+ 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
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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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+ Gun-control legislation and the impact on suicide
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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
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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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+ Youth Suicide Risk and Preventive Interventions: A Review of the Past 10 Years
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Gould, Madelyn S. / Greenberg, Ted / Velting, Drew M. / Shaffer, David
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Age Group, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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antidepressants, lethal-means restriction, prevention strategy, systematic review
The authors reviewed research on youth suicide published between 1993 and 2002 using a systematic search of four databases (PsycINFO, Medline, ERIC and Education Full Text) and focused on epidemiology,...
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+ A Public Health Approach to Regulating Firearms as Consumer Products
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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
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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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+ Gun Safety Management with Patients at Risk for Suicide
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Simon, Robert I.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Clinician, FAMILY, Home, Patient, Safety
The paper proposes a firearm safety management approach for clinicians to use when working with suicidal patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The goal is to assess whether the patient has...
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+ Suicide Acts in 8 States: Incidence and Case Fatality Rates by Demographics and Method.
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Spicer, R. S / Miller, T.R.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Ethnicity, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, State, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Case fatality rates, Incidence, Suicide, demographics
To examine the frequency of medically confirmed suicidal acts and death rates by age, sex, race, and method used, data on 10,892 suicides and 57,439 attempted suicides among hospital-admitted individuals...
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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?
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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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