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Importance of categories of crime for predicting future violent crime among handgun purchasers in California
BackgroundProhibiting the purchase and possession of firearms by those at risk of violence is an established approach to preventing firearm violence....
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Development of a Legal Service Needs and Barriers Measure for Victims of Family Violence and Other Crime
Researchers and communities lack quantitative measures of legal needs and barriers faced by victims of family violence and other crimes. Such...
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Trends and Sources of Crime Guns in California: 2010–2021
Firearm-related interpersonal violence is a leading cause of death and injury in cities across the United States, and understanding the movement of...
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Using the Synthetic Control Method to Evaluate the Impact of a Land-Based Gambling Ban on Crime
We use the synthetic control method to examine whether land-based gambling ban has an effect on crime in a given city. In a sample of four Czech...
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County-level associations between food retailer availability and violent crime rate
BackgroundViolent crime (i.e., homicide, armed robbery, aggravated assault, and rape) continues to be a major public health concern in America....
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“I just couldn’t cope with it, you know? I just couldn’t believe that she was gone”: The Portrayal of Co-victims’ Grief in True Crime Podcasts about Missing (but Presumed Killed) Women
PurposeTrue crime, a subset of crime-focused media that turns real cases into entertainment for the public’s consumption, regularly features...
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Ghost guns and crime: a tale of two California cities
BackgroundPrivately made firearms (PMFs) or “ghost guns” are homemade, unserialized, untraceable firearms that have been increasingly used in violent...
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Objective and Subjective Neighborhood Crime Associated with Poor Sleep among Young Sexual Minority Men: a GPS Study
Sleep disparities in sexual minority male (SMM) populations have received relatively little attention but they may be critical to explaining other...
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Knife wound or nosebleed—where does the blood at the crime scene come from?
Secretion analysis is a useful tool in forensic genetics, since it establishes the (cellular) origin of the DNA prior in addition to the...
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The Measurement of Domestic Abuse – Redevelo** the Crime Survey for England and Wales
PurposeIn 2020 the England and Wales Office for National Statistics commissioned the research reported here to review the current questions on...
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Association between cumulative psychosocial adversity in the family and ADHD and autism: a family-based cohort study
Cumulative exposure to psychosocial adversity at an early age has been shown to be a risk factor for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...
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Barriers and facilitators of the reporting by family doctors of cases of domestic violence – a qualitative study across Portugal
BackgroundDomestic violence (DV) is a serious and prevalent public health problem with devastating consequences for the victims and their families....
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Desistance from crime following substance use treatment: the role of treatment retention, social network and self-control
BackgroundReductions in crime are often reported following substance use treatment. We explore the relationship between desistance from crime,...
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Evaluation of Communities That Care—Effects on Municipal Youth Crime Rates in Victoria, Australia: 2010–2019
Internationally, youth crime is a significant social problem. Violent youth crime has been rising over the past decade in the state of Victoria,...
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The relationship between police contacts for drug use-related crime and future arrests, incarceration, and overdoses: a retrospective observational study highlighting the need to break the vicious cycle
BackgroundIndividuals with substance use disorder often encounter law enforcement due to drug use-related criminal activity. Traditional policing...
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Investigating the Poverty-Reducing Effects of SNAP on Non-nutritional Family Outcomes: A Sco** Review
Introduction/PurposePoverty-reduction efforts that seek to support households with children and enable healthy family functioning are vital to...
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Adolescent Family and Dating Violence and the Criminal Law Response
The criminal law response to adolescent family and dating violence is understudied in Australia. The aim of the present study was to examine the...
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Using National Incident-Based Reporting System Data to Explore Animal Cruelty Incidents that Occur with Intimate Partner and Family Violence: A Brief Report
PurposeThis brief report extends what is known about “the link” between animal cruelty and intimate partner violence (IPV) and family violence (FV)....
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The role of family doctors in the management of domestic violence cases – a qualitative study in Portugal
BackgroundDomestic violence leads to multiple health problems in victims and their families. Family doctors are in a particularly privileged position...