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The impacts of policies controlling the spatial availability of take‐away alcohol on consumption and harms: A systematic narrative review

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To systematically review the evidence on the impacts of policies regulating the spatial availability of off‐premises alcohol on consumption and harms. Methods Narrative review that examined peer‐reviewed studies published from 2016 to 2024 on policy changes affecting the spatial availability of off‐premises alcohol.
Shima Shakory   +4 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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Accountability and Hyperaccountability in Child Protection Scandals

open access: yesChild &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
wiley   +1 more source

The impacts of shortage area designations on mortality

open access: yesContemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Spatial mismatch between patients and physicians constrains access to medical care and contributes to differential health outcomes. Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designations identify areas where there are too few primary care physicians to treat the local population. State and federal programs are used to incentivize an increase in
Jessica Sauve‐Syed
wiley   +1 more source

Between theft and treason: latrocinium in Carolingian capitularies

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Suppressing robbery, latrocinium, was a priority for Charlemagne, Louis the Pious, Charles the Bald, and Louis II at key political moments. Latrones were conceptualized as ordinary thieves, as highway robbers, and as threats to peace and security. In capitularies, latrocinium was implicitly and explicitly associated with infidelity.
James R. Burns
wiley   +1 more source

The spate of spousal homicide in Nigeria: Reconsidering the Christian divorce prohibition

open access: yesTheologia Viatorum
In recent times, spousal homicide resulting from domestic violence has been on the increase in Nigeria, and one major factor responsible for this is the Christian doctrine that prohibits divorce.
Solomon O. Ademiluka
doaj   +1 more source

The Social Costs of Gun Ownership [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper provides new estimates of the effect of household gun prevalence on homicide rates, and infers the marginal external cost of handgun ownership.
Jens Ludwig, Phillip J. Cook
core  

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