+ Child and Adolescent Suicide Deaths in New Mexico, 1990-1994
- Author:
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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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+ Effectiveness of gun-safety counseling and a gun lock giveaway in a Hispanic community
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Carbone, P. S. / Clemens, C. J. / Ball, T. M.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Ethnicity, Ownership, Storage
- Keywords:
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Accident Prevention/ methods, Arizona/ethnology, COUNSELING, Child, HISPANIC Americans
At a predominantly (60%) Hispanic pediatric clinic, 151 gun-owning families were identified and participated in the study. Participants were divided into two groups: one received gun-safety counseling,...
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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
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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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+ Racial Differences in the Characteristics of Firearm Suicide Decedents in the United States
- Author:
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Joe, Sean / Marcus, Steven C. / Kaplan, Lark S.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
- Topics:
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Ethnicity, Ownership, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Black suicide, Mortality, Race
The authors analyzed data on suicide decedents from the 1993 National Mortality Feedback Survey, the most recent largest nationally representative survey of decedents’ next of kin. They found that Whites...
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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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+ 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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