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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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Misclassification of firearm-related violent crime in criminal legal system records: challenges and opportunities
BackgroundCriminal legal system data are one source for measuring some types of firearm-related harms, including those that do not necessarily result...
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Neighborhood Racial Composition and Unequal Exposure to Violent Crime in Everyday Contexts
Exposure to violence is a critical aspect of contemporary racial inequality in the United States. While extensive research has examined variations in...
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Unemployment and Crime in US Cities During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Unemployment and violence both increased during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States (US), but no studies to our knowledge have examined...
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Estimating exposure to neighborhood crime by race and ethnicity for public health research
BackgroundPolice-reported crime data (hereafter “crime”) is routinely used as a psychosocial stressor in public health research, yet few studies have...
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Trusted residents and housing assistance to decrease violence exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN): a strengths-based and community-driven stepped-wedge intervention to reduce gun violence
BackgroundWe describe the rationale and study design for “ TRU sted r Esidents and H ousing A ssistance to decrease V iolence E xposure in N ew Haven (TRUE...
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Whole-genome sequencing of artificial single-nucleotide variants induced by DNA degradation in biological crime scene traces
The aim of this study was to identify artificial single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) in degraded trace DNA samples. In a preliminary study, blood...
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“I would not wait for them to commit crime”: Cesare Lombroso’s criminal anthropology in Croatia
Croatia is a Central European and Mediterranean country with a long maritime border with Italy. Throughout history, it was not only goods but also...
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Identity of the numerous bloodstains at the murder scene: molecular identification of fly artifacts and fly species by CO1 analysis
Crime scenes may contain insect artifacts as well as samples of human origin. While the presence of insects can be important evidence in forensic...
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Risk factors associated with knife-crime in United Kingdom among young people aged 10–24 years: a systematic review
BackgroundSince 2013, the number of violent crimes and offences by sharp instruments have increased continually, following a previous decrease, with...
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Collection and storage of forensic evidence to enable subsequent reporting of a sexual crime to the police “Option 3”—an Irish experience
BackgroundSexual Assault Treatment Units (SATUs) provide holistic care, frequently including forensic examination, for people who disclose sexual...
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Rechtsmedizin im „forensischen Medienmarkt“
The “general public” is very interested in forensic medicine and as a result the discipline gets into the focus of the media market. Forensic...
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Situational and Victim Correlates of Increased Case Fatality Rates in Los Angeles Shootings, 2005–2021
The gun assault case fatality rate measures the fraction of shooting victims who die from their wounds. Considerable debate has surrounded whether...
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Observing the neighborhood multidimensionality and overweight in children of different developmental stages—the emergence of an unusual association
The present study examines whether the association of the neighborhood environment and overweight in children is moderated by age. This was a...
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The Effect of Gun-Free School Zones on Crimes Committed with a Firearm in Saint Louis, Missouri
There have been no peer-reviewed, quantitative research studies on the effectiveness of gun-free school zones. The objective of this study was to use...
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Experiences of evidence presentation in court: an insight into the practice of crime scene examiners in England, Wales and Australia
BackgroundThe ability to present complex forensic evidence in a courtroom in a manner that is fully comprehensible to all stakeholders remains...
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Do Religious Struggles Mediate the Association Between Neighborhood Disorder and Health in the United States?
Over the past two decades, numerous studies have linked the subjective experience of neighborhood disorder (perceptions of crime, dilapidation and...
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Alcohol use disorder as a risk factor for violent offending and reoffending in delinquent women with substance use disorders
Female gender is generally less associated with aggressive behavior and violent offending than male gender. Therefore, most studies on violence and...
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The clinical and cost-effectiveness of a Victim Improvement Package (VIP) for the reduction of chronic symptoms of depression or anxiety in older victims of common crime (the VIP trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
BackgroundOlder people are vulnerable to sustained high levels of psychosocial distress following a crime. A cognitive behavioural therapy...