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Deliberative Theory for Re‐Focusing the Concept, Measurement, and Analysis of Substantive Reasons in Political Discussions

open access: yesConstellations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on theories of deliberative democracy, this article explores the substantive content of reasons as a conceptual tool. Although most studies focus on procedural dimensions, we argue that identifying and mapping substantive reasons contributes to advancing empirical investigation in a theoretically informed and normatively relevant way ...
Rousiley C. M. Maia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Removing the Silencer : Coverage and Protection of Physician Speech Under the First Amendment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The physician–patient relationship rests on a bedrock of trust. Without trust, patients—and for that matter, physicians—are less willing to divulge information critical to providing accurate medical diagnoses and treatments.
Weiss, Ryan T.
core   +1 more source

Firearms and Ballistics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Chapter 7 of the book entitled 'Practical Veterinary Forensics' aims to introduce forensic veterinarians to the scientific concepts underpinning the field of firearms and ballistics.
BOLTON-KING, Rachel, Schulze, Johan
core   +1 more source

Facilitators of, Barriers to, and Innovations in the Implementation of the Trauma Recovery Center Model for Underserved Victims of Violent Crime in Los Angeles County

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points California government codes 13963.1 and 13963.2 guide the funding and implementation of the Trauma Recovery Center model to provide mental health treatment and case management to underserved victims of violent crime. In Los Angeles County, Trauma Recovery Centers successfully engage underserved victims of crime and improve posttraumatic ...
ANNETTE M. DEKKER   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal Associations From US State/Local Police and Social Service Expenditures to Suicides and Police‐Perpetrated Killings Between Black and White Residents

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Despite documented inequities in suicide trends and police‐perpetrated killing for Black compared with White Americans, government expenditures have not been examined as upstream drivers of these inequities. This longitudinal study found police expenditures predicted increases in suicide and police‐perpetrated killings for Black, but not ...
DEVIN ENGLISH   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The mechanical control of bushpig, Patamochoerus porcus, in Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
Bushpig, Potamocheorus porcus, occurring naturally in the high rainfall areas of Zimbabwe, have become a major threat to maize producers in the country.
LaGrange, Michael
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Banal Radicalism: Free Spaces and the Routinization of Radical Practices in Far‐Right Movements

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do free spaces become radicalizing spaces? Studies of far‐right radicalism have highlighted the role of insulated movement spaces in radicalizing their members. In these spaces, participants can flaunt their radical ideas and infuse them into everyday practices, forming these ideas into comprehensive and resilient worldviews.
Oded Marom
wiley   +1 more source

A survey of explosive traces in public places

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Interpretation and evaluation of trace explosives evidence requires practitioner understanding of factors including transfer, persistence, and environmental prevalence. This study builds on previous work and studies the contemporary prevalence of organic high explosives and inorganic ions of explosives significance in public places.
Richard J. Winder   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Surge in Homicides Involving Young Black Males and Guns: Time To Reinvest in Prevention and Crime Control [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This review of recent U.S. homicide trends by race of offenders and victims, as well as weapons used, shows a surge in homicides that involve young Black males and ...
James A. Fox, Marc L. Swatt
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The Hawthorne effect in studies of firearm and toolmark examiners

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract The Hawthorne effect refers to the tendency of individuals to behave differently when they know they are being studied. In the forensic science domain, concerns have been raised about the “strategic examiner,” where the forensic examiner uses different decision thresholds depending on whether in a test situation or working on an actual case ...
Nicholas Scurich   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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