevitable cause of death than is th...

New Evidence that Bush Administration Impeded 3 Investigations into Alleged Massacre of Up to 2,000 Prisoners in Afghanistan

...dom of Information Act (FOIA) request for the release of US government documents that reveal US intelligence knowledge of the magnitude of the alleged crime and awareness of the execution and torture of witnesses to the incidents; Helped identify the US chain of command likely responsible for imped...

Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association Condemns Burr Oak Crimes

...were broken," Lapin added. "The Illinois Cemetery Protection Act makes it a crime to willfully damage, destroy or desecrate human remains and grave markers w...is Cemetery Care Act and the Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act make it a crime to steal people's deposits on funeral and cemetery merchandise and services...

Drug Crimes in Canada Cause Continuing Problems for Small Communities

...g crimes reaching over the 100,000 mark and that this was combined with the crime rate reaching a thirty-year low. This is an unusual turn that the crime rate reached a thirty-year low, but illicit drug crimes reach a thirty-year...

LoJack SafetyNet and Project Lifesaver Help Rescue Clients Afflicted With Alzheimer's/Dementia Who Wandered

...ants, Project Lifesaver has the endorsement of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America, the National Sheriff's Association, the International Society of crime Prevention Practitioners, statewide sheriffs' associations, Pilot's International and the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners. For m...

Regulation and oversight of gun sales reduces trafficking to criminals

...dy, researchers examined state laws governing gun sales using data from ATF crime gun traces from 54 U.S. cities. The analysis also included a survey of law ...trafficked if it had been purchased within a year of being recovered from a crime scene unless the criminal was also the legal purchaser of record. The varia...

Sociologists to turn the sociological eye on San Francisco

...olars in California have led the nation's efforts to address the growth of a prison industry driven by motives of profit rather than motives to reduce crime rates and rehabilitate criminals. The panel will address how scholarship and community alliances can combat mass incarceration and aid in the understa...

Montana Meth Project Statement Regarding Billings Gazette Story

...porter from the Montana Attorney General, Board of crime Control crime Lab, and Montana Department of Public Health and H...nchanged. 53% decrease in Meth-related crime from 2005 to 2006 and a 62% decrease in Meth-relat...

Akerman Senterfitt Announces Expansion of Healthcare Practice

...raud and abuse matters and a former Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Caccia serves as Co-Chair of Akerman's White Collar crime and Government Investigations practice. Donnelly brings substantial federal healthcare policy experience, having previously served as Assistant Secret...

Wayne County Community College District's Downtown Campus Presents the 2nd Annual Summer Safety Fair

...safety, and how to avoid potential danger. Demonstrations at the Safety Fair will include: Fire Safety Mc Gruff - crime Prevention Child Identification Cards Bike Show and Safety Presentation Swimming Safety Injury Prevention ...

Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the Heat Press Conference on Detroit Takedown

...rida, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Houston are perfect examples of how federal, state, and local law enforcement working together can strike back against crime in our communities. These strike forces analyze Medicare data to identify hot spots of unexplained high-billing levels in concentrated areas. Teams of...

Should All Kids Be Screened for Depression? This Expert Says Yes and Explains How It Can Save Lives

... and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). She also holds a Master's degree in Divinity and is an ordained Presbyterian minister. Diebold created a crime victims' treatment program in Kentucky and worked with at-risk children in schools. She has also worked with prison inmates and battered women. She is...

Does Location Affect Kids' Weight?

...sick- and well-doctor visits, changes in a child's address, annual food-service establishment inspection data, aerial photographs of neighborhoods and crime statistics over time. And other studies have not taken into account, as we did, families' self-selecting their locations -- for example, families who ...

Close Monitoring May Help Troubled Teen Girls Avoid Pregnancy

...programs, an independent analysis of teen boys showed that reductions in criminal activity among teens in the specialized programs costs taxpayers and crime victims $78,000 less per teen in the long term. "The figures aren't available for girls yet, but delaying unintended pregnancies should add to that...

Researchers identify 4 new targets for breast cancer

... HOUSTON - Four suspects often found at the scene of the crime in cancer are guilty of the initiation and progression of breast cancer in mice that are resistant to the disease, a team led by scientists at The Uni...

U.S. Drug Czar Addresses 2,500 Drug Court Professionals, Voices Strong Support for Expanding Drug Courts Throughout the Nation

...re Americans break the cycle of drug addiction and crime and begin their own road to recovery." Following h...o, Drug Courts significantly reduce drug abuse and crime and do so at less expense than any other justice s...y are a solution to the vicious cycle of drugs and crime that has ensnared 1.2 million drug-addicted offend...

Record-Breaking Internet Pharmacy Prosecution Nets Millions for Iowa Law Enforcement

...tuart Nash, Associate Deputy Attorney General and Director of the Organized crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF). "I applaud the hard work and dedica...cialist Brenda Nietert. The case was investigated as part of the Organized crime Drug Enforcement Task Force program of the United States Department of Just...

Researchers identify four new targets for breast cancer

... HOUSTON - Four suspects often found at the scene of the crime in cancer are guilty of the initiation and progression of breast cancer in mice that are resistant to the disease, a team led by scientists at The Uni...

The 2009 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards Honor Extraordinary Californians for Innovative, Practical Solutions

... lease Market Creek Plaza. So far, this effort has led to 11 businesses, more than 500 jobs, millions of dollars reinvested in the community and lower crime - gangs have even declared the Plaza neutral territory. Residents can also invest in this venture. Vanica helped create the nation's first Community-D...

In Both the U.S. and Mexico, we Must Advance not Retreat From Strategic Government Goals Regarding Drug Addiction and Drug-Related Crime, Says Narconon International

...d by Narconon International. "More drug rehabilitation and broader drug prevention, not less, is needed if we intend long-term reduction in drugs and crime along our border," says Clark Carr, president of Narconon International, a network of over 150 drug rehab and education centers. "The ONDCP, the UNODC...

Patriot Scientific Corporation Announces Patriot Data Solutions Group

...r applications. In addition, PDSG public safety experts have served in law enforcement; in street patrol, investigative, and supervisory roles; and as crime analysts and law-enforcement-specific information technology specialists. PDSG's health care experts are pioneers in hospital, medical practice and h...