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Study: Gun Laws Have Little Effect on Homicide Rate
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Friday 27 June 2008 - 09:17 AM 
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A new study finds the highly publicized gun-crime laws of recent years have had little effect on the homicide rate. But a new bipartisan bill just signed into law by President Bush may do some good.
Research in Summary
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Monday 19 May 2008 - 05:00 AM 0 Comments
Notes on early parenthood, cell phone usage, the lack of obesity in France and more.
Gridiron Violence Off the Field
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Saturday 02 February 2008 - 01:10 AM 0 Comments
High school football players and wrestlers are far more likely to get into violent altercations than their non-athletic classmates, according to a new finding.
Bullying: A Junior Hate Crime?
Written by: Ryan Blitstein, Monday 07 January 2008 - 19:09 PM 0 Comments
Serious research into juvenile bullying increasingly focuses on ways to curb what appears to many as an inevitable feature of the schoolyard.
This Is Your Brain on Violence
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Thursday 03 January 2008 - 19:51 PM 0 Comments
Research using brain-scanning technology finds that images of violence stimulate specific responses in the human brain that do not occur in reaction to other types of imagery.
Violent Media Images Spark Aggressive Behavior
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Wednesday 26 December 2007 - 20:00 PM 0 Comments
The link between violent media imagery and aggressive behavior is only slightly less strong than the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer, according to one University of Michigan psychologist.
The Devil Made Me Do It: Video Games and Violence
Written by: Valerie Brown, Monday 17 December 2007 - 11:27 AM 0 Comments
Father and son researchers studying violence in video games find that the cumulative aggression seen in the current study reflects a low-grade social violence that's ultimately more indious than headline-grabbing meltdowns.
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- 1 Total Recall … Or At Least the…
- 2 A Prophylactic for Free Speech?
- 3 Caution: NAFTA at Work
- 4 The Lessons of Gloucester, or It's…
- 5 Does Education Really Make You…
- 6 See It — and Believe It or Not
- 7 Should the Government Make Us Happy?
- 8 Did Archimedes Solve Our Energy…
- 9 No Easy Solution
- 10 Red Meat: A Healthy Choice?