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EXAMINATION OF GUNSHOT RESIDUE DEPOSITED ON TARGETS WHEN SHELLS LOADED WITH POLEV SLUGS ARE FIRED FROM A 12 GAUGE SMOOTHBORE SHOTGUN

Теория и практика судебной экспертизы, 2015
The paper discusses the examination of patterns of gunshot residue deposition on targets after cartridges loaded with Polev slugs are fired from a 12 gauge smoothbore shotgun.
N. Grebenshchikova, O. Soldatova
doaj  

Dilemmas of Civilian Participation in Military Deterrence and Defence: Legal and Ethical Dimensions

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can civilians participate in deterrence and defence in ways that do not jeopardize their immunity from deliberate attack? The principle of civilian immunity from deliberate attack in war is a core element of contemporary international humanitarian law (IHL). Uniformed combatants and others who take up arms pose a threat may be liable to be
Neta C. Crawford
wiley   +1 more source

Opium Cultivation Imperilling Endangered Species in Northern Laos

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
To avoid government eradication efforts, farmers in northeastern Laos shifted opium cultivation deep into a national park, causing a > 1000% increase in protected forest cleared for the crop between 2018 and 2022. This displacement directly threatened endangered species like white‐cheeked gibbons, elephants, and dholes by causing a rise in hunting ...
Jay White, Khamphui Invixay, Akchousanh Rasphone, Vincent Nijman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land, Gendered Labor, and Empire‐Making in Central Sudan

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article offers an ethnographic analysis of Gulf Arab empire‐making in central Sudan, focusing on an Emirati‐owned farm in the Gezira region as a key site of capitalist extraction and imperial ambition. Through three overlapping vantage points—farm, port, and body—it explores how Emirati investments in Sudanese land, infrastructure, and ...
Nisrin Elamin
wiley   +1 more source

Death, Killing, and the Enemy: Jewish and Arab Children's Perspectives During the War and Their Evacuation From Home

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how 57 Jewish and Arab children (aged 4–8), displaced from their homes during the 2023–2024 Israel–Hezbollah war, interpret war and articulate moral reasoning. Using a qualitative design and reflexive thematic analysis, the study draws on children's accounts generated through card‐based interviews addressing war ...
Or Perah Midbar Alter, Ibtisam Marey‐Sarwan   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electoral impact of the rental market: evidence from Israel

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper studies housing tenure and voting patterns during the period from July 2013 to July 2023 in Israel, where the rental share of housing units increased from 24% to 29%, and six national elections for parliament took place. Using detailed neighbourhood panel data on rental units share and electoral outcomes, I find that switching a ...
Yael Elster
wiley   +1 more source

The Toll of War on Child Stress and the Protective Role of Parenting

Family Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background In response to the terror attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war, families from northern and southern Israel were internally displaced. Under non‐violent circumstances, parental self‐efficacy and a high‐quality parent–child relationship have been identified as exerting positive effects on children's mental ...
Yael Enav, Yael Mayer
wiley   +1 more source

Green-synthesized nanoparticles for forensic science: synthesis control, analytical validation, applications, and translation challenges

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Background Nanoparticles are increasingly investigated in forensic science for latent fingermark development, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), trace drug and explosive detection, gunshot-residue analysis, surface-assisted laser desorption ...
Shaile Thakur, Vivek Kumar, Trilok Akhani   +2 more
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Never Mind the Bollards: Exploring the Role of GCHQ, MI5, and the National Technical Authorities in UK Security Markets

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultures and governance of security markets in the United Kingdom are often characterised through a paradoxical narrative of simultaneous state retreat and progressive advance. In the face of repeated recent high‐profile security failures, and global changes in material political economy, we argue that UK security governance is adapting to
Ben Collier, Jamie Buchan
wiley   +1 more source

Multidimensional Militarisation, Evidence From Mexico's War on Drugs

International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents different dimensions of militarisation observed in Mexico since the start of the war on drugs. It argues that militarisation is a multidirectional phenomenon that is characterised by rationales that justify the use of illegal means to address complex issues, promising expediency and efficiency but rarely delivering on it.
Agustin Hernandez Berea
wiley   +1 more source