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Community-engaged crime prevention through environmental design and reductions in violent and firearm crime. [PDF]

open access: yesAm J Community Psychol
Abstract In the U.S., crime and violence are concentrated in cities that have lost industry and population due to economic disinvestment and structurally racist policies. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers have called for community‐level approaches that reduce violence in these cities by improving unsafe physical environments, increasing ...
Rupp LA   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

“Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy”: An Economic Analysis of the Attack on Gun Control [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
A relatively new way for utilizing the thermal performance of heat pipes is to use nanofluids as working fluids in the heat pipes. Heat pipes are effective heat transfer devices in which the nanofluid operates in the two phases, evaporation and ...
Cook, Philip J., Leitzel, James A.
core   +2 more sources

GUNSHOT INJURY OF THE MAXILLOFACIAL REGION: A CASE REPORT

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Sciences, 2022
Gunshot injuries involving the head and neck confer a high potential for profound morbidity and mortality rates by damaging vital neurovascular structures, including the central nervous system, carotid arteries, and jugular veins.
Dr. Vinay Kharsan, Dr. Ramnik Singh Madan, Dr Swatantra Shrivastav, Dr Prakriti Yadav
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Small and light arms violence reduction as a public health measure: the case of Libya

open access: yesConflict and Health, 2018
The conflict environment in Libya is characterized by continued pervasive insecurity amidst the widespread availability of small arms and light weapons (SALW).
Gemma Bowsher   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gun Shows Across a Multistate American Gun Market: Observational Evidence of the Effects of Regulatory Policies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Objective: To describe gun shows and assess the impact of increased regulation on characteristics linked to their importance as sources of guns used in crime.Design: Cross-sectional, observational.Subjects: Data were collected at a structured sample of ...
Garen J. Wintemute
core   +2 more sources

From the Instrument of Delivery to the Actual Agent of Harm: Fighting the Criminal Purchase of Ammunition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The illegal trade in ammunition in the Netherlands seems to be a small-scale problem. However, as a result of high profits and a small chance of being caught, it is an extremely attractive criminal activity for malicious individuals.
Vries, M.S. de
core   +4 more sources

Where the guns come from: The gun industry and gun commerce. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Under federal law, it is illegal for youth under age 18 to purchase rifles or shotguns, and for those under age 21 to purchase handguns. However, fatality and injury statistics clearly show that guns are finding their way into young people's hands.
Garen J. Wintemute
core   +1 more source

GUNSHOT INJURY OF THE MAXILLOFACIAL REGION: A CASE REPORT

open access: yes, 2021
: Gunshot injuries involving the head and neck confer a high potential for profound morbidity and mortality rates by damaging vital neurovascular structures, including the central nervous system, carotid arteries, and jugular veins.
Vinay Kharsan   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Youth Gang Violence and Guns: Data Collection in California [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Provides an overview of data on youth gang-related homicides, the role of firearms in the rising lethality of gang violence, and the state of data collection.
Josh Sugarmann, Tom Diaz
core  

The Interactional Pathways of Mass Killings: Toward a Novel Understanding of Rampage School Shootings

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Rampage school shootings, where students go to their own school to randomly kill classmates, teachers, friends, and strangers, are among the most drastic types of human behavior. While research increasingly points to interaction dynamics as being key for the emergence of crime and violence, scholars have not yet systematically studied interaction ...
Anne Nassauer
wiley   +1 more source

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