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Suicides disguised as homicides through weapon concealment: A two‐way copycat phenomenon between fiction and real world

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Suicides disguised as homicides present a persistent challenge in forensic case analysis, particularly when the weapon is deliberately removed after discharge. This study investigates the evolution of weapon concealment techniques—specifically the “load‐and‐rope” and “helium balloon‐tied gun” methods—across documented casework, forensic ...
Ernesto Damiani, Alessia Comacchio, Andrea Porzionato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanism of coal mass fracture expansion under drilling and pressure relief. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Liu K, Liu Y, Lu CP, Zhou LH, Zhou QX, Wang C.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The wider network of social relationships and desistance from crime

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior research has focused on marriage as a key relationship associated with crime cessation. Yet particularly within the contemporary context, relationships with parents, peers, and other family members may also foster or inhibit progress toward desistance.
Peggy C. Giordano, Jennifer E. Copp, Megan Swinehart, Wendy D. Manning, Monica A. Longmore   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pacific tsunami records suggest similar rupture locations of two great Kamchatka earthquakes only 73 years apart. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Carvajal M, Wang K, Gubler A, Sun T, Araya C.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Characteristics and Geological Significance of Strike-slip Faults

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019
openaire   +1 more source

The informal prisoner justice system: Classification, identification, and punishment of sex offenders behind bars

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on 576 interviews with incarcerated men and 131 correctional staff across five Western Canadian prisons, we reconceptualize the prison code as subcultural law, documenting the “informal prisoner justice system” as its enforcement arm. Although scholars have treated the code primarily as cultural values prescribing loyalty, silence, and
Luca Berardi, Justin E. C. Tetrault, Kevin D. Haggerty, Sandra Bucerius   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Earthquake-triggered cascading hazards under Arctic amplification. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
de Melo GWS, Hermanns RL, Bendle JM, Grevemeyer I, Fiolleau S, Cesca S, do Nascimento AF, Ottemöller L, Aslan G, Brissaud Q, Oye V, Kopp H.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do targeted, place‐based educational campaigns influence citizen engagement and violent crime? A quasi‐experiment of the alert conscience technique of situational crime prevention

Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Between 2021 and 2024, the Mecklenburg County (NC) Department of Public Health's Office of Violence Prevention launched two targeted media campaigns in response to high rates of community violence. The first used geofencing: virtual geographic boundaries that deliver targeted advertisements to mobile devices.
Eric L. Piza, Claire Harkins, Katherine P. Hazen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Conflicting Outcomes to Mutual Losses: How Punitive Responses to Problematic Substance Use Suppress Help‐Seeking and Cause Harm

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Problematic substance use (PSU) is a significant, inadequately managed people management challenge. Drawing on the conflicting outcomes and mutual losses perspectives on HRM and employee wellbeing, and using Job Demands‐Resources theory to explain underlying strain‐driven loss cycles, we examine factors shaping PSU and help‐seeking among 575 ...
Karen Maher, Aoife M. McDermott, Andrew Clements, Emmert Roberts, Sally Pezaro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stochastic poromechanical analysis forecasts a notable exceedance probability for the 2017 Pohang, South Korea, <i>M</i> _w 5.5 earthquake. [PDF]

Commun Earth Environ
Wu H, Vilarrasa V, Parisio F, Alcolea A, Meier P, Carrera J, Saaltink M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source