Institutional violence and disability: punishing conditions

Gun violence, disability and recovery

Read online: Scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device to read online. The public health approach to the prevention of violence has been applied for almost the last 40 years. During this period, several studies have shown that in many countries where firearms are abundant and violence rates are high, the proportion of people dying because of firearms is high. Several studies have...

Initial Conditions , Institutional Dynamics and Economic Performance :

Using state-level data from the United States, we find that initial legal systems in territories originally settled by Great Britain – a common law country – and in territories originally settled by France, Spain, and Mexico and the Netherlands all civil law countries have persistent effects on the quality of contemporary institutions. In order to explain these findings, we develop a transplant...

Disability and child sexual abuse in institutional contexts

Disability and child sexual abuse in institutional contexts

Acute conditions; incidence and associated disability.