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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the last years, more and more countries have introduced a practice of assisted dying in their medical system and regulated it by separate laws or by additions to the existing body of criminal law. In this respect, the two neighboring countries, Germany and Switzerland, are exceptional cases.
Dieter Birnbacher, Peter Schaber
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Birth, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Experiencing intimate partner violence impacts the ongoing physical and psychological health of women and can contribute to poorer maternal and neonatal health during the perinatal period. Methods In a national maternity experiences cross‐sectional online survey, 1198 (13.6%) women identified as experiencing IPV in their lifetime ...
Hazel Keedle +5 more
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Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak - Public Unaware [PDF]
, 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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Out of the dark – Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime
British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The success of the true crime media genre reflects humanity's avid curiosity about violence, deviance, and murder, yet psychological research on this phenomenon is lacking. In this article, we highlight why true crime consumption may be relevant to various research fields that go beyond simple media preferences.
Corinna Perchtold‐Stefan +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2018 BackgroundHomicide kills more people than war globally and is associated with income inequality. In Brazil, one of the most unequal countries of the world, the homicide rate is four times higher than the world average.
Daiane Borges Machado +4 more
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The Epidemiology of Firearm Violence in the Twenty-First Century United States [PDF]
, 2014 This brief review summarizes the basic epidemiology of firearm violence, a large and costly public health problem in the United States for which the mortality rate has remained unchanged for more than a decade.
Garen J. Wintemute
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Multi-instance learning with application to the profiling of multi-victim homicides
, 2023 Rosario Delgado +1 more
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Accountability and Hyperaccountability in Child Protection Scandals
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The number of child abuse–related deaths has decreased significantly in the United Kingdom over the past 50 years, but there remains public and political concern about the actual and perceived risk of child deaths, with resultant processes enacted to supervise child protection practice.
Robin Sen, John Devaney
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Understanding Crime in Colombia and What Can Be Done About It [PDF]
. We attempt to spell out the causes and costs of Colombia´s crime situation. Homicide rates are the highest in the world, three times higher than those of Brazil & Mexico and ten times higher than those of other Latin American countries.
Levitt Steven, Mauricio Rubio
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Case Study: The Boston Gun Project and Operation Ceasefire [PDF]
, 2005 The Boston Gun Project was a problem-oriented policing initiative expressly aimed at reducing homicide victimization among youths in Boston in the mid-1990s (Kennedy et al., 1996; Kennedy et al., 2001).
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