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 …

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 …

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Risk Factors of Violence During First-Episode Psychosis

S Youn, AE Watson, BL Guadagno… - … Violence, & Abuse, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
Most people with a psychotic illness will never be violent; however, it is widely known that
violence is more prevalent in this group compared to the general community, particularly …

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 …

Understanding Nursing Workplace Violence Trends for Safer Clinical Oncology Settings.

SS Christensen, C Snyder… - Clinical journal of …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
BACKGROUND: Workplace violence (WPV) against nursing professionals by patients and
visitors occurs frequently, and rates of WPV increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. All …

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 …