Why forensic scientists are essential workers. [PDF]
Forensic Sci Int SynergHouck MM, LaBerge GS.
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Firearm Safety in a Country of Arms
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Firearm safety policy in the United States cannot succeed through legislation alone; effective interventions must also address the social, economic, and infrastructural conditions that shape perceptions of safety. Evidence suggests that place‐based investments can reduce violence and firearm deaths while strengthening social cohesion and ...
JONATHAN M. METZL
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Crowd psychology and the politics of co-production: Social control, democratic order and the consequences of theory. [PDF]
Br J Soc PsycholStott C.
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The Carceral Shadow: Criminal Justice as a Determinant of Health and Challenges for Policymakers
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points The criminal justice system functions as a primary social determinant of health in the United States, generating disproportionate physical, psychological, and chronic health burdens on Black communities and other marginalized groups. Policing structural barriers—including qualified immunity, police union contracts, and municipal financing
RASHAWN RAY, KEON GILBERT
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Stigma, race, and testimonial injustice in mental health detention: Professionals experience of Compulsory Assessment and Treatment under The Mental Health Act 1983. [PDF]
PLOS Ment HealthLeah C +6 more
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State Choices, Unequal Access: Policies Shaping Reproductive Health Care Across the United States
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points State policies and programs play an outsized role in shaping availability and access to sexual and reproductive health services across the nation. This has a major impact on women's access to contraception, abortion, and maternity services.
ALINA SALGANICOFF +2 more
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Domestic and sexual violence in Australia: Current evidence and the potential role of forensic science. [PDF]
Forensic Sci Int SynergHall B, Chapman B.
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The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points For half a century, firearm‐related deaths and injuries have been endemic in the United States, with COVID‐19 contributing to a record high of 48,830 deaths in 2021, an epidemic rate increase. By 2023, national trends masked a significant 10‐fold difference in firearm‐related death rates among states.
ESZTER RIMÁNYI +8 more
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Why We Shouldn't Trust Institutions: Critical Theory and the Case for Radical Distrust
Constellations, EarlyView.
Zohreh Khoban
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