+ Reductions In Firearm-Related Mortality And Hospitalizations In Brazil After Gun Control
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de Souza, Maria de Fátima Marinho / Macinko, James / Alencar, Airlane Pereira / Malta, Deborah Carvalho / de Morais Neto, Otaliba Libânio
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Health Affairs
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Brazil, GUN control
In October 2003, Brazil passed laws making it illegal to own unregistered guns, to carry guns outside one’s home or business, to sell guns without a background check, and to buy a gun before the age of...
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+ An Effective Response to Teenage Crime is Possible - and Cities Are Showing the Way.
- Author:
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Levin, J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Law-Related Educational
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Students
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Schools, Weapons, Youth Violence, homicide prevention
Against the backdrop of a violent shooting on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School, in which 12 students and a teacher were killed and 24 others injured, the author reviews trends in homicide rates...
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+ Reducing homicide: A review of the possibilities
- Author:
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Brookman, F. / Maguire, M.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Crime Law and Social Change
- Topics:
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Alcohol, Domestic Violence, Homicide, International, Prevention, Supply
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, PREVENTION, SUPPLY, United Kingdom, illegal possession
Using data from the Homicide Index, international research on homicide, and crime reduction literature, the authors explore the potential for reducing homicide. Four categories of homicide are analyzed...
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+ Aiming for evidence-based gun policy
- Author:
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Cook, P. J. / Ludwig, J.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Prevention
- Keywords:
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Evidence, PREVENTION, Social policy, Violence
The authors reviewed evidence that indicates the likely effectiveness of some initiatives designed to reduce gun violence. The most effective policies to reduce gun violence cannot be determined definitively,...
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+ A Public Health Approach to Regulating Firearms as Consumer Products
- Author:
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Vernick, J.S. / Teret, S.P. / Hall, A.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Consumer-product regulation, Firearms, public health approach
The authors highlight the similarities and differences between firearms and other consumer products, noting that firearms are specifically designed to injure or kill. The authors point out that while...
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+ Intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
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Mathews S / Abrahams N / Jewkes R / Martin LJ / Lombard C
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Bull World Health Organ
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gender, Homicide, International, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Adult, African Continental Ancestry Group, Autopsy, Crime Victims
The authors randomly sampled mortality data from 25 mortuaries across South Africa to identify all homicides committed in 1999 of women over 13 years of age. Among other things, they found that suicide...
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+ Firearm legislation reform in the European Union: impact on firearm availability, firearm suicide and homicide rates in Austria
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Kapusta, N. D. / Etzersdorfer, E. / Krall, C. / Sonneck, G.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Br J Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Homicide, International, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Austria, Restrict
The authors examined suicide and homicide rates in Austria before and after a more restrictive firearm law came into effect in 1997. Firearm licenses were increasing before passage of the law and decreased...
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+ Gun laws and sudden death - Did the Australian firearms legislation of 1996 make a difference?
- Author:
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Baker, J. / McPhedran, S.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- British Journal of Criminology
- Topics:
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Homicide, International, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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AUSTRALIA, Buy-back, Laws, Long-arms, death
The authors analyzed homicide, suicide and accidental deaths before and after a 1996 national buy-back of long arms and tightening of legislation. When deaths after 1996 were compared with the numbers...
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+ Would banning firearms reduce murder and suicide?
- Author:
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Kates, Don B. / Mauser, Gary
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
- Topics:
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Homicide, International, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Firearm ban
The authors reviewed evidence from a variety of international sources on the impact banning firearms has had on reducing murder and suicide. They argue that there is a lack of evidence that large numbers...
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+ Homicide and Suicide Rates Associated With Implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
- Author:
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Ludwig, J. / Cook, P.J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of the American Medical Association
- Topics:
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Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Brady Act, HOMICIDE, Handgun, PREVENTION, Suicide, Violence, rates
Vital statistics data in the United States for 1985 through 1997 from the National Center for Health Statistics were used to determine whether implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act,...
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