+ A comparison of two surveillance systems for deaths related to violent injury
- Author:
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Comstock, R. D. / Mallonee, S. / Jordan, F.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Injury, Suicide, Unintentional, death
Data on violent injury deaths in Oklahoma in 2001 from the statewide Medical Examiner and the Vital Statistics Office were compared in an evaluation of the two surveillance systems. A total of 776 violent...
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+ The demographics of significant firearm injury in Canadian trauma centers and the associated predictors of in-hospital mortality
- Author:
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Finley CJ / Hemenway D / Clifton J / Brown DR / Simons RK
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Canadian Journal of Surgery
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, International, Medical, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Canada, Handgun, Male, Trauma Center
The authors investigated all firearm cases treated in Canadian trauma centers 1999-2003. Of the 784 people shot, 94% were male. Self-inflicted shooting accounted for 30% of the cases, assaults 60% and...
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+ Violent death in Connecticut, 2001 to 2004
- Author:
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Borrup K / Gelven ES / Carver HW / Banco L / Lapidus G
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Conn Med
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Age Factors, Aged, Connecticut/epidemiology, Continental Population Groups, Educational Status
The authors reviewed medical examiner, law enforcement, crime laboratory data, and death certificates on all 1,530 violence deaths (homicide, suicide, undetermined firearm) in Connecticut occurring from...
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+ 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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+ Homicide of children aged 0-4 years, 2003-04: results from the National Violent Death Reporting System
- Author:
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Bennett, M. D., Jr. / Hall, J. / Frazier, L., Jr. / Patel, N. / Barker, L. / Shaw, K.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Homicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Child, Family Health, HOMICIDE, National Violent Death Reporting System
Data from the US National Violent Death Reporting System were used to understand circumstances related to homicide among children aged 4 years or less. Homicides of infants and young children are most...
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+ Reducing black/white disparity: changes in injury mortality in the 15-24 year age group, United States 1999-2005
- Author:
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Hu G / Baker SP
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Disparity, Injuries, Men, Race
The authors analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on deaths from injuries for the 15-24 age group from 1999-2005. Over the period, there were greater decreases in firearm suicides...
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+ From gunstore to smoking gun: tracking guns that kill children in North Carolina
- Author:
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Campbell BT / Radisch DL / Phillips JD / von Allmen D
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- J Pediatr Surg
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Homicide, State, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Suicide, pediatric death, retail sale, time-to-crime
The authors examined the incidence of firearm deaths among all children younger than 14 years in North Carolina from January 1999 through December 2002 and estimated the time between the guns’ retail...
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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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+ Linking crime guns: The impact of ballistics imaging technology on the productivity of the Boston Police Department's Ballistics Unit
- Author:
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Braga AA / Pierce GL
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
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Criminology, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Boston, POLICE, ballistics, productivity
The authors examined the impact of the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS) on the productivity of the Boston Police Department’s Ballistic Unit. IBIS maintains a computerized database of...
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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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+ Do law restricting access to firearms by domestic violence offenders prevent intimate partner homicide?
- Author:
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Vigdor, Elizabeth Richardson / Mercy, James A.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Evaluation Review
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gender, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CONFISCATIONS, CRIME, FAMILY violence, FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, HOMICIDE
The authors examined counts of intimate partner homicides by state from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Supplementary Homicide Report files for the years 1982 through 2002 in order to analyze the...
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