Adjunct Associate Professor Philip Alpers
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Adjunct Associate Professor PO Box 727
Phone: +61 2 9036 3479 |
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Research InterestsFirearm-related injury, gun violence, small arms proliferation, firearm suicide, unintentional gun deaths and injury, guns in family violence, gun control, firearm laws and regulation, licensing and registration. |
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Books Alpers P. Gun-Running in Papua New Guinea: from arrows to assault weapons in the Southern Highlands. Special Report No. 5. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, July 2005. Alpers P. and Twyford C. Small Arms in the Pacific. Occasional Paper No. 8. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, March 2003. Peer Reviewed/Refereed Journal Articles Alpers P. Papua New Guinea: Small Numbers, Big Fuss, Real Results. Inconspicuous Disarmament: Systematic Destruction of Surplus Weapons and Ammunition. Aaron Karp(Ed). Contemporary Security Policy. 2008;29(1);151-74. Chapman S, Alpers P, Agho K, Jones M. Australia's 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings. Injury Prevention 2006: Volume 12, pages:365-72,. (http://press.psprings.co.uk/) Cantor C, Mullen P. and Alpers P. Mass Homicide: the civil massacre. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law 2000;28(1):55-63. Cantor C, Sheehan P, Alpers P. and Mullen P. 'Media and Mass Homicides.' Archives of Suicide Research, Vol. 5, pp. 283-90. 1999. Alpers P. and Walters R. 'Firearms Theft in New Zealand: Lessons for Crime and Injury Prevention.' Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology,1998;31(1):85-95. Other publications Alpers P. Arc of Crisis: Can Journalists Affect the Course of War? conference Covering Conflict: the Media at War. Graduate School of Journalism`s Western Knight Centre for Specialised Journalism Training, University of California at Berkeley, California, 19 March 2004. Muggah R. and Alpers P. Small Arms Distribution and Impacts in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Policy briefing. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, June 2004. Alpers, P. Gun Violence, Crime and Politics in the Southern Highlands: Community Interviews and a Guide to Military-style Small Arms in Papua New Guinea. Background paper. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, December 2004. Muggah R. and Alpers P. Reconsidering Small Arms in the Solomon Islands. Policy briefing. Geneva: Small Arms Survey, August 2003. Alpers P. and Sugarmann J. Gold Medal Gunslingers: Combat Shooting Targets the Olympic Games. Washington, DC: Violence Policy Center, July 1999. Book chapters Alpers P. Papua New Guinea: Small Numbers, Big Fuss, Real Results. In: The Politics of Destroying Surplus Small Arms: Inconspicuous Disarmament. Ed Aaron Karp. 2009. New York: Routledge. Alpers P. Gun-Running in Papua New Guinea: From Arrows to Assault Weapons in Henderson J. and Watson G (eds), Securing a Peaceful Pacific. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2005, pp.475-78. Alpers P, Twyford C. and Muggah R. Trouble in Paradise: Small Arms in the Pacific in Small Arms Survey 2004: Rights at Risk. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 277-307. Editorials Chapman S, Alpers P Tight gun controls the most powerful weapon. Sydney Morning herald April 27, 2006 Alpers P. Memo to PM: Howard a Fan of Gun Control. Toronto Star (Toronto), Op-Ed, 19 May 2006 Alpers P. Yes, Americans are often shot - and so are many others. Inj Prev 2002;8:262. |
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