http://pb.rcpsych.org/cgi/reprint/30/8/315-a
Psychiatr Bull.2006; 30: 315-316 - [Sub Required]
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Thursday, August 03, 2006
The Effect of video game violence on physiological desensitization to real-life violence
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology xxx (2006) xxx–xxx
PDF - http://www.public.iastate.edu/~vasser/pubs/06CAB.pdf
Nicholas L. Carnagey a,¤, Craig A. Anderson b, Brad J. Bushman
"Past research shows that violent video game exposure increases aggressive thoughts, angry feelings, physiological arousal, aggressive behaviors, and decreases helpful behaviors. However, no research has experimentally examined violent video game eVects on physiological
desensitization, deWned as showing less physiological arousal to violence in the real world after exposure to video game violence in the virtual world. This experiment attempts to Wll this gap." [Psychology; Violence; Young People]
PDF - http://www.public.iastate.edu/~vasser/pubs/06CAB.pdf
Nicholas L. Carnagey a,¤, Craig A. Anderson b, Brad J. Bushman
"Past research shows that violent video game exposure increases aggressive thoughts, angry feelings, physiological arousal, aggressive behaviors, and decreases helpful behaviors. However, no research has experimentally examined violent video game eVects on physiological
desensitization, deWned as showing less physiological arousal to violence in the real world after exposure to video game violence in the virtual world. This experiment attempts to Wll this gap." [Psychology; Violence; Young People]
Treatment of Asylum Seekers - Call for evidence / Joint Committee on Human Rights, 2 Aug 2006
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has decided to conduct an inquiry into the human rights issues raised by the treatment of asylum seekers in the UK. The inquiry will consider any significant human rights concerns relating to the conditions of life for asylum seekers and failed asylum seekers in the UK, focusing in particular on those relating to:
(i) access to accommodation and financial support;
(ii) the provision of healthcare;
(iii) treatment of children;
(iv) the use of detention and conditions of detention and methods of removal of failed asylum seekers
(v) treatment by the media.
The human rights issues raised in asylum procedures and the determination of claims are outside the scope of this inquiry, except insofar as they directly affect the treatment of asylum seekers.
Submissions should be addressed to:
Nick Walker
Commons Clerk of the Joint Committee on Human Rights
Committee Office
House of Commons
7 Millbank
London
SW1P 3JA.
(i) access to accommodation and financial support;
(ii) the provision of healthcare;
(iii) treatment of children;
(iv) the use of detention and conditions of detention and methods of removal of failed asylum seekers
(v) treatment by the media.
The human rights issues raised in asylum procedures and the determination of claims are outside the scope of this inquiry, except insofar as they directly affect the treatment of asylum seekers.
Submissions should be addressed to:
Nick Walker
Commons Clerk of the Joint Committee on Human Rights
Committee Office
House of Commons
7 Millbank
London
SW1P 3JA.
UK Home Office and Gangmaster Liscensing Authority joint statement / WorkPermit, 2 Aug 2006
http://www.workpermit.com/2006_08_02/uk/gla-saws_licensing.htm
"As from 6 April 2006 organisations or individuals who supply or sub-contract labour to the agriculture, horticulture, food processing and packaging sectors (labour providers) are required to apply for a licence from the Gangmaster Licensing Authority (GLA). From October 2006 it will be a criminal offence to operate in these sectors without a GLA licence and from December 2006 it will be an offence to use an unlicenced labour provider. [..] This statement provides guidelines on the responsibilities of Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) Operators under the Gangmaster Licensing Act. It outlines the circumstances for which a GLA licence is required and also provides guidance on the types of charges a worker is typically required to pay by the Operator or overseas agent in terms of their acceptability for the grant of a licence." [Passports, Permits & Visas]
"As from 6 April 2006 organisations or individuals who supply or sub-contract labour to the agriculture, horticulture, food processing and packaging sectors (labour providers) are required to apply for a licence from the Gangmaster Licensing Authority (GLA). From October 2006 it will be a criminal offence to operate in these sectors without a GLA licence and from December 2006 it will be an offence to use an unlicenced labour provider. [..] This statement provides guidelines on the responsibilities of Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) Operators under the Gangmaster Licensing Act. It outlines the circumstances for which a GLA licence is required and also provides guidance on the types of charges a worker is typically required to pay by the Operator or overseas agent in terms of their acceptability for the grant of a licence." [Passports, Permits & Visas]
Non-EU skilled workers win in UK immigration plan / WorkPermit, 3 Aug 2006
http://www.workpermit.com/2006_08_03/uk/non-eu_workers_win
"Skilled individuals from outside the European Union (EU) were the big winners in the "new wave of immigration policies announced by Home Secretary John Reid. The Government is keen to implement the four-tier points-based system to attract foreign workers and students with the right skills to boost the UK economy, which is the fourth largest in the world and second largest in the EU. [..] associate director at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), said some of the measures are: "eminently sensible" and that the reintroduction of the embarkation controls will fill a huge gap in migration flows." [Immigration - Economic]
"Skilled individuals from outside the European Union (EU) were the big winners in the "new wave of immigration policies announced by Home Secretary John Reid. The Government is keen to implement the four-tier points-based system to attract foreign workers and students with the right skills to boost the UK economy, which is the fourth largest in the world and second largest in the EU. [..] associate director at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), said some of the measures are: "eminently sensible" and that the reintroduction of the embarkation controls will fill a huge gap in migration flows." [Immigration - Economic]
Parenting panel 3/8/2006 - better parenting through TV / ABC, 3 Aug 2006
http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s1705317.htm?brisbane
Presenter: Shelly Lloyd
"Can watching television make you a better parent or grandparent?---These families were experiencing very extreme behaviour problems with their children. The interesting part of it is that, in doing so the Home Office in the UK, through its Anti-Social Behaviour Unit funded an evaluation trail of what the effects were on the parenting skills of the viewers (who were parents), and track the outcomes in terms of changes in children’s behaviour." [ASBO; Families]
Presenter: Shelly Lloyd
"Can watching television make you a better parent or grandparent?---These families were experiencing very extreme behaviour problems with their children. The interesting part of it is that, in doing so the Home Office in the UK, through its Anti-Social Behaviour Unit funded an evaluation trail of what the effects were on the parenting skills of the viewers (who were parents), and track the outcomes in terms of changes in children’s behaviour." [ASBO; Families]
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