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PLOS ONE, 2023 Firearm deaths continue to be a major public health problem, but the number of non-fatal firearm injuries and the characteristics of patients and injuries is not well known. The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, with support from the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research, leveraged an existing data system to capture lethal and
Frederick P. Rivara +9 more
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Firearms Law and Fatal Police Shootings: A Panel Data Analysis [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Among industrialized countries, U.S. holds two somehow inglorious records: the highest rate of fatal police shootings and the highest rate of deaths related to firearms. The latter has been associated with strong diffusion of firearms ownership largely due to loose legislation in several member states.
arxiv
Criminology &Public Policy, Volume 21, Issue 4, Page 915-944, November 2022., 2022 Abstract Research Summary Research examining death penalty deterrence has been characterized as inconclusive and uninformative. The present analysis heeds a recommendation from prior research to examine single‐state changes in death penalty policy using the synthetic control method.
Stephen N. Oliphant
wiley +1 more source
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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Do Firearm Markets Comply with Firearm Restrictions? How the Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban Enforcement Notice Changed Firearm Sales [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 How well do firearm markets comply with firearm restrictions? The Massachusetts Attorney General issued an Enforcement Notice in 2016 to announce a new interpretation of the key phrase "copies and duplicates" in the state's assault weapons ban. The Enforcement Notice increased assault rifle sales by 1,349 (+560%) within five days, followed by a ...
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American Journal of Epidemiology, 2018 In this research, we estimate the association of firearm restrictions for domestic violence offenders with intimate partner homicides (IPHs) on the basis of the strength of the policies.
A. Zeoli +5 more
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Interpol review of detection and characterization of explosives and explosives residues 2016-2019
Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2020 This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature for the analysis and detection of explosives and explosives residues from 2016-2019 as a part of the 19th Interpol International Forensic Science Managers Symposium.
Douglas J. Klapec +2 more
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Household Firearm Ownership and Firearm Mortality
JAMA Network OpenImportanceCausal associations between household firearm ownership rates (HFRs) and firearm mortality rates are not well understood.ObjectiveTo assess the population-level temporal sequencing of firearm death rates and HFRs.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cohort study used autoregressive cross-lagged models to analyze HFRs, firearm suicide rates ...
Morral, Andrew R. +3 more
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Interpol review of shoe and tool marks 2016-2019
Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2020 This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature in shoe and tool mark examination from 2016 to 2019 as a part of the 19th Interpol International Forensic Science Managers Symposium.
Martin Baiker-Sørensen +4 more
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Secure Zones: An Attribute-Based Encryption advisory system for safe firearms [PDF]
, 2015 This work presents an application of the highly expressive Attribute-Based Encryption to implement Secure Zones for firearms. Within these zones, radio-transmitted local policies based on attributes of the user and the firearm are received by embedded hardware in the firearms, which then advises the user about safe operations.
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