+ Keeping children safe around guns: Pitfalls and promises
- Author:
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Hardy, Marjorie S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Aggression & Violent Behavior
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Education/Counseling, Legislation and Policy, Prevention
- Keywords:
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CHILDREN & death, CHILDREN -- Wounds & injuries, DEATH -- Causes, HEALTH
The author reviewed the more commonly used approaches designed to prevent firearm violence and unintentional injury and examine their effectiveness. The approaches reviewed included legislative reform,...
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+ Reductions In Firearm-Related Mortality And Hospitalizations In Brazil After Gun Control
- Author:
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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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+ Reducing gun carrying by youth
- Author:
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Ash, P. / Kellerman, A. L.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
- Topics:
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Adolescent, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Prevention
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Gun carrying, HOMICIDE
The author reviewed measures aimed at reducing gun carrying and gun-related deaths among teenagers that have been particularly effective in American schools and some jurisdictions in the country. These...
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+ Successful public policy change in California: firearms and youth resources
- Author:
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Wallack, L. / Winett, L. / Lee, A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Public Health Policy
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Local, Prevention, State
- Keywords:
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California, Child, Legislation & jurisprudence, Public Policy, Violence prevention
In the early 1990s, the U.S. – and California in particular – saw unprecedented rates of gun violence and homicide. This led to the founding of the California Foundation, one component of which was the...
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+ Gun-control legislation and the impact on suicide
- Author:
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Leenaars, A. A.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Crisis-the Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, International, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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GUN control
The author examines the efficacy of gun control laws in reducing suicide via restricting access to lethal means in a suicidal individual’s environment. Controlling for various socioeconomic factors, gun...
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+ Association between youth-focused firearm laws and youth suicides
- Author:
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Webster DW / Vernick JS / Zeoli AM / Manganello JA
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Jama
- Topics:
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Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Laws, Suicide, Youth, guns
The authors explored the association between youth-focused state and federal firearm laws mandating a minimum age for the purchase or possession of handguns and state child access prevention (CAP) laws...
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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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+ A Pediatric, Practice-Based, Randomized Trial of Drinking and Smoking Prevention and Bicycle Helmet, Gun, and Seatbelt Safety Promotion
- Author:
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Stevens, Marguerite M. / Olson, Ardis L. / Gaffney, Cecelia A. / Tosteson, Tor D. / Mott, Leila A. / Starr, Pamela
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Alcohol, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Storage
- Keywords:
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Children, Firearms, Pediatrics, Safety measures
The authors compared the impact of two office interventions aiming to prevent early drinking and smoking or to influence bicycle helmet use, gun storage, and seatbelt safety for children who were followed...
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+ Criminal deterrence as a public health strategy
- Author:
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Shepherd, Jonathan P.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Lancet
- Topics:
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Alcohol, International, Legislation and Policy, Prevention
- Keywords:
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CRIMINAL, Deterrence, Public Health Strategy
The author reviewed multiple data sources and published literature from the U.S. and other countries, concluding that the threat of criminal sanctions can have a general deterrent effect on populations...
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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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+ Shooting Down the 'More Guns, Less Crime' Hypothesis
- Author:
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Ayres, Ian / Donohue Iii, John J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Stanford Law Review
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Prevention
- Keywords:
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CRIME, gun, law, methodology, regression model
The authors examine the “more guns, less crime” hypothesis and argue that the evidence in favor of the hypothesis is limited, sporadic, and extraordinarily fragile; changes in methodological techniques...
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