+ Early violent death among delinquent youth: A prospective longitudinal study
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Teplin, L. A. / McClelland, G. M. / Abram, K. M. / Mileusnic, D.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Link to Published Abstract
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Homicide, Local
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Adolescent, Chicago, Health disparities, Juvenile Justice, Mortality
This study examines the prevalence of death by age 24 among 1,829 youth (aged 10-18 years) who were in the juvenile justice system in Chicago. The death rate was then compared to the death rate for youth...
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+ Gunshot fatalities in children and adolescents in New York City
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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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+ Rates of Household Firearm Ownership and Homicide across US Regions and States, 1988-1997
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Local, Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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FIREARMS ownership, HOMICIDE, OFFENSES against the person, UNITED States, VIOLENT crimes
The authors used cross-sectional time series data from the National Center for Health Statistics and General Social Survey for the period 1988-1997 to examine the association between household firearm...
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+ Problem Solving and Youth Violence: an Evaluation of the Boston Gun Project
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Piehl, A.M. / Kennedy, D.M. / Braga, A.A.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- American Law and Economics Review
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Local
- Keywords:
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Firearm trafficking, HOMICIDE, Problem Solving, youth violence.
The authors evaluate the impact of the Boston Gun Project, a partnership between researchers, criminal justice and other practitioners, aimed at reducing homicide victimization among youths in the city...
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+ Block observations of neighbourhood physical disorder are associated with neighbourhood crime, firearm injuries and deaths, and teen births
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Wei, E. / Hipwell, A. / Pardini, D. / Beyers, J. M. / Loeber, R.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Local, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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CRIME, HOMICIDE, Neighborhoods, Physical disorders, Pittsburg
For Pittsburgh 1998-2000, the authors measured the physical disorder in 82 neighborhoods through observations (e.g., 13% of blocks had abandoned cars, 64% had litter or broken glass). After controlling...
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+ The strategic prevention of gun violence among gang-involved offenders
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Braga AA / Pierce GL / McDevitt J / Bond BJ / Cronin S
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
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Crime, Ethnicity, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Local
- Keywords:
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Deterrence Techniques, Gang, Gang Violence, Intervention Strategy, Policing strategies
“Pulling levers” policing strategies to reduce gang violence, and gang-related gun violence in particular, are increasingly common. This paper evaluates the effect of an intervention that employed “pulling...
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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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+ The case for enhanced data collection of gun type
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Richmond TS / Branas CC / Cheney RA / Schwab CW
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- J Trauma
- Topics:
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Criminology, Homicide, Local, Public Health, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Injury, handguns, wound
The authors examined the association between the type of gun used in crimes and injury occurrence. Using data on gun fatalities over a 5-year period in three communities from medical examiner reports,...
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+ Firearm Use, Injury, and Lethality in Assaultive Violence: An Examination of Ethnic Differences
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Nielsen, Amie L. / Martinez, Jr Ramiro / Rosenfeld, Richard
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Homicide Studies
- Topics:
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Ethnicity, Homicide, Local
- Keywords:
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ETHNICITY, Florida, HISPANIC Americans, MIAMI, Violence
Data from the Miami Police Department on aggravated assaults and assault-related homicide occurring in 1996 and 1997 were analyzed in an evaluation of ethnic differences in firearm use, injury, and lethality...
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+ Utility of indices of gun availability in the community
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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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+ Firearm death rates and association with level of firearm purchase background check
- Author:
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Sunmer SA / Layde PM / Guse CE
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- Topics:
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Homicide, Law Enforcement, Local, Ownership, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Background Check, Federal Agency, Firearm Purchase, Local Agencies
The authors used data from each state for 2002-04. After taking into consideration the state robbery rate, poverty, alcohol consumption, urbanization, divorce rate and other variables, they found lower...
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