+ Psychosocial Correlates of Dating Violence Victimization among Latino Youth
- Author:
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Howard, Donna E. / Beck, Kenneth / Kerr, Melissa Hallmark / Shattuck, Teresa
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Adolescence
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
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Dating, District of Columbia; Washington, Suicide, Victims of Crime, Weapons
A total of 446 Latino adolescents 14-19 years old completed the Identity Positive Youth Development Survey for Latino Youth for a study of physical dating violence victimization. Approximately 9%...
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+ Relationship between Substance Use, Drug Selling, and Lethal Violence in 25 Juvenile Murderers
- Author:
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McLaughlin C.R. / Daniel J. / Joost, T.F.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
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Age Group, Criminology, Homicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, CRIMINOLOGY, Crime Victims, HOMICIDE, Humans, male prisoners, risk factors, substance-related disorders, violence
This study, designed to ascertain the relationship between substance abuse, drug selling, and lethal violence in adolescent male homicide offenders and their victims, utilized data from criminal justice...
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+ Firearms Research and the Crime Drop
- Author:
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Rosenfeld, Richard
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Criminology & Public Policy
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Law Enforcement
- Keywords:
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CRIME, HOMICIDE, UNITED States, Victims
The article lines an explanation of the drop in firearms violence during the 1990s and lessons that should be learned to avoid an increase. Previously it has been argued that growth in police and imprisonment...
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+ 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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+ 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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+ Girls and weapons: an international study of the perpetration of violence
- Author:
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Erickson, P. G. / Butters, J. E. / Cousineau, M. M. / Harrison, L. / Korf, D.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- J Urban Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gender, Gun Carrying, International
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Crime Victims/statistics & numerical data, Female, Firearms/ statistics & numerical data
510 girls ages 14-17 in four cities (Amsterdam, Montreal, Philadelphia, and Toronto) were interviewed about their weapons-related behaviors. The highest percentage of girls who reported carrying a gun...
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+ Student Weapon Possession and the
- Author:
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Wilcox, Pamela / May, David C. / Roberts, Staci D.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, State, Students
- Keywords:
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American, FEAR of crime, FIREARMS owners, Kentucky, Schools, VICTIMS of crimes
Data from the Rural Substance Abuse and Violence Project, a study designed to examine individual and contextual factors that affect substance use, victimization, and offending among middle and high school...
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+ Homicide trends in the Mthatha area between 1993 and 2005
- Author:
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Meel BL
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- South African Medical Journal
- Topics:
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Homicide, International, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Male, Murder Victims, South Africa
The authors reviewed the records of 5,583 autopsies in Mthatha General Hospital, South Africa, of murder victims between 1993 and 2005. Among other things, they found that gunshot-related homicides more...
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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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+ The association between changes in household firearm ownership and rates of suicide in the United States, 1981-2002
- Author:
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D. / Hepburn, L. / Hemenway, D. / Lippmann, S. J.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Ownership, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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ALCOHOLISM, COHORT analysis, DRINKING of alcoholic beverages, SUICIDE victims, UNITED States
Suicide mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System were used to explore whether recent declines in household firearm prevalence...
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