+ Acute traumatic injuries in rural populations
- Author:
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Peek-Asa C / Zwerling C / Stallones L
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Public Health, U.S./National, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Mortality, rural, unintentional injury, urban
The authors assess the factors that contribute to differences in rates and patterns of injury among rural and urban populations, using 2001 data from federal agencies. The unintentional injury mortality...
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+ Reassessing who contributed most to the decline in violence during the 1990s: A reminder that size does matter
- Author:
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Rennison, Callie Marie / Planty, Mike
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Violence and Victims
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Ethnicity, Gender, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CRIME, fatal violence, firearm violence, nonfatal violence, young Black urban males
Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, including approximately 200,000 interviews annually, were used to examine the trends in nonfatal, serious violence from 1994 through 2001. Firearms...
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+ Policing Guns and Youth Violence
- Author:
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Fagan, Jeffrey
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Law Enforcement, Urban Environments, Youth Violence, gun crimes
The author reviewed case studies of 8 cities’ efforts to police gun crime, ranging from police-citizen partnerships to address youth violence or aggressive enforcement against young suspects of even minor...
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+ Driving-induced Stress in Urban College Students
- Author:
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Rasmussen, C / Knapp, T.J. / Garner, L.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Driving-induced stress, guns, urban college students
Four hundred seven (407) urban college student commuters enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas were surveyed about their experiences with stress induced by driving. 23.6% of participants reported...
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+ Community Firearms, Community Fear
- Author:
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Miller, M / Azrael, D./ / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Epidemiology
- Topics:
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Ethnicity, Gender, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Social Science.
- Keywords:
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Fear, Firearms, Gender, PSYCHOLOGY, Race, guns, race, risk, urban environment
Using data generated from a nationally representative random digit-dial telephone survey, the authors examine how perceptions of safety are influenced as more people in a community acquire firearms. 51%...
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+ The Legal Context of School Violence: The Effectiveness of Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Efforts to Reduce Gun Violence in Schools
- Author:
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Redding, Richard E. / Shalf, Sarah M.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Law & Policy
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, Prevention
- Keywords:
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SCHOOL violence, Safety, bullying, rural/urban, students
The authors survey current and proposed legislation at the federal, state, and local level aimed at reducing gun violence in schools. While urban and inner-city youth claim to have easier access to weapons...
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+ Urban-Rural Shifts in Intentional Firearm Death: Different Causes, Same Results
- Author:
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Branas CC / Nance ML / Elliott MR / Richmond TS / Schwab CW
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Suicide, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Suicide, firearm, rural/urban
The authors examined intentional firearm deaths by urbanicity using federal data from 1989-99. While the most rural and most urban counties had similar rates of intentional firearm deaths, the rural ones...
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+ Violent injuries among adolescents: Declining morbidity and mortality in an urban population
- Author:
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Cheng, T. L. / Wright, J. L. / Fields, C. B. / Brenner, R. A. / O'Donnell, R. / Schwarz, D. / Scheidt, P. C. / Ne, D. C. Child Adolescent Injury Res
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Annals of Emergency Medicine
- Topics:
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Homicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, HOMICIDE, urban
The authors reviewed hospital, medical examiner and vital records data for youth 10-19 years old living in Washington D.C., from 1989-1998. Firearm injury accounted for 4% of all injuries, 22% of all...
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+ Controlling the Environment to Prevent Suicide: International Perspectives
- Author:
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Leenaars, A. / Cantor,C. / Connolly, J. / EchoHawk, M. / Gailiene, D. / He, Z. X. / Kokorina, N. / Lester, D. / Lopatin, A.A. / Rodriguez, M. / Schlebusch, L., Takahashi, Y., Vijayakumar, L., Wenckstern, S.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie
- Topics:
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International, Legislation and Policy, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Fear, Firearms, Gender, PSYCHOLOGY, Race, guns, risk, urban environment
The authors review attempts at suicide prevention in different parts of the world, concluding that restricting access to means of committing suicide, a concept known as “controlling the environment”,...
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+ Gun deaths in rural and urban settings: recommendations for prevention
- Author:
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Dresang, L. T.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- J Am Board Fam Pract
- Topics:
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Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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Handgun, Physician, gun type, rural/urban
Six years of mortality data from Washington State were analyzed to compare rural and urban gun deaths by gun type and intent. Rural areas had a higher percentage of gun deaths from long guns, as well...
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