+ CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System: background and methodology
- Author:
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Paulozzi LJ / Mercy J / Frazier L / Annest JL
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Public Health, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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NVDRS, report, violent death
The authors describe the goals and methods of a new surveillance called the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its objective is the collection...
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+ Small Arms and Light Weapons: A Public Health Approach
- Author:
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Cukier, W.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Brown Journal of World Affairs
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gun Carrying, Homicide, International, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Arms control, ILLEGAL arms transfers, International cooperation, PUBLIC health -- International cooperation
The author summarizes the global burden of firearms involved in murder, suicide and accidents, both in terms of human lives lost, as well as regarding economic, social and political conditions. The author...
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+ Young people: victims of violence
- Author:
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Bailey S / Whittle N
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Current Opinion in Psychiatry
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Homicide, Public Health
- Keywords:
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Gender, Review, dating violence, hate crime
The authors review the recent findings of the youth violence research field. They highlight: the complex interactions of community and family violence, the influence of ethnic and cultural background,...
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+ Injury Mortality Among American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Youth--United States, 1989-1998
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- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Homicide, Public Health, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Alaska, Mortality, Suicide, firearm
This CDC report presents a summary of analysis of injury mortality data by Indian Health Service (IHS) administrative area and by race/ ethnicity, using mortality data from CDC’s National Center for Health...
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+ After the epidemic: Recent trends in youth violence in the United States
- Author:
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Cook, P. J. / Laub, J. H.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Crime and Justice: a Review of Research
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Homicide, Public Health, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Epidemic, UNITED States, Youth Violence, trend
The authors examined the epidemic of US youth violence that peaked in the mid-90s and then has consistently dropped. They assess the validity of two types of explanations for this reversal in trends,...
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+ Epidemiology and Prevention of Childhood Injuries
- Author:
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Dowd, M. D. / Keenan, H. T. / Bratton, S. L.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Critical Care Medicine
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Injuries, PREVENTION, child abuse, potential life years lost
The authors summarize the literature on childhood injuries, noting the leading mortality causes are motor vehicle crashes, homicides, suicides, fires, and drowning. They suggest that research has modeled...
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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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+ The case for enhanced data collection of gun type
- Author:
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Richmond TS / Branas CC / Cheney RA / Schwab CW
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- J Trauma
- Topics:
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Criminology, Homicide, Local, Public Health, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Injury, handguns, wound
The authors examined the association between the type of gun used in crimes and injury occurrence. Using data on gun fatalities over a 5-year period in three communities from medical examiner reports,...
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+ Association between handgun purchase and mortality from firearm injury
- Author:
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Grassel, K. M. / Wintemute, G. J. / Wright, M. A. / Romero, M. P.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Criminology, Homicide, Ownership, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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California, case-control, data, firearm death, firearm retailer
The authors examined the association between violent or firearm death and previous handgun purchase, in this case-control study of 213,466 Californians ages 21 and older who died in 1998, using data from...
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+ Firearm use in intimate partner violence - A brief overview
- Author:
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Sorenson, S. B.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Evaluation Review
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Public Health, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Intimate Partner Violence, PREVENTION, Violence, Weapon use
The author provided a synopsis of the characteristics and patterns of weapon use in intimate partner violence in order to help readers better understand the nature of the problem, obtain knowledge that...
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+ Making Corporate and Criminal America Less Violent: Public Norms and Structural Reforms
- Author:
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Hagan, J. / Foster, H.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Contemporary Sociology
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, International, Legislation and Policy, Public Health, Public Opinion
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, gun control policy, gun violence, handguns, record checks, registration
The authors compare the gun control policies of the U.S. and Canada, arguing that Canada’s restrictive gun control policies as opposed to America’s permissive policies may explain why gun-related homicide...
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