Please do NOT plagiarize, the Professor checks. MLA citations in-text and a Works Cited page are required.
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1. in a few sentences, explain what an abstract is and what key pieces of information you can expect to extract from one

2) For this item, please refer to the following abstract of a study conducted by Webster, Crisafi, and Vernick (2014): 
/0x4*p>In the USA, homicide is a leading cause of death for young males and a major cause of racial disparities in life expectancy for men. There are intense debate and little rigorous research on the effects of firearm sales regulation on homicides. This study estimates the impact of Missouri’s 2007 repeal of its permit-to-purchase (PTP) handgun law on states’ homicide rates and controls for changes in poverty, unemployment, crime, incarceration, policing levels, and other policies that could potentially affect homicides. Using death certificate data available through 2010, the repeal of Missouri’s PTP law was associated with an increase in annual firearm homicides rates of 1.09 per 100,000 (+23 %) but was unrelated to changes in non-firearm homicide rates. Using Uniform Crime Reporting data from police through 2012, the law’s repeal was associated with increased annual murders rates of 0.93 per 100,000 (+16 %). These estimated effects translate to increases of between 55 and 63 homicides per year in Missouri.

What did the authors set out to do in this study? What did they find? In this case, use your own words. Do not simply re-write sentences in the abstract. 

 

3) For this item, refer to the abstract of a study of firearm laws conducted by Siegal et al (2017):

Objectives. To examine the relation of “shall-issue” laws, in which permits must be issued if requisite criteria are met; “may-issue” laws, which give law enforcement officials wide discretion over whether to issue concealed permits or not; and homicide rates. Methods. We compared homicide rates in shall-issue and may-issue states and total, firearm, nonfirearm, handgun, and long-gun homicide rates in all 50 states during the 25-year period of 1991 to 2015. We included year and state fixed effects and numerous state-level factors in the analysis. Results. Shall-issue laws were significantly associated with 6.5% higher total homicide rates, 8.6% higher firearm homicide rates, and 10.6% higher handgun homicide rates, but were not significantly associated with long-gun or nonfirearm homicide. Conclusions. Shall-issue laws are associated with significantly higher rates of total, firearm-related, and handgun-related homicide.

In this study, the authors sought to understand the associations among two types of gun regulation laws (“shall-issue” and “may-issue”) and homicide rates. To the best of your ability, explain in your own words how the authors sought to understand the associations, if any. Then, explain in your own words what associations existed, if any. 

 

 

4) For this item, refer once again to Siegel et al (2017):

Objectives. To examine the relation of “shall-issue” laws, in which permits must be issued if requisite criteria are met; “may-issue” laws, which give law enforcement officials wide discretion over whether to issue concealed permits or not; and homicide rates. Methods. We compared homicide rates in shall-issue and may-issue states and total, firearm, nonfirearm, handgun, and long-gun homicide rates in all 50 states during the 25-year period of 1991 to 2015. We included year and state fixed effects and numerous state-level factors in the analysis. Results. Shall-issue laws were significantly associated with 6.5% higher total homicide rates, 8.6% higher firearm homicide rates, and 10.6% higher handgun homicide rates, but were not significantly associated with long-gun or nonfirearm homicide. Conclusions. Shall-issue laws are associated with significantly higher rates of total, firearm-related, and handgun-related homicide.

True or False: The data show that “shall-issue” laws cause higher rates of handgun-related homicides? ( IS THIS TRUE OR FALSE?)

 

5) For this item, refer to the full article written by Webster, Crifasi, and Vernick (2014) (Links to an external site.). 

1. What did the authors find in 2008, the first full year after Missouri repealed its permit-to-purchase licensing law? (15)
2. According to the authors, what are permit-to-purchase (PTP) laws? What are they designed to do? (15)
3. Webster, Crifasi, and Vernick offer a caution about these findings and what should be done next (by lawmakers and supporters of increased gun regulations). Explain the nature of that warning. (15)

 

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I’m trying to study for my English course and I need some help to understand this question.
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Adam’s powers as the Anti-Christ finally realize themselves and the apocalypse begins. On the following pages, we get glimpses of Adam’s character:

• pgs 230-231
• pgs 310-312
• pgs 371-373

In at least three paragraphs, describe what Adam’s character is like in these pages using examples from the text to support your point.

To get the 10 points for the Quiz #10, discuss the following:

1. On page 372, everyone is expecting the Devil to show up. However, on page 373, Mr. Young shows up instead. He tells Adam to, “Come back here this instant!” but the text then says, “Adam seldom did what his father wanted” (page 373). That line has an incredible amount of weight for the text and can refer both to Adam’s character and to recurring themes within the text. What is the significance of that last line? (How does it provide insight into Adam’s character? How does it refer to themes? Hint: Which father is it referring to?)

The PDF Book attached to the file.

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