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Association between homicide injury severity and benzodiazepine influence

open access: yesForensic Sciences Research, 2021
There are case reports of offenders inflicting excessive injuries on their victims when under the influence of benzodiazepines. However, the potential association between benzodiazepine influence on the offender and victim injury severity in a general ...
Fredrik Tamsen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hispanic Victims of Lethal Firearms Violence in the United States (2015) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
During the period 2000 to 2013, the overall U.S. Hispanic population grew 53.3 percent. This study is intended to report the latest national information available at the time of writing on Hispanic homicide victimization and suicide in the United States,
Josh Sugarmann, Marty Langley
core  

Epilepsy and homicide

open access: yesNeuropsychiatric 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   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Prisoners' Perceptions and Their Agency on Sustainability Transformation in Finland

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability transformation is essential for our time, requiring the involvement of all citizens. Several prisons worldwide have developed various sustainable development (SD) programs for prisoners. However, it remains unclear how prisoners perceive SD, which can be a significant obstacle to their agency. This study explores the perceptions
Sirpa M. Manninen, Teija Makkonen
wiley   +1 more source

Problems in the formation and implementation of the methodology for investigating homicides related to domestic violence

open access: yesLaw and Safety, 2023
The theoretical foundations for building a separate forensic methodology for investigating homicides committed in connection with domestic violence have been developed.
R. L. Stepaniuk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corporate Criminal Liability for Homicide: A Statutory Framework [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Since the nineteenth century, judges, legislators, prosecutors, and academics have grappled with how best to accommodate within the criminal law corporations whose conduct causes the death of others.
Harlow, James W.
core   +1 more source

Evaluating the Impact of Florida's "Stand Your Ground" Self-defense Law on Homicide and Suicide by Firearm: An Interrupted Time Series Study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Importance: In 2005, Florida amended its self-defense laws to provide legal immunity to individuals using lethal force in self-defense. The enactment of "stand your ground" laws in the United States has been controversial and their effect on rates of ...
Gasparrini, Antonio   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Prioritization of the Sustainable Development Goals: Developing and Testing a Novel Framework Under Varying Geographic Scales

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study develops and tests a novel prioritization framework for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under varying geographic scales (regional, sub‐regional, national), focusing on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as a pilot case.
Lea Issa, Mutasem El Fadel
wiley   +1 more source

Workplace Violence Against Government Employees, 1994-2011 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
[Excerpt] The higher rates of workplace violence in the government were partly due to the high rates of workplace violence attributed to law enforcement and security employees (figure 2).
Harrell, Erika
core   +1 more source

Homicide, punishment and deterrence in Australia

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Australian data encompassing 1910–2022, by year and state, were analyzed to estimate the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates. Our estimates showed that capital punishment had a negative and significant effect on homicides. In some specifications, the estimates implied that an execution was associated with 12.68 fewer homicides ...
Hugh Farrell, Vincent O'Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

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