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Firearms control as an element of criminological security in the concept of transitional justice for Ukraine

Law and Safety
The article is devoted to the development of a criminological model of firearms trafficking control in the context of transitional justice for Ukraine. It is established that illicit firearms trafficking lays down long-term trends of deterioration of ...
Yu. V. Orlov, A. M. Yashchenko
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Violência urbana: um desafio para o pediatra Urban violence: a challenge for pediatricians

Jornal de Pediatria, 2005
OBJETIVOS: Apresentar os principais aspectos da abordagem da criança e do adolescente vítima de violência urbana e destacar o papel do pediatra nas ações socioeducativas para o seu enfrentamento.
Luciana Phebo, Anna Tereza M. S. de Moura   +1 more
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Why the Latest Ruling in the Sandy Hook Shooting Litigation Matters [PDF]

, 2019
On March 19, 2019 the Connecticut Supreme Court officially released its opinion in Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC. Because the decision greenlights civil discovery and trial for the Sandy Hook plaintiffs seeking compensation from the ...
Feldman, Heidi Li
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Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

Armed to the Hilt: Nigeria's Battle with Illicit Gun and Local Production in a State of Fragility [PDF]

Košická bezpečnostná revue
Nigeria is now battling the spread of illegal weapons, which is stoking a number of security concerns that jeopardise its national sovereignty. The Nigerian firearms legislation is essentially unenforceable due to its ineffectiveness and numerous ...
Olagoke Oluwafemi AWOTAYO, Nimat Oluwayomi YUSUF, Wasiu Kolapo ARIKEWUYO, Opeyemi Isaac FASIPE   +3 more
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Tensodynamometric and spatial-temporal characteristics of defensive moving reaction of a law-enforcement officer in response to an attack of an armed enemy

Pedagogics, Psychology, Medical-Biological Problems of Physical Training and Sports, 2014
Purpose: to examine the tensodynamometric and spatial-temporal characteristics of a law-enforcement officer’s defensive movements in response to the moving attacking actions of an offender.
R. M. RADZIEVSKIY
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Brady Statute Data: Persons Who Are Illegally or Unlawfully in the United States [PDF]

, 1998
Currently, Alaska law enforcement agencies do not obtain data on four noncriminal categories prohibited by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 from obtaining firearms.
Atwell, Cassie, Barnes, Allan R., Trostle, Lawrence C.   +2 more
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“Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy”: An Economic Analysis of the Attack on Gun Control [PDF]

, 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.
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Commentary on: Aggadi N, Zeller K, Busey T. Quantifying the strength of firearms comparisons based on error rate studies. J Forensic Sci. 2024;70(1):84–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556‐4029.15646; Warren EC, Handley JC, Sheets HD. Cross entropy and log likelihood ratio cost as performance measures for multi‐conclusion categorical outcomes scales. J Forensic Sci. 2024;70(2):589–606. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556‐4029.15686

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Geoffrey Stewart Morrison
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Competition and payments to African chiefs on the Gold Coast during the slave trade, 1679‒1704

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The manuscript records of the Royal African Company show that the Company paid African chiefs for access to trade along the caravan routes on the Gold Coast in the seventeenth century. This paper documents and examines these payments. Using an event study, I establish that after the Glorious Revolution in 1688 when the Company's monopoly in ...
Jose Rowell Corpuz
wiley   +1 more source