+ The gender gap among teen survey respondents: why are boys more likely to report a gun in the home than girls?
- Author:
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Cook, P. J. / Sorenson, S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Ownership
- Keywords:
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Child, Family Health, Household Gun, Parent
The authors analyzed data from the California Health Interview Survey of 2001 that includes over 4,000 marital households. Both a parent and adolescent child (12-17 years old) were asked whether there...
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+ Gun carrying among male adolescents as a function of gun ownership in the general population
- Author:
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Wintemute, G. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Ann Emerg Med
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Gun Carrying, Ownership
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, gun suicide, prevalence of gun ownership
The author evaluated whether male adolescent gun carrying is positively associated with the prevalence of gun ownership in the general population, using state-level data on student gun carrying from the...
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+ Household Firearm Ownership and Suicide Rates in the United States
- Author:
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Epidemiology
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Homicide, Ownership, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Firearms, Ownership, Suicide, UNITED States
The authors used National Center for Health Statistics Mortality Files data for the nine regions and 50 states in the United States over a 10-year period (1988–1997) to examine the association between...
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+ Gun Culture and Symbolism Among U.K. and U.S. Women
- Author:
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Cooke, C.A / Puddifoot, J.E.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Social Psychology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, International, Ownership, Social Science.
- Keywords:
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Gun culture, attitudes, symbolism, young women
Using data generated from surveying 108 young women in the U.K. and 91in the United States, the authors explore the attitudes of these women toward the possession and use of guns, and the perceived functional...
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+ Child and Adolescent Suicide Deaths in New Mexico, 1990-1994
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Werenko, D.D. / Olson, L.M. / Fullerton-Gleason, L. / Lynch, A.W. / Zumwalt, R.E / Sklar, D.P.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Ownership, State, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Depression, Firearms, PREVENTION, Suicide, minorities
Using data from all medical examiner autopsies for adolescent suicides (ages 20 years and younger) in New Mexico from 1990-1994, the authors identified 184 suicide deaths of children and adolescents ages...
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+ Batterers' use of guns to threaten intimate partners
- Author:
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Rothman, E. F. / Hemenway, D. / Miller, M. / Azrael, D.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Am Med Womens Assoc
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gender, Ownership
- Keywords:
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Legislation & jurisprudence, Massachusetts, Ownership/legislation & jurisprudence/ statistics & numerical data, Risk Factors, Spouse Abuse
Data collected from over 8,000 males enrolled in a certified batterer intervention program in Massachusetts, 1999-2003, were analyzed in an investigation of gun ownership among batterers. Recent gun...
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+ TANF workers' responses to battered women and the impact of brief worker training - What survivors report
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Saunders, D. G. / Holter, M. C. / Pahl, L. C. / Tolman, R. M. / Kenna, C. E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Violence Against Women
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Education/Counseling, Gender, Legislation and Policy, Ownership
- Keywords:
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Domestic Abuse, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
The study reports the results of a program to increase the frequency with which Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF, welfare) caseworkers screen women clients for domestic violence. The authors...
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+ The Distribution of and Factors Associated With Intimate Terrorism and Situational Couple Violence Among a Population-Based Sample of Urban Women in the United States
- Author:
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Frye, Victoria / Manganello, Jennifer / Campbell, Jacquelyn C. / Walton-Moss, Benita / Wilt, Susan
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gender, Ownership, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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FAMILY violence, MENTAL health, MULTIVARIATE analysis, OFFENSES against the person, PSYCHOLOGY, Pathological
The authors analyzed data from interviews of 331 women from 11 U.S. cities who had been physically assaulted by a current or former partner within a two year period. Intimate terrorism was defined as...
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+ Are Household Firearms Stored Safely? It Depends on Whom You Ask
- Author:
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Azrael, D. / Miller, M. / Hemenway, D
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- BMJ: British Medical Journal
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Gender, Ownership, Storage
- Keywords:
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Children, Gun ownership, Household, gun storage
Using data from a nationally representative random digit-dial telephone survey conducted from March 1999 through July1999, the authors explore the accuracy of gun storage information provided by adults...
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+ Size of household firearm collections: Implications for subcultures and gender
- Author:
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Wyant, B. R. / Taylor, R. B.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Criminology
- Topics:
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Ethnicity, Gender, Ownership, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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The authors analyzed two national surveys on firearm ownership of randomly selected adults, aged 18 or older, within each household in the mid 1990’s. After taking demographics into consideration the...
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+ Gun Control Attitudes and the Criminal Justice Student: Do Differences Exist?
- Author:
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Payne, Brian K. / Riedel Jr, Robert
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- College Student Journal
- Topics:
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Ethnicity, Gender, Ownership, Students, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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GUN control, STUDENTS -- United States, UNITED States
The authors assessed the attitudes of students towards gun control, using a sample of 119 criminal justice majors and 135 students enrolled in general studies and interdisciplinary courses in a medium-sized...
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