+ Restraining Orders in California
- Author:
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Sorenson, Susan B. / Haikang, Shen
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Violence Against Women
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Ethnicity, Gender, Law Enforcement, State
- Keywords:
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AFRICAN American women, California, RESTRAINING orders, Victims, WOMEN -- Crimes against
In 2003, there were 227,941 active restraining orders against adults in California; most were for domestic violence. Although state law prohibits the purchase or possession of a firearm by persons against...
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+ Do law restricting access to firearms by domestic violence offenders prevent intimate partner homicide?
- Author:
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Vigdor, Elizabeth Richardson / Mercy, James A.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Evaluation Review
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gender, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CONFISCATIONS, CRIME, FAMILY violence, FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, HOMICIDE
The authors examined counts of intimate partner homicides by state from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Supplementary Homicide Report files for the years 1982 through 2002 in order to analyze the...
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+ Intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
- Author:
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Mathews S / Abrahams N / Jewkes R / Martin LJ / Lombard C
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Bull World Health Organ
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gender, Homicide, International, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Adult, African Continental Ancestry Group, Autopsy, Crime Victims
The authors randomly sampled mortality data from 25 mortuaries across South Africa to identify all homicides committed in 1999 of women over 13 years of age. Among other things, they found that suicide...
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