+ Reassessing who contributed most to the decline in violence during the 1990s: A reminder that size does matter
- Author:
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Rennison, Callie Marie / Planty, Mike
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Violence and Victims
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Ethnicity, Gender, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CRIME, fatal violence, firearm violence, nonfatal violence, young Black urban males
Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, including approximately 200,000 interviews annually, were used to examine the trends in nonfatal, serious violence from 1994 through 2001. Firearms...
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+ The life cycle of crime guns: a description based on guns recovered from young people in California
- Author:
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Wintemute GJ / Romero MP / Wright MA / Grassel KM
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Ann Emerg Med
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Ownership, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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gun life cycle, gun trafficking, time to crime
The authors examine the cycle of crime guns recovered from people younger than 25 years between manufacture and use, in this cross-sectional study using gun ownership tracing data from the Bureau of Alcohol,...
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+ Deadly demographics: Population characteristics and forecasting homicide trends
- Author:
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Fox, J. A. / Piquero, A. R.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Crime & Delinquency
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Homicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Supplementary Homicide Reports, demographics, homicide rate
The authors examined the effect of demographic change on the changes in homicide rates that occurred during the 1990s using data from FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) for the period 1976-1999...
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+ Youth, Guns, and Violent Crime
- Author:
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Blumstein, Alfred
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Gun Carrying, Homicide, Law Enforcement, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Youth Violence, guns, juvenile delinquency, violent crime
The author examines the trends of homicide and robbery violence in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He notes that the increase in violence over that period was mostly because of...
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+ Better Gun Enforcement, Less Crime
- Author:
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Ludwig, Jens
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Criminology & Public Policy
- Topics:
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Crime, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CRIME, Deterrence, Law Enforcement, Project Safe Neighborhoods, Violence
The author reviewed Project Safe Neighborhoods, a major federal initiative to reduce gun violence. Much of the program’s funding was devoted to activities that were unlikely to have much effect on gun...
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+ The crime drop in America: an exploration of some recent crime trends
- Author:
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Blumstein, Alfred
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology & Crime Prevention
- Topics:
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Crime, Gun Carrying, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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DRUG traffic, GUN control, IMPRISONMENT, MURDER, ROBBERY
The author examined data from the annual Federal Bureau of Investigation annual volume Crime in the United States, a compilation based on crimes reported by the police. Between 1993 and 2000 the United...
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+ The impact of the sniper incident on law enforcement
- Author:
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Demme N / Fitzgerald J
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Md Med
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Law Enforcement, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Fear, POLICE, investigation, media, sniper
The authors describe the impact of a sniper incident on law enforcement. They report on the police officers’ perceived lack of control of the situation, their fear of vulnerability for themselves and...
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+ The Root of School Violence: Causes and Recommendations for a Plan of Action
- Author:
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Bennett-Johnson E
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- College Student Journal
- Topics:
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Crime, Education/Counseling, Public Health, Students, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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SCHOOL violence, school management
The author reviews possible causes of school crime and interventions aimed at reducing or eliminating the incidence of school violence. Individual factors include: delinquent friends, aggressiveness of...
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+ Federalism and the federal criminal law
- Author:
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Bradley CM
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Hastings Law Journal
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CRIME, Commerce Clause, Supreme Court
The author considers the impact of the Supreme Court’s decisions in three cases (Lopez/Morrison/Jones). Lower courts have refused to extend the Court’s message in these three cases elsewhere. He concludes...
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+ Firearm Enhancements under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
- Author:
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Burman KC
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- University of Chicago Law Review
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CRIME, enhancement clause, interpretation, offender, sentence
The author considers the application of the enhancement clause in the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (which determines the sentences of convicted federal offenders). The author provides background on the...
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+ The patterns and prevalence of mass murder in twentieth-century America
- Author:
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Duwe G
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Mental Health, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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EPIDEMIOLOGY, HOMICIDE, mass murder, trend
The author examines the epidemiology of mass murder in the United States during the twentieth century, using New York Times reports for the cases between 1900 and 1975 and the FBI's Supplementary Homicide...
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