Marijuana use and violent behavior are causing widespread public concern. This article
reviews theory and research on the relation between marijuana use and aggressive/violent …

Crime is often perceived as an urban issue rather than a problem that occurs in rural areas,
but how far is this view tenable? This book explores the relationship between crime and …

Purpose Children's health is influenced by the context in which they live. We provide a
descriptive essay on the status of children in rural America to highlight features of the rural …

Objectives To examine the prevalence of parent-reported emotional and behavior problems
in pediatric primary care clinics serving rural Appalachia using methods commensurate with …

In this study, we examined the relationship between familism and family environment type as
well as the relationship between family environment type and suicide attempts among Latina …

Peer victimization (PV) has been associated with a number of negative psychological
sequelae. Few studies, however, have examined the relationship between PV and the …

Adolescent suicide rates exhibit stark geographic disparities, with rates highest in rural
areas. The causes of this disparity remain unclear. We investigated whether adolescent …

From year to year, the poor economic conditions and lack of employment opportunities in
villages are the main push factors for the rural population moves to the urban areas …

Previous studies have found that individual, environmental, geographic, and demographic
factors correlate with adolescent gun carrying. Comparatively less research has focused on …

The recent assassination attempt against Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' and the
murder of a federal judge prompted a corollary discussion about the manifestation of …