PREVENTING AND EXITING VIOLENCE: ADOMAIN FOR SOCIOLOGY?

Clinical Sociology and Preventing Nuclear War

This paper outlines major kinds of social science research, especially sociological, that have relevance for nuclear war prevention and that would be relevant to a variety of clients. Research that has been done as well as work that could be done to help prevent nuclear war are noted. The research topics are related to policy suggestions about lessening the risks of nuclear war. The emphasis is...

Preventing violence in schizophrenia

Results. Case linkage studies show a peak in violent offending in the period before the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Studies of stage of illness and violence show that a large proportion of serious violence is committed prior to initial treatment for schizophrenia, often after long period of untreated psychosis. The main factors associated with violence in schizophrenia are comorbid substance ab...

Preventing domestic violence.

Public health policy for preventing violence.

The current epidemic of violence in America threatens not only our physical health but also the integrity of basic social institutions such as the family, the communities in which we live, and our health care system. Public health brings a new vision of how Americans can work together to prevent violence. This new vision places emphasis on preventing violence before it occurs, making science in...

Physical Violence Detection for Preventing School Bullying

School bullying is a serious problem among teenagers, causing depression, dropping out of school, or even suicide. It is thus important to develop antibullyingmethods.This paper proposes a physical bullying detectionmethod based on activity recognition. The architecture of the physical violence detection system is described, and a Fuzzy Multithreshold classifier is developed to detect physical ...