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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Child Homicide Amounting to Murder in Malaysia: Descriptive Analysis of the Statistics and Causes

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
ObjectiveTo describe the child homicide rates and examine the circumstances of homicides of children in Malaysia from January 2010 to June 2021.MethodsThis is a retrospective secondary analysis of police records on child homicides in Malaysia. Background
Salmi Razali, Salmi Razali, Nor Hidayah Jaris, Muhamad Zaid Muuti, Nuraisyah Chua Abdullah   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari, Colleen S. Walsh, L. Taylor Stevens, Jasmine N. Coleman, Alice Ellyson, Phillip N. Smith   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does the amount of life lost due to homicide vary across place? Examining the relationship between residential disadvantage and potential years of life lost due to homicide in the United States

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
One way to value the social cost of homicide is through potential years of life lost—a summary measure of premature mortality. Indeed, estimates indicate that Americans lose more than one million years of their lives to homicide in any given year.
Gregory M. Zimmerman, Daniel Trovato, Emma E. Fridel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions: Experiences With Disclosure and Witness Credibility

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin, Karen A. Sullivan, Vincent Denault, Catherine Kennon, Lucy Cradduck, Rachel Hews   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

HOMICIDE IN INSANITY [PDF]

American Journal of Psychiatry
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openaire   +3 more sources

Epilepsy and homicide

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2013
We report the rare case of a patient with intractable epilepsy and escalating aggression, resulting in murder, who had complete resolution of her seizures and explosive behavior following a right temporal lobectomy.We searched the available literature from 1880 to 2013 for cases of epilepsy being used as a court defense for murder and collected ...
Pandya, Naushira, Vrbancic, M, Ladino, L D, Téllez-Zenteno, J F   +3 more
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Homicide - Suicide [PDF]

, 2012
Murder - suicide is an event where a person kills another and then suicide. Murder - suicide is more rare than other forms of violent deaths, but it is certainly mostly tragic and usually more shocking than homicide or suicide when taken individually, especially when the event involves a mass murder.
ROMA, PAOLO, Antonella Spacca, FERRACUTI, Stefano   +2 more
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Identifying the Service Requirements for Primary Sexual Assault Medical Care and Forensic Evidence Collection in a Remote First Nations Community

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT First Nations female sexual assault survivors in remote Northern Territory (NT) face significant barriers accessing place‐based medical care and forensic evidence collection, subsequently requiring evacuation to specialist services. Using decolonising Participatory Action Research methods, this study identified the workforce, training, and ...
Theresa Clasquin, Rachel Dikul Baker, Rosemary Gundjarranbuy, Annie Whybourne, Sue Kildea, Sue Kruske, Elaine Ḻäwurrpa Maypilama, Sarah Ireland   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Homicide rates are spatially associated with built environment and socio-economic factors: a study in the neighbourhoods of Toronto, Canada

BMC Public Health, 2022
Objectives Homicide rate is associated with a large variety of factors and therefore unevenly distributed over time and space. This study aims to explore homicide patterns and their spatial associations with different socioeconomic and built-environment ...
Alireza Mohammadi, Robert Bergquist, Ghasem Fathi, Elahe Pishgar, Silas Nogueira de Melo, Ayyoob Sharifi, Behzad Kiani   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source