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The dangers of non-powder firearms
Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2019 Non-powder weapons have become a persistent threat in today’s society. They are found outside of competitive sports at an increasing rate, being misused among young individuals, and have emerged in Canadian criminal activity.
Brandi A. Chrismas, Jack Powles
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Population Health Metrics, 2020 Background Brazil leads the world in number of firearm deaths and ranks sixth by country in rate of firearm deaths per 100,000 people. This study aims to analyze trends in and burden of mortality by firearms, according to age and sex, for Brazil, and the
Deborah Carvalho Malta +18 more
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Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart +3 more
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Ethyl Glucuronide in Hair: A 10‐Year Overview
Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.The present study builds on a unique collection of more than 68,000 hair EtG results collected in the Northen Italy between 2013 and 2022. We investigated trends in alcohol consumption in terms of age, gender, recidivism, applicants, sampling region, sampling length, across seasons, and the COVID‐19.
Sara Casati +8 more
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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change
European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
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, 2017 Reviewing: MICHAEL WALDMAN, THE SECOND AMENDMENT: A BIOGRAPHY (SIMON & SCHUSTER 2014); FIRMIN DEBRABANDER, DO GUNS MAKE US FREE? DEMOCRACY AND THE ARMED SOCIETY (YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2015)
Miller, Darrell A. H.
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A Systematic Plan for Firearms Law Reform [PDF]
, 2013 Tragedy after tragedy has drawn the nation’s attention towards gun violence. Yet the murder of 20 school children in Newtown, CT has done more to drive the national dialogue on gun control than any preceding mass shooting, not to mention the endemic ...
Gostin, Lawrence O. +1 more
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Review of millimeter‐wave and terahertz near‐field synthetic aperture radar imaging technology
InfoScience, EarlyView.Abstract This paper comprehensively reviews the development of millimeter‐wave (MMW) and terahertz (THz) near‐field imaging technologies, with an emphasis on the state of synthetic aperture radar (SAR)‐based imaging technologies. Near‐field imaging technologies are categorized into passive and active imaging modes, among which active imaging is favored
Qi Yang +3 more
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Alaska Trauma Registry: Trauma Admissions Involving Firearms, 2009-2014 [PDF]
, 2016 This fact sheet presents data from the Alaska Trauma Registry (ATR) on characteristics of trauma admissions for the period 2009–2014 for injuries for which a firearm was the main mechanism of injury.
Parker, Khristy
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Suicide is a significant public health concern and the second leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults. This study sought to better understand differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of young people who attempted suicide during three phases of this developmental period: late adolescence (14–17 years),
Nicholas M. Brdar +7 more
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