AMA's violence report card: nation gets poor grades again

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Violence remains a serious problem in the US, according to the American Medical Association's (AMA) National Report Card on Violence. The AMA Task Force on Violence gave the US an overall grade of "D" for the second consecutive year. Grades for virtual and family violence improved slightly while public violence and sexual assault grades remained unchanged. Overcrowded prisons, insufficient rehabilitation programs and overburdened law enforcement and legal system are contributing to increasing drug, gun, gang and civil violence.

Reports, Sex crimes, Violence in mass media, Media violence

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The domestic violence issue: hear our voices

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Many incidents of domestic violence could be prevented if health care workers, particularly physicians, questioned suspected victims in a routine but nonthreatening and caring way. As many as 35% of women visiting hospital emergency rooms are suffering effects of ongoing abuse, but as few as 5% of them are identified as victims of domestic violence. Surgeon General Antonia Novello says that health care providers should ask about marital problems and psychological and physical abuse, and they should make appropriate referrals.

Prevention, Statistics, Abused women, Speeches, lectures and essays, Transcript, Novello, Antonia C.

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America the violent: this nation's rotten report card on how it deals with violence is a call to action

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The American Medical Assn (AMA) recently completed a report card on the attempts by US forces to curtail four types of violence in the country. Efforts to curtail family violence received a C-, efforts to curtail portrayals of violence received a D, efforts to curtail sexual assault received a D- and efforts to curtail public violence received an F. The overall efforts to curtail violence in the US received an average of D on the report card by the AMA.

Police Protection, Law Enforcement & Crime Prevntn, Editorial, Research, Evaluation, American Medical Association, Law enforcement

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