Does 'Right-to-Carry' Lead to More Crime?
For decades, gun rights supporters and foes have debated whether laws that allow more people to have guns create an environment where less crime is committed. According to a recently released Stanford University and Johns Hopkins University study, ―Our analysis of admittedly imperfect gun aggravated assaults provides suggestive evidence that ―Right to Carry‖ laws may be associated with large increases in this crime, perhaps increasing gun assaults by almost 33 percent,‖ researchers wrote.
Researchers expanded on a 2004 National Research Council study that covered county-level crime data between 1977 and 2000, adding in six additional years of county information and state-level data from 1979- 2010.
Read the full study HERE
Four Factors That Predict Gun Violence According to new research from Vanderbilt University, mental health conditions are far less likely to be predictors of gun violence than:
Drug and alcohol use History of violence
Access to firearms Personal relationship stress
In the study, authors say that today‘s common assumptions about gun violence and mass shootings are wrong, including the belief that:
Mental illness causes gun violence Psychiatric diagnosis can predict gun crime before it happens
U.S. mass-shootings ―prove‖ that Americans should fear mentally ill loners
Because of the complex psychiatric histories of mass-shooters, gun control ―won‘t prevent‖ mass shootings
They state in the report that all four beliefs are understandable—though incorrect—assumptions reinforced in the wake of tragedies such as Sandy Hook Elementary two years ago, and other well-known instances of gun violence. In addition, authors say that the focus on mental illness after such ―statistically rare, mass shootings‖ misdirects the conversation. Rather, the focus should be on everyday gun violence.
The paper, “Mental Illness, Mass Shootings and the Politics of American Firearms,” will publish in the February issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
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http://news.vanderbilt.edu Read more
How to Fire an Employee With Dignity and Respect
Would you rather get your teeth drilled or fire that problem employee?
It is easily the most painful part of the employment process. The case law of employment claims is ripe with horrible stories of terminations gone wrong.
Here are ten guidelines which can help to make the tooth drilling process a little easier — both for you and the terminated individual: 1. Take as much time to fire as you did to hire. 2. Fire the employee for what they admit to have done,
3. Use a team to deliver the news.
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http://www.tlnt.com Read more
Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance Policies
Rarely has a phrase been so well-intentioned yet so fraught with pitfalls as ―zero tolerance.‖ Policy makers and bureaucrats alike will drag out the ―zero tolerance‖ phrase to communicate that ―this time we‘re serious‖ as a response to whichever issue is gaining media attention at the moment. I believe that ―zero tolerance‖ is the easy way out for lazy thinkers, for those who can only operate within the black and white, and are incapable of or unwilling to consider facts and context in order to initiate a fair response for which they should be accountable.
―Zero tolerance‖ policies are especially dangerous in the employment context. Employers should take serious issues seriously, but should be confident enough in their ability to manage employees in the context in which they live and work. Sometimes clichés tell the truth – in this case, justice must not just be done but must be seen to be done. And there is often no justice in ―zero tolerance.‖
Source:
http://blog.firstreference.com/ Read more
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