Biomedical subjects
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A time-series study of homicide and suicide rates by each method in England and Wales from 1950 to 1985 showed that the sociological correlates of these rates depended upon the method used for killing. This raises the possibility that murder and suicide may not be unitary phenomena, but rather that murder and suicide by particular methods are distinct deviant acts and should be studied separately.
"A study of 27 [developed] nations indicated that divorce rates rose in 25 of the nations from 1950 to 1985 while marriage rates declined in 22 of the nations. Nations with higher divorce rates in 1950 had steeper increases in the divorce rate subsequently, supporting a critical-mass hypothesis."
"The present study was designed to explore whether unemployment has a deleterious impact on family life, resulting in lower rates of marriage and births and higher rates of divorce. Time series data were available for twelve nations for the 35 year period of 1950 to 1985, and the present paper reports analyses of these data sets." The results indicate that unemployment is associated with lower marriage and birth rates and higher divorce rates.
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Older students saw alcoholics as accepting more responsibility for their alcohol abuse than did younger students. Gender, locus of control, and experience with alcoholics were not associated with the 37 students' perception of alcoholics.
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Youth suicide rates by state in 1970 were positively associated with their proportion in the population but not in 1989. Changes in the youth suicide rate over the 20-yr. period were not associated positively with changes in their cohort size.
Suicide rates by solids and liquids in the 48 contiguous states in 1980 were associated with percentage of people born in-state and longitude as was the total suicide rate and the suicide rate by firearms. The implications of these findings were discussed.
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In a sample of 40 German suicide notes, no gender differences were identified. Suicide notes of older people had fewer feelings of inadequacy and more indications of illness and grief over widowhood.
In a time-series study of data from 1961 to 1985, the rate with which American police officers were killed by civilians was best predicted by the general homicide rate and the rate of justifiable homicide by police officers.
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