+ The effect of childhood physical and sexual abuse on adolescent weapon carrying
- Author:
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Leeb, R. T. / Barker, L. E. / Strine, T. W.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- J Adolesc Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Domestic Violence, Gun Carrying
- Keywords:
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Abuse, Adolescent, Childhood
The authors examined the relationship between early sexual abuse and physical abuse and subsequent weapon carrying in adolescence while taking into account personal, environmental, and demographic characteristics...
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+ The influence of family violence on youth attitudes
- Author:
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Slovak, Karen / Carlson, Karen / Helm, Linda
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal
- Topics:
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Age Group, Domestic Violence, State, Students
- Keywords:
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Attitude, OHIO, Violence, Youth
In this study, approximately 450 middle and high school students from rural Ohio were surveyed about their attitudes towards guns and violence as well as about their past-year exposure to violence. The...
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+ Domestic Violence, Gun Ownership, and Parental Educational Attainment: How do They Affect the Aggressive Beliefs and Behaviors of Children?
- Author:
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Sprinkle, Julie
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal
- Topics:
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Age Group, Domestic Violence, State, Students
- Keywords:
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Child, Student, Violence, aggression
Using data from 4 schools in 3 South Carolina counties, the author purports to explore the relationship between measures of aggressive behavior among 4-6th graders, county-level rates of domestic violence...
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+ The Rise and Decline of Homicide – and Why
- Author:
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Blumstein, A. / Rivara, F.P. / Rosenfeld R.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Annual Review of Public Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Domestic Violence, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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CRIME, Cocaine, Firearms, Violence, drugs
The authors review the homicide trends in the U.S. from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, noting that homicide rates increased dramatically in the latter half of the 1980s, peaked in the 1990s and then...
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+ Reducing homicide: A review of the possibilities
- Author:
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Brookman, F. / Maguire, M.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Crime Law and Social Change
- Topics:
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Alcohol, Domestic Violence, Homicide, International, Prevention, Supply
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, PREVENTION, SUPPLY, United Kingdom, illegal possession
Using data from the Homicide Index, international research on homicide, and crime reduction literature, the authors explore the potential for reducing homicide. Four categories of homicide are analyzed...
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+ Weapons in the lives of battered women
- Author:
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Sorenson SB / Wiebe DJ
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Am J Public Health
- Topics:
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Crime, Domestic Violence, Law Enforcement
- Keywords:
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California, PREVENTION, battered women, domestic violence
The authors examined violence between intimate partners with regards to the weapons used and the frequency of use, especially firearms. Data were collected through interviews of residents in 67 battered...
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+ Disarming violent domestic abusers is key to saving lives, say experts
- Author:
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Cole TB
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Jama
- Topics:
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Crime, Domestic Violence, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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Legislation, domestic violence, policy
The author highlights the limitations of existing firearms laws with regards to firearms use in domestic violence, illustrated in the case of a woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2004. Although...
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+ Homicide-Suicides in Fiji: Offense Patterns, Situational Factors, and Sociocultural Contexts
- Author:
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Adinkrah, Mensah
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior
- Topics:
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Crime, Domestic Violence, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Fiji, Homicide-Suicide, intimate relations
The author uses official homicide-suicide data from the Murder and Manslaughter Register of the Fiji Police Force along with information from Fiji-based daily newspapers to examine all homicide-suicides...
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+ Increased risk of intimate partner homicide among California women who purchase handguns
- Author:
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Wintemute, G. J. / Wright, M. A. / Drake, C. M.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Ann Emerg Med
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Domestic Violence, Gender, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Handgun, intimate violence
In this letter to the editor, the authors expand on results from their previous research of mortality among handgun purchasers in California in 1991 that were followed-up through 1996. They used coroners’...
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+ Batterers' use of guns to threaten intimate partners
- Author:
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Rothman, E. F. / Hemenway, D. / Miller, M. / Azrael, D.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Am Med Womens Assoc
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gender, Ownership
- Keywords:
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Legislation & jurisprudence, Massachusetts, Ownership/legislation & jurisprudence/ statistics & numerical data, Risk Factors, Spouse Abuse
Data collected from over 8,000 males enrolled in a certified batterer intervention program in Massachusetts, 1999-2003, were analyzed in an investigation of gun ownership among batterers. Recent gun...
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+ TANF workers' responses to battered women and the impact of brief worker training - What survivors report
- Author:
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Saunders, D. G. / Holter, M. C. / Pahl, L. C. / Tolman, R. M. / Kenna, C. E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Violence Against Women
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Education/Counseling, Gender, Legislation and Policy, Ownership
- Keywords:
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Domestic Abuse, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
The study reports the results of a program to increase the frequency with which Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF, welfare) caseworkers screen women clients for domestic violence. The authors...
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