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Human hunters are no substitute for vanishing apex predators
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Our study reveals that human hunters fail to replicate the collective and individual ecological functions of natural apex predators in sustaining biodiversity and promoting stable spatial patterns. These insights are vital for rethinking predator conservation and wildlife management in human‐dominated landscapes.
Ying Geng +7 more
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Extreme Risk Protection Orders: New Recommendations for Policy and Implementation [PDF]
, 2020 In 2013, the Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy (Consortium) developed andrecommended that states enact a novel risk-based firearm removal policy called the gunviolence restraining order, now widely known as the extreme risk protection order or ...
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, 2022 This dissertation comprises two papers examining an understudied topic in marketing: firearm sales. Firearm sales and acquisition data are not easily obtainable, but there is a pressing need for data to study firearm policy.
Kim, Jessica Jumee
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Injury Epidemiology, 2023 Background Firearms are a substantial cause of injury-related morbidity and mortality in Canada and globally, though evidence from contexts other than the USA is relatively limited.
Stephanie Toigo +5 more
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Federal Firearms Policy and Mandatory Sentencing
The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), 1982 the most legislative attention, however, calls on the Attorney General to support or propose legislation requiring a mandatory sentence for the use of a firearm in the commission of a federal felony.' This policy, as the commentary on the recommendation points out, is widely supported by the public and the police, and clearly meets the Task Force's ...
Heumann, Milton +2 more
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Firearm Safety in a Country of Arms
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Firearm safety policy in the United States cannot succeed through legislation alone; effective interventions must also address the social, economic, and infrastructural conditions that shape perceptions of safety. Evidence suggests that place‐based investments can reduce violence and firearm deaths while strengthening social cohesion and ...
JONATHAN M. METZL
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Guns, Public Health and Mental Illness: An Evidence-Based Approach for Federal Policy [PDF]
, 2013 Importantly, the research evidence points to several key factors that are associated with risk of committing firearm violence - toward self and others - in people both with and without mental illness, including history of violent crime, perpettration of ...
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Injury EpidemiologyBackground Youth are at high risk for firearm-related injury and death. However, research combining children and adolescents into one homogeneous group ignores distinct developmental stages and associated risks.
Elizabeth H. Weybright +4 more
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Policy pathways to address american youth firearm injury and death
Economic or policy analysis, 2022 Context: The burden of firearm violence and death are uniquely American problems. Over 90% of firearm deaths among children and adolescents in high income countries occur in the United States. Despite similar overall crime rates, the gun homicide rate is about 25 times higher in the U.S.
Shale, Wong +3 more
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The Carceral Shadow: Criminal Justice as a Determinant of Health and Challenges for Policymakers
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points The criminal justice system functions as a primary social determinant of health in the United States, generating disproportionate physical, psychological, and chronic health burdens on Black communities and other marginalized groups. Policing structural barriers—including qualified immunity, police union contracts, and municipal financing
RASHAWN RAY, KEON GILBERT
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