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November 01

Investigating England's [2011] Summer Of Disorder

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The Guardian and the London School of Economics will work together on the first empirical study into the rioting and looting

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/series/reading-the-riots

March 28

Psychology Behind Violence Carried Out By Prisoners Identified As Street-Gang Members. UK. Ministry Of Justice

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An exploratory study that seeks to add to the understanding of the psychological processes contributing to violence carried out by prisoners identified as street-gang members.

The over-arching aim is to identify potential implications for improving existing violence reduction interventions for this group of offenders.

Specifically the research aims to provide information relating to the following questions:

What is a gang?
What factors motivate individuals to join a street gang?
What factors maintain gang membership in prison and the community?
What factors are associated with desistance from gang involvement/membership?
How does gang membership influence an individual’s use of violence?

Understanding the psychology of gang violence: implications for designing effective violence interventions (PDF 0.57mb 35 pages)

November 11

Aggression: Effects Of Violent Video Games, USA And Japan

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Longitudinal Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggression in Japan and the United States
Source: Pediatrics

RESULTS. Habitual violent video game play early in the school year predicted later aggression, even after controlling for gender and previous aggressiveness in each sample. Those who played a lot of violent video games became relatively more physically aggressive. Multisample structure equation modeling revealed that this longitudinal effect was of a similar magnitude in the United States and Japan for similar-aged youth and was smaller (but still significant) in the sample that included older youth.

CONCLUSIONS. These longitudinal results confirm earlier experimental and cross-sectional studies that had suggested that playing violent video games is a significant risk factor for later physically aggressive behavior and that this violent video game effect on youth generalizes across very different cultures. As a whole, the research strongly suggests reducing the exposure of youth to this risk factor.

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April 05

Conflict And Health [Pdf]

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Conflict and Health [pdf]

http://www.conflictandhealth.com/

Public health experts, doctors, policymakers and others are increasingly interested in the relationship between health and conflict. A number of those people recently collaborated to create the "Conflict and Health" journal. The journal is part of the BioMedCentral publishing group, and it is an open access, peer-reviewed publication, which looks at "the intricate relationship between conflict and health, and how health interventions in war zones may contribute to peace." There is no better way to explore the journal than by looking at some of the recently published articles on their homepage. Recent pieces have included works on HIV and AIDS services in Myanmar and post-traumatic stress disorder among Somali ex-combatants. Visitors can also take a look at their publishing guidelines and sign up to receive their RSS feed. [KMG] Scout Report

January 18

Medact: Impact On Health Of Conflict

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Medact

Medact is a globnal health charity based in London which specialises in examining the health impact of conflict. This includes coverage of psychological and physical effects upon civilian populations in war zones worldwide. Its website provides information on its aims, methods and recent activities. it includes free access to recent press releases and full text reports. Topics covered by these include: the health of refugees, health and development and campaigns against the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.medact.org/

June 12