Sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes in the United States, with researchers estimating that more than half of all sexual assaults and rapes going unreported.
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Teen Pregnancy and Foster Care
Teen pregnancy is more prevalent in teenage girls that are in foster care vs girls that are not. Why are these teens at such high risk for pregnancy?
Read More »Drugs to Quit Smoking Can Affect Mental and Physical Health: the Truth About Chantix and Zyban
Everyone knows that smoking harms health and that the habit is difficult to quit. Unfortunately, some products that help people stop smoking can also be harmful.
Read More »Online Predators: What Do We Know, and What Can We Do?
Are online predators a real threat to children and teenagers? A psychology professor at UCLA studied chat rooms for teens and found explicit sexual exchanges, joking about physical violence and assaults, aggression, and disturbing exchange involving racial prejudice.
Read More »What Not To Do: Watch TV Wrestling
There are plenty of studies showing a link between violent TV and children’s aggressive behavior. Watching one particular sport on TV – wrestling – has even been linked to dating violence.
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