+ Gunshot fatalities in children and adolescents in New York City
- Author:
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Gill, J. R. / Lenz, K. A. / Amolat, M. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
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Age Group, Alcohol, Ethnicity, Homicide, Local
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Children, EPIDEMIOLOGY, drugs, gunshot wound
The authors examined the epidemiology and characteristics of all deaths from gunshot wounds for people younger than 19 years of age between 1996 and 2000 in New York using medical examiner’s reports...
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+ Pulling levers focused deterrence strategies and the prevention of gun homicide
- Author:
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Braga AA
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Crime, Ethnicity, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Local
- Keywords:
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Criminal Justice, Deterrence Intervention, Gang, Gun Homicide, Operation Peacekeeper
In the late 1990’s, the City of Stockton, CA implemented “Operation Peacekeeper,” a “pulling levers” focused deterrence intervention designed to reduce gun homicide in the city. This paper describes the...
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+ Homicide and suicide risks associated with firearms in the home: a national case-control study
- Author:
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Wiebe, D. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Ann Emerg Med
- Topics:
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Ethnicity, Gender, Homicide, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Method, case-control, gun, homicide at home, suicide at home
The author examined the effect of having a gun in the home on the likelihood for adults to be killed or to commit suicide, using data from the 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey and the 1994 National...
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