+ People and guns involved in denied and completed handgun sales
- Author:
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Wright, M. A. / Wintemute, G. J. / Claire, B. E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, State, Supply
- Keywords:
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AMMUNITION, PISTOLS, UNITED States, Violence
Using data on handgun sales and denials in California from 1998 to 2000, the authors found that compared with handguns in completed sales, handguns in denied sales were more like guns used in crime. They...
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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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+ Adolescent femicide - A population-based study
- Author:
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Coyne-Beasley, T. / Moracco, K. E. / Casteel, M. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Gender, Homicide, State
- Keywords:
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Firearms, criminal record, intimate violence, relatiionship abuse
The authors examined the context of adolescent femicide, using data from medical examiner reports for all 11- to 18-year-old female homicide victims from 1990 to 1995 in North Carolina and supplementing...
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+ Purchase of Multiple Firearms as a Risk Factor for Criminal Gun Use: Implications for Gun Policy and Enforcement
- Author:
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Koper, Christopher S.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Criminology & Public Policy
- Topics:
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Crime, Law Enforcement, Local, State, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Crime Prevention, GUN control, Law Enforcement, One-Gun-A-Month, PURCHASING
Data from the Maryland State Police registry of handgun sales from 1990 to September 1996 were linked to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) database in an investigation...
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+ Systematic Measurement Error with State-Level Crime Data: Evidence from the 'More Guns, Less Crime' Debate
- Author:
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Martin, Robert A., Jr. / Legault, Richard L.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
- Topics:
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Crime, Gun Carrying, State
- Keywords:
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Statistical Data, concealed carry weapon, crime data, error, uniform crime report
The authors find large errors in the state data used by Lott & Mustard (“More Guns Less Crime”) in their analyses. They find that the majority of the state-level findings “are mere artifacts of reporting...
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+ Guns and crime
- Author:
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Moody, C. E. / Marvell, T. B.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Southern Economic Journal
- Topics:
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Crime, State, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Availability, CRIME, General Social Survey, UNITED States
The authors use state level data for 1977-1998 and conclude that gun availability has a negligible effect on any type of crime, including homicide.
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+ Risk factors among handgun retailers for frequent and disproportionate sales of guns used in violent and firearm related crimes
- Author:
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Wintemute, G. J. / Cook, P. J. / Wright, M. A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Crime, State, Supply
- Keywords:
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CRIME, California, PISTOLS, RETAIL trade, Violence
Licensed gun retailers in California selling at least 100 handguns annually between 1996 and 2000 accounted for 11.7% of all California retailers with handgun sales, 81.5% of handgun sales, and 85.5%...
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+ State-level homicide victimization rates in the US in relation to survey measures of household firearm ownership, 2001-2003
- Author:
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Miller, Matthew / Hemenway, David / Azrael, Deborah
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Social Science & Medicine
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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Household firearm ownership
The authors examined the relationship between household firearm ownership and homicide across the 50 US states, by age and gender, using nationally representative survey-based estimates of household firearm...
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+ Homicide victim/offender relationship in Florida medical examiner district 8
- Author:
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Drawdy SM / Myers WC
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Homicide, State
- Keywords:
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Florida, HOMICIDE, Injury, motive
The authors examined the association between victim-offender relationship and three homicide variables: motive, weapon choice, and number of injuries inflicted, using medical examiner’s reports for intentional...
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+ Shall-issue policy and criminal activity among applicants for permits to carry concealed firearms
- Author:
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Romero, M. / Wintemute, G. / Wright, M. / Parham, C.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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concealed firearm, criminal activity, shall-issue
The authors examine the effects of a shall-issue policy in the Sacramento County town of Isleton for permits to carry concealed firearms in public. They compared the incidence of criminal activity of...
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+ Effects of Maryland's Law Banning "Saturday Night Special" Handguns on Homicides
- Author:
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Webster, D. W. / Vernick, J. S. / Hepburn, L. M.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Am J Epidemiol
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, State, Supply
- Keywords:
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Firearms, HOMICIDE, Maryland, Public Policy
The authors evaluated the impact of Maryland’s 1990 ban of “Saturday night specials” (i.e. small, inexpensive and often poorly manufactured handguns), analyzing age-adjusted homicide data and handgun...
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