Poor Educational Outcomes are linked to Youth Offending
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Youngsters who commit crime are more likely to have problems at school and to have missed weeks of teaching because they were excluded. She examined all of the 73...
View ArticleDads behind bars see Prison as a chance to Think
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Dads behind bars see prison as a chance to think about the needs of their children and an opportunity to re-bond with them. Over the last few years, issues about...
View ArticleSimple screening tool enables prison officers to identify prisoners with...
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) A new screening tool has been developed that shows promise for the identification of prisoners with severe mental illness by prison officers. Many prisoners have severe...
View ArticleAntisocial Behaviour Associated With Gene Variant
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) For children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), possessing a variant of a gene involved in brain signaling may predict antisocial behavior and...
View ArticleReligion Helps Reduce Negative Prison Behaviors
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) A new study in the December issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion finds that the practice of religion in prison reduces the likelihood of arguments...
View ArticleAdding Scientific Insight to Loaded Label of 'Psychopath'
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) For most people on the planet, the term "psychopath" evokes thoughts of violence and bloodshed - and evil of the darkest kind. But during 25 years, a psychologist at...
View ArticleSleep Apnea Treatment Curbs Aggression in Sex Offenders
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects up to 20% of men in western cultures, 5% of whom experience significant physical symptoms. A study published in Journal of...
View ArticleCriminal Psychopaths showed reduced activation in brain when processing...
( from http://www.rxpgnews.com ) A new study has found that there are biological brain differences among criminal psychopaths, compared with normal people, when they process facial emotion. The...
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