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SUMMARY:Guest Public Thursday Seminar with Professor Joseph Murray  -  Pro
 fessor Joseph Murray  Human Development and Violence Research Centre &amp\
 ; Postgraduate Programme in Epidemiology\, Federal University of Pelotas\,
  Brazil  
DTSTART:20230511T160000Z
DTEND:20230511T173000Z
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CONTACT:Professor Joe Murray
DESCRIPTION:Can developmental criminology help prevent violence in high-vi
 olence societies?\nFindings from four decades of research following 20\,00
 0 families in Brazil\n\nDevelopmental criminology has made major progress 
 in identifying important early determinants of crime and violence\, and ef
 fective preventive interventions. However\, nearly all major longitudinal 
 studies have been conducted in high-income countries\, with relative low l
 evels of violence. Identifying the causes of violence and effective soluti
 ons in high-violence societies is critical to significantly reduce global 
 levels of violence. In Latin America\, homicide is the leading cause of de
 ath among young people. In Brazil\, over 1 million people died by homicide
  in the last two decades. This seminar addresses whether developmental cri
 minology can help understand and prevent criminal violence in this setting
 \, using data from the four Pelotas Birth Cohort Studies\, including over 
 20\,000 children followed longitudinally from birth\, in Southern Brazil. 
 The older two Pelotas cohorts include self-report and official measures of
  crime and violence\, with homicide records to age 30 years. The two young
 er cohorts include detailed data on child and family processes linked to t
 he development of aggression and violence. Child\, family\, and socioecono
 mic risk factors identified in high-income countries do correlate with the
  development of behaviour problems in this setting. However\, serious viol
 ence and murder appear most influenced by the social context in the transi
 tion to adulthood\, suggesting the importance of Brazil’s structural ine
 qualities\, ineffective criminal justice system\, weak democratic institut
 ions\, and links to international drug markets\, for understanding and red
 ucing its high rates of violence.\n
LOCATION:Seminar room\, Institute of Criminology Sidgwick Site
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