+ 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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+ Firearm Availability and Suicide, Homicide, and Unintentional Firearm Deaths among Women
- Author:
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gun Carrying, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Accidents, Cross-Sectional Studies, Firearms, Suicide, UNITED States
The authors used pooled cross-sectional time series data from the National Center for Health Statistics and General Social Survey for the period 1988-1997 to examine whether measures of firearm availability...
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+ What We Know About Gun Use Among Adolescents
- Author:
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Wilkinson, Deanna L. / Fagan, Jeffrey
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Clinical Child & Family Psychology Review
- Topics:
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Adolescent, Crime, Gender, Gun Carrying, Homicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Male, Violence, firearms acquisition and use, interviews
The authors provide a useful review of studies that used school-based surveys or samples of high-risk youth to assess adolescents’ gun-related behavior over the 1990’s. The authors conclude that, although...
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+ Youth, Guns, and Violent Crime
- Author:
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Blumstein, Alfred
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Gun Carrying, Homicide, Law Enforcement, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Youth Violence, guns, juvenile delinquency, violent crime
The author examines the trends of homicide and robbery violence in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He notes that the increase in violence over that period was mostly because of...
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+ Employer Policies Toward Guns and the Risk of Homicide in the Workplace
- Author:
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Loomis, Dana / Marshall, Stephen W. / Ta, Myduc L.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, State
- Keywords:
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EMPLOYEES -- Attitudes, HOMICIDE, Violence, WORK environment
In North Carolina, 105 workplaces where a worker was a victim of homicide between 1994 and 1998 were identified and compared to randomly selected workplaces that were in operation at the time of the...
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+ Utility of indices of gun availability in the community
- Author:
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Shenassa, Edmond D. / Doskalakis, Constantine / Buka, Stephen L.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, Local, Suicide, Supply
- Keywords:
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CHICAGO (Ill.), FIREARMS & crime, FIREARMS accidents, HOMICIDE, Suicide
The study used data from 837 participants in the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods between the ages of 17 and 22, residing in 170 different “neighborhood clusters.” Data on suicides...
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+ Social trust, firearm prevalence, and homicide
- Author:
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Rosenfeld, R. / Baumer, E. / Messner, S. F.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Ann Epidemiol
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, Ownership
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Trust
This cross sectional study of approximately 100 clusters of U.S. counties explores the relationship between social trust, firearm prevalence and homicide. The authors find that places with low levels...
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+ Research in school shootings
- Author:
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Muschert GW
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Social and Personality Psychology Compass
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, Students, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Mass Media, Psychosocial Factors, SCHOOL violence, School Shootings, Typology
The author reviews the research on school shootings that has been done in a variety of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, and media studies. The various school shooting incidents are categorized,...
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+ The effect of nondiscretionary concealed weapon carrying laws on homicide
- Author:
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Hepburn L / Miller M / Azrael D / Hemenway D
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- J Trauma
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, concealed weapon carrying, trend
The authors examine the relationship between state laws that make it easier for civilians to obtain permits allowing them to carry concealed weapons and state level homicide rates. Data (1979–1998) for...
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+ Murder-suicide in New Hampshire, 1995-2000
- Author:
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Campanelli, C. / Gilson, T.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, Medical, State, Suicide
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Murder-suicide, Suicide
The authors examined Medical Examiner records from New Hampshire from October 1995 to October 2000 and report on the state’s murder-suicide incidence over this period. 16 events took place and accounted...
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+ Making Corporate and Criminal America Less Violent: Public Norms and Structural Reforms
- Author:
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Hagan, J. / Foster, H.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Contemporary Sociology
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, International, Legislation and Policy, Public Health, Public Opinion
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, gun control policy, gun violence, handguns, record checks, registration
The authors compare the gun control policies of the U.S. and Canada, arguing that Canada’s restrictive gun control policies as opposed to America’s permissive policies may explain why gun-related homicide...
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