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Evaluation and Examination of a Possible Shoe-polish Trace in a Hold-up Case
Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2016 In this article, we show how the Bayesian framework can be applied to a hold-up case involving a possible shoe-polish trace according to one of the parties. This article highlights the importance of interpreting data from the beginning of the examination
Line Gueissaz +3 more
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Boreas, EarlyView.This study investigates the species composition and distribution of gallinaceous birds (Galliformes) in the south of eastern Europe, specifically within the territory of present‐day Ukraine, during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. The research is based on the comprehensive revision of skeletal remains found at archaeological sites.
Leonid Gorobets +3 more
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Silencers: A Threat to Public Safety [PDF]
, 2017 A push by the firearms industry and gun lobby to make it far easier for private citizens to buy and possess firearm silencers will only place the police and public at increased risk warns a new and expanded edition of the Violence Policy Center's (VPC ...
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Criminal Justice and Suicide Outcomes with Indiana's Risk-Based Gun Seizure Law [PDF]
, 2019 This article examines the application and effectiveness of a 2006 Indiana law designed to prevent gun violence by authorizing police officers to separate firearms from persons who present imminent or future risk of injury to self or others, or display a ...
Alanis-Hirsch, Kelly +9 more
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Detecting Intrusion: Electronic Security, Sensoriality, and Spatial Relations in Kingston, Jamaica
City &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Kingston, Jamaica, decades of high crime coupled with the failure of the state to effectively provide public security have given rise to a booming private security industry. In this landscape, middle‐ and upper‐class residents have turned to electronic security technologies to fortify their homes against the threat of a home intrusion.
Kimberley D. McKinson
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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 +2 more
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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
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When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2010 Homicide Data [PDF]
, 2012 While this study does not focus solely on domestic violence homicide or guns, it provides a stark reminder that domestic violence and guns make a deadly combination.
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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
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Psychiatrists should tread cautiously in firearms risk assessment [PDF]
, 2019 Robin Bryant
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