The uprise of gun violence in the United States: consequences of a dual pandemic

M Schellenberg, A Walters - Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the anti-Black racism movement have
produced a social environment in the United States in recent years where interpersonal …

Disorder policing to reduce crime: An updated systematic review and meta‐analysis

AA Braga, C Schnell, BC Welsh - Criminology & Public Policy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary Broken windows theory suggests that police can prevent
serious crime by addressing social and physical disorder in neighborhoods. In many US …

Did De-policing contribute to the 2020 homicide spikes?

DY Kim - Police practice and research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Some scholars claimed that a reduction in proactive enforcement, in the wake of the
pandemic and George Floyd's death, caused the levels of homicide to increase across US …

Social and structural determinants of community firearm violence and community trauma

SAL Buggs, ND Kravitz-Wirtz… - The ANNALS of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The adverse impacts of community firearm violence in the US are unequally felt across
geographic and various sociodemographic segments of our population. Researchers …

Socioeconomic Consequences of Corruption and Financial Crimes

DA Kulmie, MD Hilif, MS Hussein - International Journal of …, 2023 - econjournals.com.tr
Corruption and financial crimes are major obstacles to the socioeconomic development of
many countries in the world. This study employed descriptive research design to assess the …

Privately manufactured firearms, newly purchased firearms, and the rise of urban gun violence

AA Braga, LM Barao, GJ Wintemute, S Valle… - Preventive …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gun violence in many US cities increased dramatically after the commencement of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Surges in criminal access to untraceable privately manufactured …

Impact of social and institutional indicators on the homicide rate in Ecuador: An analysis using advanced time series techniques

A Vásquez, R Alvarado, B Tillaguango, C Işık… - Social Indicators …, 2023 - Springer
Over the last three decades, Ecuador has shifted from being one of the most violent
countries in Latin America to being one of the safest countries. Recently, however, it became …

Understanding the Scope of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples: A Longitudinal Examination of the Understudied Population of Indigenous Males in Arizona

KA Fox, KA Stanek, CL Harvey, C Sharp… - Homicide …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
National attention has recently shed light on a crisis surrounding Missing and Murdered
Indigenous people (MMIP). Indigenous women and girls are murdered and missing …

Changing epidemiology of firearm injury: a cohort study of non-fatal firearm victimisation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Indianapolis, Indiana

LA Magee, B Lucas, JD Fortenberry - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To examine victimisation rates, geographic patterns and neighbourhood
characteristics associated with non-fatal firearm injury rates before and during the COVID-19 …

Increases in adolescent firearm injuries were associated with school closures during COVID-19

JN Bliton, J Paul, AD Smith, RG Duran, R Sola Jr… - Injury, 2023 - Elsevier
Background: Mitigation measures, including school closures, were enacted to protect the
public during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the negative effects of mitigation measures …