Summary In 1996, the World Health Assembly declared violence a major public health
issue. To follow up on this resolution, on Oct 3 this year, WHO released the first World Report …

The high prevalence of drug abuse, delinquency, youth violence, and other youth problems
creates a need to identify and disseminate effective prevention strategies. General principles …

Violence pervades the lives of many people around the world, and touches all of us in some
way. To many people, staying out of harm's way is a matter of locking doors and windows …

This article is a version of the Introduction to the World Report on Violence and Health,
published by the World Health Organization (WHO). It presents a general description about …

For undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal behavior, criminology, the psychology
of crime, crime and delinquency, and forensic psychology. A comprehensive psychological …

Este artigo é uma versão do que foi publicado no Informe Mundial sobre Violência e Saúde,
da Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS), como introdução ao tema. Apresenta uma …

This research examined the effects at follow-up during middle school of a comprehensive
elementary-school intervention program, the Child Development Project, designed to reduce …

The chapter will begin with a review of environmental circumstances and behavioral trends
that prompt calls for school and community prevention and competence-enhancement …

In this investigation, fifth‐and sixth‐grade children (N= 289) completed a measure to assess
aspects of their relationships with teachers and bonds with schools. Children and teachers …

Can psychopaths be treated? In this chapter, the authors evaluate the empirical evidence on
the treatment of psychopaths. The authors concentrate on treatment for criminal psychopaths …