Behind Closed Doors: Destructive Language
Most cases of domestic violence start with emotional violence. Suppressed rage in reaction to name calling or disrespect often erupts in violence.
Behind Closed Doors: Risk Factors for Violence: Guns and Drugs
Guns--weapons of violence--contribute to the greater number of violent acts that occur in the United States. The cities of Seattle and Vancouver are virtually identical except for the fact that the murder rate in Seattle is ten times higher than it ...
Behind Closed Doors: Violence Spreading from Poor to Affluent Neighborhoods
Though violence impacts every race and ethnic group, it disproportionately impacts the poor. The inner cities of the U. S. are hotbeds of violence that many people avoid. In recent years, as violence has seeped into more affluent neighborhoods, more...
Behind Closed Doors: Treating the Epidemic of Violence
When the medical community begins to deal with an epidemic, it looks for ways to treat the affected and keep the disease from spreading. At the USC Medical Center, two groups of children are getting help: those who are direct victims of assault and ...
Behind Closed Doors: Unhealthy Family Environment
Children who have been victims of abuse--emotional, physical, sexual--grow up to spread that violence. Children who come from violent homes also have a higher risk of alcohol and drug abuse and juvenile delinquency..
Violence: Emotional and Physical
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, talks about the continuum of violence, from emotional to physical to sexual. Dr Heger notes that, in many cases, emotional violence as expressed throu...
Violence Prevention
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, refers to two medical models as she discusses strategies for dealing with the epidemic of violence in the United States. The first of these is the dis...
Violence as a Health Risk
Dr. Astrid Heger, Director of the Violence Intervention Program at L.A. County-USC Medical Center, talks about the scale of violence in the United States. Dr. Heger reports that violence is the leading single cause of trauma to women between the age...
Against the Grain: Violent Crime
The deviant acts that generally have the greatest impact and tend to get the most attention are those that involve some form of violence. While most people agree that violent behavior is unacceptable, there is much less agreement about the underlyin...
People to People: Breeding Grounds for Violence
Violence breeds in neighborhoods where children go to sleep at night hearing gunfire. It lurks behind the closed doors of a family home in which intimate partner violence and child abuse are a way of life. Children who grow up with violence become p...