Latin America has turned into what is on average the most lethal region in the world in terms of homicide rates. The 2013 Regional Human Development Report (UNDP 2013, v) mentions that “in the last decade, more than one million people have died in Latin America and the Caribbean as a ...
Design, Setting, and Participants Nationally representative data from the 1991, 1993, 1995, and 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys were analyzed to describe the percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who engaged in behaviors related to violence. Overall response rates for each of these years...
Many countries throughout Latin America have experienced high levels of corruption, drug trafficking, and violence, which has created elements of fragility. The book is comprises case studies that explore the nature of violence in countries throughout the region. Moreover, it seeks to address some...
B. (2005). Predictors of high rates of suicidal ideation among drug users. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 193, 431–437. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Cuadra-Hernandez, S. M., Zarco-Mera, A., Infante-Xibille, C., & Caballero-Garcia, M. (2012). The ...
Homicide rates in the US are highest among non-Hispanic Black males aged 15–44 and shootings most commonly occur 1 3Vol:. (1234567890) between acquaintances where victims know the per- petrator [52]. Although our bivariate results suggest that men only experience community violence expo- sure...
Speak Out! An African Student Resisting Psychological Violence in AmericaSub-Saharan Africa has the highest outbound student mobility rates in the world, with eight percent of globally mobile students worldwide (UNESCO, 2010). HoweveAndriamanana, Rijasoa...
There is a high variability of the prevalence rates, which could be due to cultural factors and/or to methodological issues. These matters should be addressed by future researchers to allow for a better understanding of the phenomena. 展开 ...
Sexual violence , rape , sexual assault , and sexual coercion are terms that refer to a range of nonconsensual sexual acts obtained through coercion, incapacitation, threats, or force. Legal and research definitions of these terms vary widely. Reported prevalence rates of these acts also vary ...
(seeFig. 1). In the first instance, violence exposure can be a direct cause of academic problems and disabilities through brain injury. In fact, rates of brain injury fromshaken baby syndromeare over 90% (Sobsey & Nehring, 2005). Violence can also be an indirect cause of academic ...
Biological evidence such as sperm, blood and saliva, and DNA was found at similar rates among adults and adolescents but was significantly less likely to be found on children under age 12. Across all age groups, obtaining a DNA match to the alleged suspect, to a suspect in another case or...