A growing body of research has demonstrated important variations in the prevalence,
nature, and correlates of suicide across ethnic and sexual minority groups. Despite these …

Despite substantial public, political, and scholarly attention to the issue of immigration and
crime, we know little about the criminological consequences of undocumented immigration …

Like past editions, this ninth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences
is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the …

Depression is a common mental disorder affecting individuals. Although many strides have
been made in the area of depression, little is known about depression in special …

Background: The extent to which differences in homicide and suicide rates in black versus
white men vary by US state is unknown. Objective: To compare the rates of firearm and …

There is an elevated risk of suicide among people living in rural areas, and the rural–urban
disparity in death by suicide is growing in the general United States population. The …

On an average day in the USA more than 100 Americans die by suicide—half use firearms.
Suicide rates overall and by firearms are higher, on average, in states where household …

While group differences in violence have long been a key focus of sociological inquiry, we
know comparatively little about the trends in criminal violence for whites, blacks, and …

Chronic stress stemming from social inequity has long been recognized as a risk factor for
poor physical and psychological health, yet challenges remain in uncovering the …

An essential resource for constructing and analyzing advanced actuarial models Loss
Models: Further Topics presents extended coverage of modeling through the use of tools …