Anecdotally, criminologists have noted a link between lower cognitive abilities and general criminal behavior. However, the exact relationship between intelligence and direct, physical violence ...

Legislation to address aggressive and violent student behavior passed with full support from the South Dakota House Education Committee on Wednesday, and legislation providing money to build ...

New research published online in advance of print in the journal Psychological Medicine concludes that persistent use of cannabis may cause violent behavior as a result of changes in brain function ...

Can a detailed psychiatric examination predict, and prevent, the sort of massacre that took place in Connecticut? For a while, I worked in the forensic unit of a psychiatric hospital. I was required, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT)—A new bill aims to increase safety for teachers and students in Arkansas by focusing on violent behavior in the classroom. If passed, House Bill 1062, or the Teacher and ...

A new study of young persons at clinical high-risk of developing psychosis has identified measures of violence potential that may be useful in predicting both the increased risk of future violent ...

The topic of virtual violence in video games resulting in real life aggression has long been controversial—and many courts have tested the limits of the “video games made me do it” defense. Now a new ...

The 27-year-old former Patriots star killed himself last April. — -- Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s April suicide marked the last chapter in a dramatic fall from ...