+ The Baltimore Youth Ammunition Initiative: A Model Application of Local Public Health Authority in Preventing Gun Violence
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Lewin, Nancy L. / Vernick, Jon S. / Beilenson, Peter L. / Mair, Julie S. / Lindamood, Melisa M. / Teret, Stephen P. / Webster, Daniel W.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Local, Public Health, Supply
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AMMUNITION, BALTIMORE, Maryland, PUBLIC health, YOUTH & violence
In 2002, the Baltimore City Health Department, the Baltimore Police Department, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research launched the Youth Ammunition Initiative, a program designed to...
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+ Guns, Gangs, and Gossip: An Analysis of Student Essays on Youth Violence
- Author:
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Zimmerman MA / Morrel-Samuels S / Wong N / Tarver D / Rabiah D / White S
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Early Adolescence
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Legislation and Policy, Local, Public Health, Students
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Michigan, Student, Violence, essay
The authors examined youth’s perspectives on violence, qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing essays from a national essay contest titled “Do the Write Thing” that were written by seventh- and eighth-grade...
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+ Children, Youth, and Gun Violence: Analysis and Recommendations
- Author:
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Reich, Kathleen / Culross, Patti L. / Behrman, Richard E.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Public Health, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Safety, Weapons, community-based law enforcement, gun violence
The authors summarize the effects of gun violence perpetration by and victimization of young people in terms of physical, economic and psychological burden and due to homicides, suicides, and unintentional...
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+ Epidemiology and Prevention of Childhood Injuries
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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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+ Using Placebo Laws to Test "More Guns, Less Crime
- Author:
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Helland E / Tabarrok A
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, Public Health, Social Science
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Gun carrying, Statistics, methodology, permit
The authors examine a study on the effect of shall-issue gun permit laws on crime. They review a controversial paper authored by Lott and critique it on its statistical assumptions, particularly regarding...
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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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+ 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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+ Rethinking the Political Participation Paradigm: The Case of Women and Gun Control
- Author:
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Goss, Kristin A.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Women & Politics
- Topics:
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Gender, Legislation and Policy, Public Health, Public Opinion, Social Science
- Keywords:
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GUN control, Million Mom March, activism, protest
The author examines the Million Mom March, a protest march for stricter gun control laws held in 2000, that aimed to recruit American women into gun control activism and to demonstrate the enormous support...
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+ Call to arms?
- Author:
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Hodgson, K.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Health Facil Manage
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Medical, Public Health, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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GUIDELINES, armed officer, gun, hospital
The author discusses the considerations regarding arming police officers in hospitals. He suggests the importance of clearly defined and well-communicated guidelines for the use of guns by hospital officers,...
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+ Gun Control: Placing Costs in Context
- Author:
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Boyd, Neil
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, International, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Public Health
- Keywords:
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Canada, firearm, gun registry
The author considers the decrease in firearm deaths observed in Canada and its association with the Canadian gun registry effort. He suggests that the decrease reflects cultural change, and was not merely...
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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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