antisocial

When Mark Craig first moved to the Merseyside town of New Ferry in north-west England 35 years ago it had a decent reputation. But over the past decade, antisocial behaviour has come to blight the community. Gangs of 30 or 40 children hang…

Prime minister Rishi Sunak will on Monday unveil plans to step up “hotspot” policing of high-crime areas and pilot “immediate justice” programmes to impose rapid punishments as both main political parties focus on crime ahead of the…

My husband isn’t social. His dear sister will be celebrating her birthday soon and I’d like to make plans for a party at our house, but she’s HIS sister and I don’t want to interfere. If I leave it to him, though, nothing will happen. What…

Testosterone can foster friendly, prosocial behavior in males, a new animal study finds. The Proceedings of the Royal Society B published the research on Mongolian gerbils conducted by neuroscientists at Emory University. "For what we…

In an interesting turn of events, the residents of the areas surrounding Wimbledon have released warnings to tourists and fans visiting the tennis tournament regarding ‘anti-social’ activities such as drugs and sex parties. The iconic…

Teenagers who take part in arts and cultural activities, such as dance, drama, reading and going to concerts, are less likely to engage in antisocial and criminalised behaviour up to two years later, according to a new study by UCL…

Structural differences in the area of the brain responsible for decision making could explain why two siblings living in the same family might differ in their risk of developing the condition conduct disorder. Psychologists and…

An analysis of data from 1.5 million people has identified 579 locations in the genome associated with a predisposition to different behaviors and disorders related to self-regulation, including addiction and child behavioral problems. With…