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The Lancet, 2016 The study of a phenomenon as complex as the impact of gun laws requires strong theory and study designs capable of untangling causal pathways, attention to implementation, and precision in the measurement of legal variables. Other scholars have criticised the study by Bindu Kalesan and colleagues [DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01026-0] in those regards ...
Ted, Alcorn, Scott, Burris
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Preventing crime and violence [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 Violent crime, which is committed mainly by adolescents and young adults, is a serious and increasing problem on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States the number of juveniles (under 18) who were arrested for murder and manslaughter rose by 60% between 1981 and 1990 compared with a 5% rise in those aged 18 years and over.1 The proportion of ...
J P, Shepherd, D P, Farrington
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Violence in the workplace: awareness and prevention [PDF]
Australian Health Review, 2003 Occupational violence is of growing interest to both individuals and organisations in the health field.Not surprisingly, staff who work directly on the front line are more vulnerable to episodes of physical violence from the general public. However, violence manifests in a number of ways,and any person in the workplace can experience it at anytime ...
Hinson, J. K., Shapiro, M. C.
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Qollateral: The Impact of QAnon on Loved Ones and the Potential for P/CVE Programs to Help
Journal for Deradicalization, 2023 Since 2017, the conspiracy theory known as QAnon has boomed in popularity and spread across national borders. While QAnon is linked to various violent criminal acts, including the January 6th riots on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., there is abundant ...
Michèle St-Amant +3 more
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022 Limited research attention has focused on homicides involving foreign-born victims. Using data from the National Violent Death Reporting System, we examined 9428 homicides that occurred in 2017 in the United States across 32 states and D.C. Approximately
Kayla R. Freemon +6 more
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Treatment of psychosis in prisons and violent recidivism
BJPsych Open, 2015 Background Violence among released prisoners with psychosis is an important public health problem. It is unclear whether treatment in prison can influence criminal behaviour subsequent to release.
Artemis Igoumenou +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Following the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, there was a dramatic increase in media coverage of extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) and in state policy proposals for ERPO laws.
Rocco Pallin +5 more
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Preventing domestic violence [PDF]
BMJ, 2002 Papers pp 271, 274 Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, or psychological. Physical and sexual violence by an intimate partner are common problems, affecting 20-50% of women at some stage in life in most populations surveyed globally.1 Between 3% and 50% of women have experienced it in the past year.1 Domestic violence has a profound impact on ...
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws are a tool for firearm violence prevention (in effect in 19 states), often enacted in the wake of a public mass shooting when media coverage of gun violence tends to spike.
Amanda J. Aubel +4 more
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Preventing violence in youth [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2005 After a wave of violence in Ontario involving students and schools that resulted in the death of 3 teens in 3 separate incidents, Ontario's Minister of Education, Gerard Kennedy, unveiled components of the provincial government's Safe Schools strategy to prevent violence.
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