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Ask the Pediatrician: How should parents talk to their kids about abuse in sports?
Q: My daughter is on a gymnastics team. How do I talk to her about the risks of sexual abuse in sports?
Nov 28, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Offenders need integrated, on-going, mental health care
Offenders with mental health problems need improved and on-going access to health care, according to the first study to systematically examine healthcare received by offenders across the criminal justice system.
Jun 25, 2012
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SHSU professor investigates trends for elderly and crime
While the elderly represent the fastest growing segment of the population, too little is known about the nature and scope of crime impacting this generation. Victoria Titterington of Sam Houston State University is trying ...
May 31, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Ban on food stamps leads to hunger, HIV risk among former drug felons
Convicted drug offenders who are denied government food benefits upon release from prison are at greater risk of engaging in dangerous, sexual risk behaviors in order to obtain food, Yale researchers have found. Their pilot ...
Mar 26, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Treatment for sexual and domestic violence offenders does work
A first-of-its-kind study has found that specialised psychological programmes for sexual and domestic violence offenders have led to major reductions in reoffending but best results are achieved with consistent input from ...
Aug 20, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Follow-up on psychiatric disorders in young people after release from detention
Juvenile offenders with multiple psychiatric disorders when they are incarcerated in detention centers appear to be at high risk for disorders five years after detention, according to a report published online by JAMA Psychiatry.
Nov 26, 2014
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Pediatrics
Home alone: How to keep your kids safe when you're at work during the holidays
Many working parents battle with school holidays, especially the long period between Christmas and the start of the new school year. Most people receive four weeks' leave a year, but school holidays take up about 12 weeks ...
Dec 20, 2018
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Health
Online predators not distinctively dangerous sex offenders, study says
A new University of New Hampshire study challenges the view that online predators are a distinctly dangerous variety of sex offender, requiring special programs to protect youth.
Aug 6, 2013
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Concerns over accuracy of tools to predict risk of repeat offending
Tools designed to predict an individual's risk of repeat offending are not sufficient on their own to inform sentencing and release or discharge decisions, concludes a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Jul 24, 2012
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San Francisco bans smoking inside apartments; pot smoking OK
City officials in San Francisco have banned all tobacco smoking inside apartments, citing concerns about secondhand smoke. But lighting up a joint inside? That's still allowed.
Dec 2, 2020
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