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Standing Up to Violence.
Sautter, R. Craig – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
More U.S. young people have been gunned down during the past 13 years than died in the Vietnamese War. Crimes against juveniles are increasing; also, the intensity of today's youth violence is increasing. Over 3 million crimes (11% of all crimes) occur each year in America's 85,000 public schools. Sources, predictors, and solutions are discussed.…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Homicide
Social Correlates of American Indian Suicide and Homicide Rates.
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Lester, David – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1995
Analysis of 1980 state-level data found that white suicide rates were associated with variables indicating social instability, while American Indian suicide rates were negatively related to wealth and urbanization. Both white and Indian homicide rates were related to social instability; Indian rates were also negatively related to unemployment.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Factor Structure, Homicide, Predictor Variables
Intra- and Extrafamilial Child Homicide in Sweden, 1971-1980.
Somander, Lis K. H.; Rammer, Lennart M. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1991
Over a 10-year period, 96 children (age 0-14) were victims of homicide in Sweden, an average annual rate of 0.6 per 100,000 children. Most homicides were intrafamilial in nature. Cases of child abuse by a parent and cases of sexual abuse among the homicide victims were infrequent. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Family Problems, Family Relationship, Foreign Countries
Exclusion, Civic Invisibility and Impunity as Explanations for Youth Murders in Brazil.
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Huggins, Martha K.; DeCastro, Myriam Mesquita P. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Examines youth murders in Brazil, including victim-generating sociostructural situations and creation of victims. Hypothesizes that modern Brazilian social structures shape poor Brazilian youth's vulnerability to murder by strangers. Presents statistics dealing with the gender distributions, age, skin color, and mode of death, identifying…
Descriptors: Crime, Homicide, Juvenile Justice, Social Problems
Fact File: Crime Data From 2,400 Colleges and Universities.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
Data from over 2,400 colleges and universities concerning the number and types of crimes committed on campus are tabulated by state and institution. Statistics are presented on reported numbers of incidents involving murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and motor vehicle theft and on arrests for liquor violations, drugs, and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Environment, Crime, Drug Abuse
Patterns of Injury Mortality among Athabascan Indians in Interior Alaska 1977-1987.
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Andon, Helen B. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1997
During 1977-87, almost half of all deaths in rural interior Alaska resulted from accidents, suicide, or homicide. These causes of death were significantly higher among Natives compared to non-Natives or to other Alaska Native populations, among males compared to females, and among adolescents and young adults compared to other age groups. Includes…
Descriptors: Accidents, Age Groups, Alaska Natives, Females
Fact File: Crime Data from 487 U.S. Colleges and Universities.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
Data on reported incidents of murder, forcible and nonforcible sexual offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and motor-vehicle theft and on arrests for liquor-law violations, drug use, and weapons possession are presented for 487 colleges and universities with populations of over 5,000 for both 1995 and 1996. For each institution…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Environment, Crime, Higher Education