+ Self-inflicted accidental gunshot wounds
- Author:
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Chung, Yung A.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Legal Medicine
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Education/Counseling, Local, Prevention, Public Health
- Keywords:
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medical examiner, self-inflicted gun death, toy gun, unintentional gunshot wound
The author examines toy gun designs that mirror current weapon designs, by reviewing all firearm deaths a Michigan county using medical examiner’s records from 1990 to 2000. He found an average of 500...
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+ The financial burden of injury-related hospitalizations to an Alaska Native health system
- Author:
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Chandler, B. A. / Berger, L. R.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Alaska Med
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ethnicity, Local, Medical, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Alaska, Firearms, Health Care Costs, Suicide, Violence
The authors evaluated how much the Tanana Chiefs Conference in Interior Alaska, a Native Alaskans’ health care system, paid for injury-related hospitalizations from 1994-1998. They identified 511 cases...
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+ Firearm Violence Exposure and Serious Violent Behavior
- Author:
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Bingenheimer, Jeffrey B. / Brennan, Robert T. / Felton, J. Earls
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Science
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Local, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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CHICAGO (Ill.), CHILD psychology, LONGITUDINAL method, TEENAGERS, Violence
A three-year study of 1,571 adolescents from 78 neighborhoods in Chicago was conducted in order to estimate the cause and effect relationship between exposure to firearm violence and subsequent...
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+ The supply and demand for guns to juveniles: Oakland's gun tracing project
- Author:
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Calhoun, D. / Dodge, A. C. / Journel, C. S. / Zahnd, E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Urban Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Local, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, California, Crime/statistics & numerical data, Firearms/ legislation & jurisprudence, Program Evaluation
Using police records and gun sale/registration information, data were collected for all gun crimes committed in Oakland, California between 1998 and 1999 in which a juvenile was either the suspect...
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+ Sociology. Controversial study suggests seeing gun violence promotes it
- Author:
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Holden, C.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Science
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Local, Public Health
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Longitudinal Studies, Risk Factors, Statistics, Violence
The author described the article “Firearm Violence Exposure and Serious Violent Behavior” and highlighted the finding that a single exposure to firearm violence almost doubled the likelihood that an adolescent...
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+ The Baltimore Youth Ammunition Initiative: A Model Application of Local Public Health Authority in Preventing Gun Violence
- Author:
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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
- Keywords:
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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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+ Early violent death among delinquent youth: A prospective longitudinal study
- Author:
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Teplin, L. A. / McClelland, G. M. / Abram, K. M. / Mileusnic, D.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Homicide, Local
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Chicago, Health disparities, Juvenile Justice, Mortality
This study examines the prevalence of death by age 24 among 1,829 youth (aged 10-18 years) who were in the juvenile justice system in Chicago. The death rate was then compared to the death rate for youth...
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+ Successful public policy change in California: firearms and youth resources
- Author:
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Wallack, L. / Winett, L. / Lee, A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Public Health Policy
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Local, Prevention, State
- Keywords:
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California, Child, Legislation & jurisprudence, Public Policy, Violence prevention
In the early 1990s, the U.S. – and California in particular – saw unprecedented rates of gun violence and homicide. This led to the founding of the California Foundation, one component of which was the...
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+ Variables associated with weapon-carrying among young adolescents in southern California
- Author:
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Rudatsikira, E. / Singh, P. / Job, J. / Knutsen, S.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- J Adolesc Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Local
- Keywords:
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Abuse, Adolescent, California, Student
In this study of weapon-carrying among young adolescents, the authors surveyed approximately 600 middle school students in a mid-size California county using a modified version of the Youth Risk Behavior...
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+ Gang membership, gun carrying: minority youth living in extreme poverty
- Author:
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Spano R / Freilich JD / Bolland J
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Local, Students
- Keywords:
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Alabama, Employment, Gang Membership, Substance Use, Violence Victimization
The authors analyzed two waves of longitudinal data (data over time) from impoverished youth in Mobile, Alabama exploring the role that gang membership, gun carrying and employment play in violence victimization...
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+ Neighborhood Disorganization, and Violence Among Adolescents in Puerto Rico
- Author:
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Reyes JC / Robles RR / Colon HM / Negron J / Matos TD / Calderon J / Perez O
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Topics:
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Age Group, Local, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Puerto Rice, Resilience, Social Cohesion, Youth Violence
Using survey and interview data from a longitudinal study of risk and resilience among adolescents in poor neighborhoods in Puerto Rico, the authors assess the impact of neighborhood-level social and...
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