+ Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Public Health Approach
- Author:
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Cukier, W.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Brown Journal of World Affairs
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gun Carrying, Homicide, International, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Arms control, ILLEGAL arms transfers, International cooperation, PUBLIC health -- International cooperation
The author summarizes the global burden of firearms involved in murder, suicide and accidents, both in terms of human lives lost, as well as regarding economic, social and political conditions. The author...
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+ Cross-national study of fighting and weapon carrying as determinants of adolescent injury
- Author:
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Pickett, W. / Craig, W. / Harel, Y. / Cunningham, J. / Simpson, K. / Molcho, M. / Mazur, J. / Dostaler, S. / Overpeck, M. D. / Currie, C. E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Gun Carrying, International, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, International, Violence, Weapon carrying, Wounds & Injuries
As part of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey, 24,750 children in 7 countries (Belgium, Estonia, Irael, Latvia, Macedonia, Portugal and the United States) were surveyed about their weapon...
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+ Seen but not heard: Child soldiers suing gun manufacturers under the alien tort claims act
- Author:
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Morisseau N
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Cornell Law Review
- Topics:
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Age Group, International, Legislation and Policy, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Children, International, law, protection
The author examines how the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), as an instrument of international law, can allow child soldiers to hold weapons manufacturers accountable for the increased armed conflicts caused...
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+ Age patterns of suicide and homicide mortality rates in high-income nations
- Author:
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Pampel, F. C. / Williamson, J. B.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Social Forces
- Topics:
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Age Group, international suicide
- Keywords:
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International, Suicide
The authors, using aggregate data on 18 nations from 1955 to 1994, find that homicide and suicide rates in the U.S. and other high-income nations have risen, both in absolute terms and for younger relative...
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+ Young People's Attitudes Towards Guns in America, Great Britain, and Western Australia
- Author:
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Cooke CA
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Aggressive Behavior
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, International, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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International, Ownership, Youth, protection, right
The author examined young people’s attitudes towards the possession and use of firearms in the U.S.A., Great Britain, and Western Australia. Data came from the Attitude Toward Gun Scale short self-completion...
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+ Response to Bernard E, Harcourt's on gun registration, the NRA, Adolf Hitler, and Nazi gun laws: Exploding the gun culture wars (a call to historians)
- Author:
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Homsher D
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Fordham Law Review
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Social Science
- Keywords:
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International, Legislation, policy
This is a brief discussion of an article by Bernard Harcourt at the symposium dealing with the argument that in Nazi Germany, gun registration policies facilitated the annihilation of the nation’s Jews...
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+ Firearm availability and homicide rates across 26 high-income countries
- Author:
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Hemenway, D. / Miller, M.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection and Critical Care
- Topics:
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Homicide, International, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Firearms, HOMICIDE, International, guns
Data reported by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was used by the authors to examine whether a relationship between gun availability and homicide exists across developed nations...
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+ ARMED AMERICANS: THE IMPACT OF FIREARM AVAILABILITY ON NATIONAL HOMICIDE RATES
- Author:
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Hoskin, Anthony W.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- JQ: Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
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Homicide
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, International
This study compares household gun ownership levels for 1990, with the average homicide rates for 1990-1994, across 36 high- and medium- income countries. It uses a validated measure of gun ownership...
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+ Managing the Global Problems Created by the Conventional Arms Trade: An Assessment of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
- Author:
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Laurance, Edward J. / Wagenmakers, Hendrik / Wulf, Herbert
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Global Governance
- Topics:
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International, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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FIREARMS industry & trade, INTERNATIONAL relations, Register of Conventional Arms, United Nations, cooperative security
The United Nations Register of Conventional Arms was assessed in terms of its capabilities to serve as a transparency and confidence-building measure and its contribution to the management and global...
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+ Towards collation and modelling of the global cost of armed violence on civilians
- Author:
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Taback, N. / Coupland, R.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Med Confl Surviv
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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International, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Human Rights Abuses, International, PUBLIC health, Victims, Violence
The authors propose and test a methodology for translating global media reports of armed conflict into quantitative data. Variables include the broad type and number of weapons involved (firearm vs. explosive),...
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+ Gunning for the world
- Author:
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Morton, David
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Foreign Policy
- Topics:
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International, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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AUSTRALIA, FIREARMS ownership, INTERNATIONAL law, LOBBYING, NATIONAL Rifle Association of America.
The author reviewed the international activities of the National Rifle Association (NRA), including assisting pro-gun campaigns in Brazil, Australia, and Canada and lobbying at the United Nations. The...
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