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Does Exposure to Community Violence Predict Higher Suicide Rates? The Case of Mexico

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite both homicide and suicide being identified as global public health concerns, it is unclear whether and how homicide trends could shape suicide patterns, particularly in low‐or‐middle income countries. We use the case of Mexico, an upper‐middle‐income country that experienced a dramatic increase in homicide after a shift in drug ...
Mónica L. Caudillo, Jaein Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Firearms dealers

open access: yes, 1997
"April 3, 1997."; Discusses the qualifications for becoming a federal firearms licensee (FFL) and other general information about firearms dealers.; Harvested from the web on 8/5 ...
Rose, Veronica,
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The Effect of Gun Shows on Gun-Related Deaths: Evidence from California and Texas [PDF]

open access: yes
Thousands of gun shows take place in the U.S. each year. Gun control advocates argue that because sales at gun shows are much less regulated than other sales, such shows make it easier for potential criminals to obtain a gun.
Mark Duggan   +2 more
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A Thin Blue Democratic Line? Organization, Interest, and Ethical Compatibility as Foundations of External Accountability Credibility

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of rising authoritarian and populist political movements, scholars have increasingly identified external agency as a bulwark for liberal values. However, its capacity to protect such values may be contingent upon its acceptance within the profession—specifically, upon attitudes we conceptualize as “accountability credibility ...
Sebastian Roché   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expansive learning in police firearms training: developing the interface between HE and professional learning

open access: yes, 2016
This paper examines the developing relationship between higher education practices and professional training for UK Firearms Officers. In particular, this paper’s analysis challenges some common assumptions about the role of higher education and the ...
Leonard, V., Beighton, C., Poma, S.
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War, Trauma and Diasporic Identity in Vyvyane Loh's Breaking the Tongue

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Japan's involvement in the Second World War offers provocative narrative material for authors who write about the cultural politics of race under wartime conditions, such as the internment experience of Japanese Americans in the United States and the mass killings of Chinese (Operation Sook Ching), suspected of anti‐Japanese sentiments in ...
Walter S. H. Lim
wiley   +1 more source

Use of the paca, Cuniculus paca (Rodentia: Agoutidae) in the Sierra de Tabasco State Park, Mexico

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2012
Cuniculus paca is widely distributed throughout the Neotropics. Known as the paca, it is the largest rodent in the Mexican tropical forests, and one of the most used as a subsistence species for its meat.
Sonia Gallina   +2 more
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[Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Industry Circular, Number 79-10, August 7, 1979]

open access: yes, 1979
Industry circular signed by Director G. R. Dickerson for all federal firearms licensees that clarifies "straw man transactions" in relation to the purchase of firearms purchases (those which are conducted by a third party besides the seller and the buyer)
Dickerson, G. R.
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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 3071-3079, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
wiley   +1 more source

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