Miles Ashford

Oct 11, 2024 | psychreg.org | Sid Madge |Ada Akpala |Isla Cartwright |Miles Ashford

2 Reading Time: 2 minutesA recent study reveals that 32.6% of junior high school students in Norway have experienced sexual harassment in the past year, with girls being almost twice as likely to be affected. The research, conducted in 2021, highlights the pervasiveness of this issue and the negative impact it has on the mental health and well-being of young adolescents. The findings were published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health.

Oct 9, 2024 | psychreg.org | Sid Madge |Ada Akpala |Isla Cartwright |Miles Ashford

1 Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe tenth Annual Oxford Animal Ethics Summer School will be held at Merton College, Oxford, from 4–7 August 2025 and the subject is “The Ethics of Captivity”. The Summer School, organised by the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, is now calling for abstracts of possible presentations to be submitted by experts interested in speaking at the event.  Billions of animals are kept captive worldwide every year.

Oct 7, 2024 | psychreg.org | Ada Akpala |Isla Cartwright |Miles Ashford |Adam Mulligan

2 Reading Time: 4 minutesDespite good intentions, the UK prison population continues to rise, and the costs, both social and financial, are escalating at an alarming rate; current costs to taxpayers are approximately £5 billion annually, and the cost of reoffending adds an additional £18 billion each year. Despite these staggering numbers, the system has not yet found a solution to reduce reoffending rates or improve the long-term prospects of prisoners after release.

Oct 6, 2024 | psychreg.org | Ada Akpala |Isla Cartwright |Miles Ashford |Adam Mulligan

1 Reading Time: 2 minutesA recent study highlights the critical challenges incarcerated individuals face in accessing mental health care within the prison system. Despite the growing recognition of the need for adequate support, barriers persist that prevent incarcerated males from receiving essential mental health services. The research, conducted in northern Norway, sheds light on the systemic, social, and individual factors that impact access to mental health support for prisoners.

Oct 3, 2024 | psychreg.org | Ada Akpala |Miles Ashford |Adam Mulligan |Jacqueline Theron

1 Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Sweden, between 1990 and 2013, a small proportion of homicides were committed by strangers, accounting for around 8–13% of the total number of incidents. A recent study has investigated the characteristics of these homicides, categorising them into “conventional” and “nonconventional” types based on their motives. The findings were published in the journal Medicine, Science and the Law. The study divided stranger homicides into two main categories.