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Drug sellers' use of a drug checking service amid the overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims This study examined the use of a drug checking service by drug sellers in British Columbia, Canada, to assess motivations for service use and substances intended for distribution, focusing on risks associated with an unstable illicit drug market.
Pablo Gonzalez‐Nieto   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Burden of Child and Adolescent Firearm Homicide

open access: yesAdolescents
Firearm homicide is a leading cause of death among children and adolescents. This study examined variability in the correlates of firearm homicide across child and adolescent firearm homicide victims. U.S.
Gregory M. Zimmerman
doaj   +1 more source

Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak - Public Unaware [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Beneath the long-
Catherine A. Gallagher   +5 more
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Machine Learning for Predicting Colorectal Cancer‐Specific Mortality: The Role of Socioeconomic Inequalities in Public Policy

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Colorectal cancer remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide. We investigated whether adding socioeconomic information to machine learning models can improve the prediction of colorectal cancer‐specific mortality. Methods Using data from the Fundação Oncocentro de São Paulo (FOSP), we analyzed individuals diagnosed with ...
Felipe Mendes Delpino   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

ASPECTE TEORETICE ŞI PRACTICE PRIVIND OMORUL SĂVÂRŞIT ÎN PUBLIC

open access: yesEIRP Proceedings, 2006
The purpose of this paper is to clarify several aspects related to the interpretation of homicide comitted in public places in judiciary theory and practice. Using pertinent arguments one can mention the situations that lead to a legislative gap, because
Andreea Marina Cimpoieru
doaj  

US homicide rates increase when resources are scarce and unequally distributed

open access: yesEvolutionary Human Sciences
As homicide rates spike across the United States, researchers nominate diverse causes such as temperature, city greenness, structural racism, inequality, poverty and more.
Weston C. McCool, Brian F. Codding
doaj   +1 more source

Same-sex intimate partner homicide in Australia [PDF]

open access: yes
This study uses data from the National Homicide Monitoring Program within a context of national and international research to describe what is known about the trends and key characteristics of same-sex intimate partner homicide in Australia.
Alexandra Gannoni, Tracy Cussen
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The Death Penalty and Reversible Error in Massachusetts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
[Excerpt] “This article will survey Massachusetts homicide cases from 1805 to 1996 in which the SJC found reversible error. For comparative purposes, the data will be grouped into three periods: from 1805, the year the SJC began to publish its decisions,
Rogers, Alan
core   +1 more source

The role of risk assessment in reducing homicides by people with mental illness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Background: Improved risk assessment has been stressed as the way to reduce homicides by people with mental illness. The feasibility of predicting rare events needs examining.
Munro, Eileen, Rumgay, Judith
core   +1 more source

“And then I got strangled”: Dangerous trends of sexual choking among young people

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
Sexual choking is increasingly normalized among young people yet is never medically safe; loss of consciousness can occur within seconds, making consent impossible to verify. Clinicians should routinely ask about choking, assess injuries, and counsel patients against breath‐control practices.
Katja Kero, Hannu Lauerma, Pia Wahlsten
wiley   +1 more source

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