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Difficult-to-Read Font Reduces Political Polarity, Study Finds
November 2, 2012 Liberals and conservatives who are polarized on certain politically charged subjects become more moderate when reading political arguments in a difficult-to-read font, researchers report in a new ... > full story -
Happy Children Less at Risk of Becoming Victims of Cyberbullying
October 31, 2012 The latest research on the impact of cynerbullying on children has just been collected in a special double issue of the journal Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, published by Routledge. From ... > full story -
Bullying Has Long-Term Health Consequences
October 30, 2012 Childhood bullying can lead to long term health consequences, including general and mental health issues, behavioral problems, eating disorders, smoking, alcohol use, and homelessness, a study has ... > full story -
Footwear Forensics: CSI Needs to Tread Carefully
October 26, 2012 A new computer algorithm can analyze the footwear marks left at a crime scene according to clusters of footwear types, makes and tread patterns even if the imprint recorded by crime scene ... > full story -
An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth: Majority of Vendettas Originate Within a Group
October 24, 2012 It all began with a harmless game of soccer among young men in northwestern Albania. After one of the players had been injured in a subsequent dispute, his team members shot a relative of the ... > full story -
California Leads United States in Exonerations of Wrongfully Convicted
October 24, 2012 Two hundred or more wrongful convictions have been thrown out since 1989 in California, costing those convicted more than 1,300 years of freedom and taxpayers $129 ... > full story -
Children With Mental Health Disorders More Often Identified as Bullies
October 22, 2012 Children diagnosed with mental health disorders were three times more likely to be identified as bullies, according to new ... > full story -
Perpetrator in One-Quarter of Child Sexual Abuse Cases Is a Stranger, Swedish Study Finds
October 22, 2012 Child sexual abuse is committed by strangers more than one-quarter of the time. Researchers in Sweden reviewed the records of 196 men who had been convicted of child sexual abuse in Western Sweden. ... > full story -
Collective Violence and Poverty on the Mexican-US Border Affects Child Mental Health
October 19, 2012 Collective violence attributed to organized crime and poverty are adversely affecting the mental health of children living near the Texas-Mexico border, according to new ... > full story -
Criminal Punishment and Politics: Elected Judges Take Tougher Stance Prior to Elections
October 18, 2012 The last few months leading up to an election can be a critical, political game changer. One right or one wrong move can quickly change a candidate's standing at the polls. New research suggests that ... > full story
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