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How should the war on drugs be fought? Everyone seems to agree that the United States ought to us...

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Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric...

For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most conten...

Ballistic Imaging assesses the state of computer-based imaging technology in forensic firearms id...

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Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an...

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