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The Crime Report
New investigative reporting has revealed that almost 60 percent of mass shootings over the past six years were linked either directly or indirectly to domestic violence.
The analysis of 749 mass shootings showed that 36 percent were committed by males with a history of violence against women. Additionally, some 46 percent of the shootings involved actual incidents of domestic violence and, according to the report, “about 60 percent were either or both.”
“Almost 60 percent of shooting incidents with four or more casualties involved an aggressor with a history of—or in the act of—domestic violence,” the investigative report by Bloomberg.com asserted.
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The Hill
Contact tracing — or the identifying of individuals who have a disease and their contacts — can save lives.
As cities across the country step up their contact tracing efforts to battle COVID-19, epidemiological research supports the efficacy of this approach.
The idea is to identify the social network of an infected person and provide treatment as quickly as possible to that person and others in their network. The swift and rapid response to the infected individuals will hopefully stop or slow the spread of the disease. The same techniques might be used to combat the public health epidemic of gun violence surging in recent weeks and months in cities across the U.S.
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Illinois News Bureau
A study assessed the interaction of new and old relationship traumas among women three to 18 months after the birth of their child – one of the most challenging periods of their lives. The study found that new experiences of sexual, emotional and physical abuse at the hands of a romantic partner during this period are associated with increasing symptoms of trauma such as anxiety, depression, self-harm and sleep disorders. It also found that having experienced abuse in childhood appears to worsen the impact of current abuse on those symptoms.
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Forensic Magazine
Rape and sexual trauma may have long-lasting consequences for physical health as well as mental health, University of Otago researchers have found.
The team of researchers, led by respiratory specialist Professor Bob Hancox and sexual health specialist Jane Morgan from Waikato DHB, found a history of rape is associated with "dysfunctional breathing" in both women and men, and with late-onset asthma diagnosis in women.
"Dysfunctional breathing," which is also known as Hyperventilation Syndrome, involves breathing too deeply or too rapidly. People can present with chest pain and a tingling sensation in the fingertips and around the mouth and it may accompany a panic attack.
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American Academy of Family Physicians via EurekAlert!
Nine out of 10 U.S. men ages 18 to 35 support health care providers asking about intimate partner violence, according to new survey analysis. Data from a 2014 nationally representative survey showed that while most men support health care-based intimate partner violence screenings, only about 10 percent reported being asked by their doctor. Men who reported lower levels of education were most likely to be asked, but support for screenings varied by race and past experience with such violence. Black non-Hispanic men were less likely to think doctors should ask. Victims of intimate partner violence were more likely to support screening.
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University of Queensland via PhysOrg
Legal professionals, journalists and researchers now have access to a new and improved version of the Deaths in Custody Project—the first comprehensive national database of its kind.
Launched in 2018 by The University of Queensland Law School, the database collects and records information from published reports of deaths in custody across all Australian states and territories.
The pro bono project is staffed by a team of UQ law student volunteers with significant contributions from academic and IT staff.
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University of California - Davis via ScienceDaily
Emergency room visits for domestic violence incidents in California more than tripled during the Great Recession compared to the years before, signaling a need to prepare for similar and more prolonged effects during the COVID-19 financial crisis, suggest University of California, Davis, researchers.
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Healio
Childhood physical, sexual or emotional abuse or emotional or physical neglect were each associated with greater risk for early-onset CVD and ischemic heart disease, researchers reported.
According to results published in Heart, these associations were consistently stronger among women and participants who were younger at baseline.
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The Japan Times
When the government unveiled a three-year plan to enhance measures against sex crimes and sexual violence last month, childhood abuse survivor Jun Yamamoto found the announcement uncharacteristically human and reassuring.
She felt that Seiko Hashimoto, minister in charge of gender equality, had gone out of her way to acknowledge the so-called Flower Demo — a monthly demonstration held by sexual violence survivors that has evolved into a nationwide movement over the past year — in her statement detailing the new policy.
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University College London via Medical Xpress
Children whose parents report poverty in pregnancy are nine times more likely to face additional traumatic experiences compared to their wealthier peers, UCL research finds.
Academics from UCL's ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies analysed data taken over two decades from 14,000 women, their children and partners, to explore the connections between commonly investigated adverse childhood experiences.
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