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Criminal legal and behavioral health pathways in law enforcement-petitioned extreme risk protection orders

Injury Epidemiology
Background Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are civil legal tools that temporarily restrict firearm access for individuals deemed to pose a risk of harm to themselves or others.
Kelsey M. Conrick, Erika Marts, Rachel Ross, Esprene Liddell-Quintyn, Julia P. Schleimer, Ayah Mustafah, Nicole Asa, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar   +7 more
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor, Nehemia Stern, Guy Nagar, Uzi Ben Shalom   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the role of firearm involvement in repeat intimate partner violence assaults

Injury Epidemiology
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a pervasive and complex issue with significant social and public health implications. The nexus of firearms and intimate partner violence (IPV) is an especially dangerous one.
Zainab Hans, Chiara E. Cooper, April M. Zeoli   +2 more
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Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Sekaren Shantha‐Kumari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Firearm rights restoration after prohibiting criminal convictions: a statewide descriptive study

Injury Epidemiology
Background In the US, federal law prohibits firearm possession and purchasing for individuals with convictions for a felony or domestic violence misdemeanor.
Julie M. Kafka, Alice M. Ellyson, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar   +2 more
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Review of millimeter‐wave and terahertz near‐field synthetic aperture radar imaging technology

InfoScience, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper comprehensively reviews the development of millimeter‐wave (MMW) and terahertz (THz) near‐field imaging technologies, with an emphasis on the state of synthetic aperture radar (SAR)‐based imaging technologies. Near‐field imaging technologies are categorized into passive and active imaging modes, among which active imaging is favored
Qi Yang, Hongqiang Wang, Xu Chen, Xin Peng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Daycare shooting in Thailand: Time to address firearm violence as a global health issue

Public Health Challenges, 2023
On 6 October 2022, a daycare shooting incident happened in Thailand. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Southeast Asian (SEA) countries and one of the many incidents contributing to the global epidemic of firearm‐related preventable violence.
Yasmine Syifa Nabila Budi, Fabiola Cathleen, Manatee Jitanan, Oraphan Butkatunyoo, Adriana Viola Miranda   +4 more
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Military lands provide an opportunity to recover red wolves

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Red wolf (Canis rufus) recovery remains challenging, with only one population persisting and no reintroductions since 1998. Despite extensive, biodiverse properties in the Southeast with conservation mandates, military lands have been overlooked. In our paper, we evaluate them as a potential path forward for red wolf reintroduction sites.
Meghan P. Keating, Stephen N. Harris, Chloe E. Horton, Jenna D. Krugler, Lauren D. Lusk, John M. Nettles, Katelyn N. Steen, Joseph W. Hinton, David S. Jachowski   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adverse childhood experiences, child behavioral health needs, and family characteristics associated with the presence of a firearm in the home: a survey of parents in Chicago

Injury Epidemiology, 2023
Background Firearm violence is the leading cause of pediatric mortality in the USA. The presence of a firearm in the home poses an immense risk to children with increased rates of suicide and unintentional injury by firearm.
Megan M. Attridge, Marie E. Heffernan, Anne Bendelow, Carly G. Menker, Matthew M. Davis, Karen Sheehan   +5 more
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Assessment of Hearing Health Among Adults in Rural Health Clinics

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Rural health clinics are a critical healthcare system tasked with improving health in rural communities. This study recruited 403 adults from 10 rural healthcare clinics throughout rural Kentucky, mostly within Appalachia, to screen for hearing loss and evaluate the utilization of diagnostic hearing healthcare and found that 70% of participants ...
Mit A. Patel, David Adkins, Laura Bellnier, Anthony Mahairas, Matthew L. Bush   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source