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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"concealed weapons"”.
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Fear as a predictor of firearm ownership and concealed weapons permits in Clark County, Nevada
… relationship between fear and the issuance of concealed weapons permits, were posited. Data for the number of registered firearms and issued concealed weapons permits were obtained from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Firearms Detail and CCW Detail. Criminal incidents involving …
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An Analysis of the Correlation Between the Attitude, Belief, Opinion, and Demographic Components of Voluntary Forfeiture of One's Fourth Amendment Constitutional Right in Order to Permit Police Officers the use of New Concealed Weapons Detection Technology
… rights to permit the use of the new Concealed Weapons Detection Technology ("CWDT"). The new CWDT, as described in this study is capable of performing hands-off, non-intrusive body searches for contraband such as plastic explosives, drugs, and concealed weapons, specifically concealed …
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A 77GHz power amplifier in silicon germanium BiCMOS technology
… imaging applications such as vehicular radar and concealed weapons detection. Recent advances in silicon processes offer a new means of implementing cost-effective millimeter-wave integrated circuits, a field previously dominated by III-V semiconductors. By moving towards silicon, millimeter-wave …
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Digital phase tightening for improved spatial resolution in millimeter-wave imaging systems
… for the possibilities of vehicular radar and concealed weapons detection. By using silicon technology, the integration of millimeter-wave circuits can reach new levels that were previously impossible. This thesis discusses the challenge and design of a mm-wave imaging system using a technique …
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Control of Violence, Control of Fear: The Progression of Gun Control in San Francisco, 1847-1923
… opinions. From the first ban on discharging weapons in San Francisco to the first concealed weapons ban, San Franciscans examined their relationship with firearms in the rapidly growing city. As the Chinese population increased, the gun control discourse shifted to include the perceived …
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An Investigation Of The Unintended Consequences Of Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law And Leadership’s Role In Both Implementing The Law And Revising It
… homicides, and the exponential increase in concealed carry permits. The intent of this qualitative research study was to inspire the leadership of the state of Florida to actively support and participate in reexamining, reassessing, and revising the Stand Your Ground Law. The literature …
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Solid-State Terahertz And Millimeter-Wave Electronics: Reaching The Fundamental Limits
… efficient imaging and spectroscopy. Detection of concealed weapons, cancer diagnosis, food quality control, and breath analyses for disease diagnosis are among many examples that will rapidly flourish if compact and on-chip terahertz systems are realized. There are few implementations of terahertz …
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Essays in public policy and social outcomes in Brazil
… impact of a Brazilian law that first prohibited concealed carry and then provided a referendum asking voters whether guns should also be banned in the country. It exploits the abrupt change that prohibited all citizens to carry guns to identify the effects of this law on crimes and to understand …