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Online project draws on 700-year-old records of coroners’ inquests in London, Oxford and York

Students at Oxford University turned the city into England’s murder hotspot in medieval times, a study has found.

How students made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England

Study finds crimes such as theft and robbery almost halved on average in major cities.

 E-Mail A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge and University of Utrecht examined trends in daily crime counts before and after COVID-19 restrictions were implemented in major metropolitan areas such as Barcelona, Chicago, Sao Paulo, Tel Aviv, Brisbane and London. While both stringency of lockdowns and the resulting crime reductions varied considerably from city to city, the researchers found that most types of crime - with the key exception of homicide - fell significantly...

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Share While research has shown that significant numbers of people fantasise about inflicting harm, little is known about the processes behind such “violent ideations”. A team led by a University of Cambridge professor tracked the self-reported thoughts and experiences of 1,465 young people from schools across the Swiss city of Zurich at the ages of 15, 17 and 20. Researchers gathered data on whether violent thoughts had occurred in the last 30 days, and the types of bullying or aggression e...

 E-Mail Experiencing bullying and forms of aggression in late adolescence and early adulthood is linked to a marked increase in the likelihood of having daydreams or fantasies about hurting or killing people, according to a new study. While research has shown that significant numbers of people fantasise about inflicting harm*, little is known about the processes behind such "violent ideations". A team led by a University of Cambridge professor tracked the self-reported thoughts and experie...

Date Time Share Young people who experience bullying are more likely to fantasise about committing acts of violence – study Experiencing bullying and forms of aggression in late adolescence and early adulthood is linked to a marked increase in the likelihood of having daydreams or fantasies about hurting or killing people, according to a new study. It’s the difference between conditions that make people angry and upset, and those that make people vengeful Manuel Eisner ...

Study: Youngsters who experience bullying more likely to fantasise about committing acts of violence ANI | Updated: Apr 28, 2021 10:03 IST New York [US], April 28 (ANI): According to the findings of a new study, experiencing bullying and forms of aggression in late adolescence and early adulthood is linked to a marked increase in the likelihood of having daydreams or fantasies about hurting or killing people. While research has shown that significant number...