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Private security companies and the state monopoly on violence: A case of norm change? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The proliferation of private security companies has received increasing public and academic attention in recent years. From the involvement of private security firms in Sierra Leone and Angola to the capture and killing of Blackwater security contractors
Krahmann, E
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Identifying high‐risk firearms dealers: A machine learning study of rapidly diverted firearm sales in California

open access: yesCriminology &Public Policy, Volume 24, Issue 3, Page 363-403, August 2025.
Abstract Research SummaryUsing firearm transaction and crime gun recovery records from California (2010–2021), we employ machine learning to identify dealers who sold largest number and highest fraction of guns recovered in crimes within 1 year of sale.
Hannah S. Laqueur, Colette Smirniotis
wiley   +1 more source

Pandemic tradeoffs: US residents’ perceptions of detrimental outcomes associated with COVID lockdowns

open access: yesAnalyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Volume 25, Issue 2, August 2025.
Abstract Policies designed to prevent COVID‐19 deaths arguably yielded trade‐offs with other adverse outcomes associated with lockdowns. In a nationally representative study of Americans, we queried participants about how tolerant they were of these trade‐offs, expressed as binary choices. We asked participants—by putting them in the shoes of a medical
Terri D. Conley   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interpol review of forensic firearm examination 2019-2022. [PDF]

open access: yesForensic Sci Int Synerg, 2023
Mattijssen EJAT   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Text, History, and Tradition: What the Seventh Amendment Can Teach Us About the Second [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago, the Supreme Court made seemingly irreconcilable demands on lower courts: evaluate Second Amendment claims through history, avoid balancing, and retain as much regulation as possible.
Miller, Darrell A. H.
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Characterisation of localised pigment accumulation in brains of eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) after clinical disease due to chronic Phalaris species toxicosis

open access: yesAustralian Veterinary Journal, Volume 103, Issue 8, Page 494-499, August 2025.
A progressive tremorgenic syndrome characterised by ataxia and head nodding is well documented in sheep and cattle affected by chronic Phalaris toxicosis (CPT), and is increasingly documented in the eastern grey kangaroo {(EGK), Macropus giganteus} in southeastern Australia.
C El‐Hage   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wildlife lost in translation: Understanding low compliance with outdated wildlife hunting legislation in Sierra Leone

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 8, August 2025.
This paper examines the challenges in implementing wildlife protection laws in Sierra Leone, focusing on the disconnect between legal taxonomies and local naming conventions for animal species. We argue that current legislation, using English and Latin names, creates significant barriers for hunters and local communities in understanding and complying ...
Jack Jenkins, Wahab Lawundeh
wiley   +1 more source

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