Fear of crime is implicated as a risk factor for poorer mental health, yet few studies have explored whether there is a causal relationship between fear of crime and health, or tested the direction of the relationship. Does, for example, heightened fear of crime lead to poorer mental health,...
Experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) are associated with a wide range of measures of poor mental health. While there is a body of evidence to suggest that IPV leads to poor mental health, there is some evidence to suggest the association between IPV and mental illness may be bi-di...
When analyzing the social determinants of health, it is necessary to consider the significant role played by social class and to pay more attention to the potential impact of the mental health of different social classes on their overall health....
Without this support these children become disengaged underachievers who stop trying, turn to violence to get what they need, leave school before they graduate, and live a life of poverty and crime. This reality reinforces the need for school-wide, intentional efforts to improve the interactions...
Patrolling and Crime Prevention: Police officers patrol designated areas, either on foot, in vehicles, or on bicycles, to deter criminal activity and ensure public safety. They monitor and investigate suspicious activities, enforce traffic laws, and identify potential risks or hazards in the community...
We’re all busy and attention necessarily shifts, but it is possible to assure that Ashling and the women whoseliveswere taken before her stay in our minds. The media, government, and each of us can help slam shut the window through which perpetrators of crime against women have all too ...
For example, previous studies have revealed that externalizing behaviors increase the risk of juvenile delinquency, adult crime, violent and antisocial behaviors, and substance abuse. Also, internalizing behaviors appear to be associated with a greater risk of depression, anxiety, suicide in adolescence ...
which measures the abstraction of mental representations, may reflect the richness of mental resources and depth of thought (Trope and Liberman,2010). We propose that construal level would help to explain the above pathways. Moreover, dispositional awe may improve social connectedness by increasing co...
Crime rates are generally decreasing and governments in Australia (as elsewhere) have committed to reducing recidivism. However, incarceration rates of certain groups continue to rise, including Indigenous and racialised peoples, those experiencing poverty, mental health issues, addiction, homelessness and...
Poverty, addictions, mental health problems, little or no education, childhood neglection or abuse. These are all causes of people committing crimes. For these people crime may be a way to get what they never could or be a way of survival. Prison may give society a feeling of security and...