+ Kids and Assault Weapons: Social Problem or Social Construction?
- Author:
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Ruddell, Rick / Decker, Scott H.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Criminal Justice Review
- Topics:
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Age Group, Public Opinion
- Keywords:
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ASSAULT weapons, Children, juvenile delinquency, social problem
This study examined firearms recovered from juvenile offenders in national and city samples 1992-2000. Assault weapons are seldom used or possessed by juiniles in these samples (1.5% of all firearms recovered...
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+ The Million Mom March: engaging the public on gun policy
- Author:
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Wallack, L. / Winett, L. / Nettekoven, L.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- J Public Health Policy
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Gender, Legislation and Policy, Public Opinion
- Keywords:
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Children, GUN control, advocacy, gun, woman
The authors read more than 200 news accounts and conducted over 40 interviews with key participants in the May 14 (Mother’s Day) 2000 Million Mom March, probably the most successful public advocacy event...
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+ Children and Guns: Advocacy Groups Speak Out
- Author:
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Forman, James, Jr.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Public Opinion, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Gun Control Laws, Weapons, advocacy, youth access
The author examines the attitudes of gun control and pro-gun advocates towards child and youth access to guns, using data from telephone interviews with 29 such advocates from September to December 2001...
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+ Representations of Handguns by Young Adults in the US and UK
- Author:
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John E. Puddifoot, Leslie / Claire A. Cooke, Leslie
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, International, Public Opinion, Social Science, Students
- Keywords:
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COLLEGE students, GREAT Britain, GUN control, UNITED States, culture.
The authors examined the effect of location and gender on the attitudes to handguns on nine dimensions (whether handguns represent freedom, independence, power, danger, control, violence, or madness,...
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+ A Year after Columbine Public Looks To Parents More Than Schools to Prevent Violence
- Author:
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Non-journal
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Public Opinion, Students, U.S. / National.
- Keywords:
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Child safety, GUN control, Legislation, elementary school education, national surveys, parent responsibility, parents, public opinion, school safety, schools, telephone surveys, violence
A total of 1000 adults nationwide, including 283 parents of children aged 5 to 17 years, were interviewed by telephone from April 12 to16, 2000, one year after a high school shooting in Littleton, Colorado,...
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+ Comparing American and Canadian Local Television Crime Stories: A Content Analysis
- Author:
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Dowler K
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Crime, International, Public Opinion
- Keywords:
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CRIME, Canada, UNITED States, media
The author examines the differences and similarities between Canadian and U.S. local crime coverage. The type of crimes that are presented on Canadian and U.S. newscasts are not different. Sensational...
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+ Gun Policy, Opinion, Tragedy, and Blame Attribution: The Conditional Influence of Issue Frames
- Author:
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Haider-Markel, Donald P. / Joslyn, Mark R.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Politics
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, Public Opinion
- Keywords:
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Policy Making, Public Opinion, gun policy, mass murder, policitcal processes
The authors explore the effect of “framing” on public opinion about gun policies and “blame” for the school shooting in Columbine, Colorado. In the first study, the authors use a survey of adults to explore...
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+ Taking guns from batterers - Public support and policy implications
- Author:
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Sorenson, Susan B.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Evaluation Review
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gun Carrying, Public Opinion, State
- Keywords:
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Batterers, California, Gun removal, SURVEYS
A statewide sample of 522 adult residents in California was surveyed to examine public sentiment about the removal of firearms in the absence of a restraining order or misdemeanor conviction following...
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+ Parents' Beliefs About Children and Gun Safety
- Author:
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Howard, Patricia Kunz
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatric Nursing
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Public Opinion, Storage
- Keywords:
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FAMILY, GUN control, Law & legislation, SOCIAL control, SURVEYS
A survey addressing parents’ beliefs about firearm storage, firearm safety training for children, and whether or not their child would handle a gun was completed by 82 parents of elementary age children...
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+ Children and firearms in the home: a Southwestern Ohio Ambulatory Research Network (SOAR-Net) study
- Author:
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Forbis, S. G. / McAllister, T. R. / Monk, S. M. / Schlorman, C. A. / Stolfi, A. / Pascoe, J. M.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- J Am Board Fam Med
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Ownership, Prevention, Public Opinion, State, Storage
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, OHIO, Physician
Twenty-four percent of parents, responding to a survey in pediatricians’ offices in Southwestern Ohio, reported having at least one gun at home, and 52% (48% of non-gun owners and 66% of gun owners) reported...
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+ Public Opinion about Guns in the Home
- Author:
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Kellermann, A.L. / Fuqua-Whitley, D. S. / Sampson, T.R. / Lindenmann, W.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Local, Ownership, Public Opinion
- Keywords:
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COUNSELING, Firearms, Survey, education
The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of gun ownership, acquisition, and transfer; assess gun storage practices; and compare the opinions of firearm owning and non-owning adults...
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