+ Reexamining the Association between Child Access Prevention Gun Laws and Unintentional Shooting Deaths of Children
- Author:
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Webster, D. W. / Starnes, M.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Accidents/ Unintentional, Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Storage
- Keywords:
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Child access prevention laws, unintentional firearms deaths
The aim of this study is to reassess whether child access prevention (CAP) laws, which hold adults criminally liable for unsafe firearm storage is associated with a decrease in unintentional firearm death...
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+ The Potential Role of an Adult Mentor in Influencing High-risk Behaviors in Adolescents
- Author:
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Beier, S. R. / Rosenfeld, W. D. / Spitalny, K.C. / Zansky, S.M. / Bontempo, A.N.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Prevention.
- Keywords:
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Adolescents, high-risk behaviors, mentor
To find out if an association exists between having an adult mentor (defined in this study as someone whom the young person can trust) and high-risk behaviors in adolescents, data was collected from 294...
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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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+ Compliance with Recommendations to Remove Firearms in Families Participating in a Clinical Trial for Adolescent Depression
- Author:
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Brent, D.A. / Baugher, M. / Birmaher, B. / Kolko, D.J. / Bridge, J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Ownership, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescents, Depression, anticipatory guidance, compliance, firearm safety
The parents of 106 teenagers who were undergoing experimental treatment for depression were asked whether they had guns at home. The 29 families that reported owning a gun were counseled by the treating...
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+ Recurrent Injury and Mortality in Pediatric Firearm Victims.
- Author:
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Calhoun, A.D. Alfred / Melzer-Lange, M.D.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Pediatric Research
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Medical
- Keywords:
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Children, Firearms, Mortality, recurrent injury
To determine the number of child firearm victims who had repeat gun injuries, data on all patients who were treated for firearm injuries in an urban pediatric trauma center between 1990 and 1995 were...
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+ Adolescent Violence Prevention Practices Among California Pediatricians
- Author:
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Chaffee, T.A. Stephen / Bridges, M. / Boyer, C.B.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Gun Carrying, Medical, Prevention
- Keywords:
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Adolescents, PREVENTION, Risk Factors, Violence
Two hundred twenty pediatricians practicing in California completed a self-report questionnaire to examine their provision of violence prevention services to their adolescent patients. The results show...
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+ Gun Culture and Symbolism Among U.K. and U.S. Women
- Author:
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Cooke, C.A / Puddifoot, J.E.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Social Psychology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, International, Ownership, Social Science.
- Keywords:
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Gun culture, attitudes, symbolism, young women
Using data generated from surveying 108 young women in the U.K. and 91in the United States, the authors explore the attitudes of these women toward the possession and use of guns, and the perceived functional...
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+ The Material Culture of Homicidal Fantasies
- Author:
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Crabb, P. B.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Aggressive Behavior
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Social Science, Students
- Keywords:
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Aggressive scripts, evolutionary psychology, homicidal fantasy, media effects, self-efficacy, weapons effect.
The aim of this study was to describe normal undergraduate students’ impulsive homicidal fantasies and the weapons used in these fantasies. A total of 295 participants enrolled at a university in the...
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+ Problem Solving and Youth Violence: an Evaluation of the Boston Gun Project
- Author:
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Piehl, A.M. / Kennedy, D.M. / Braga, A.A.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- American Law and Economics Review
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Local
- Keywords:
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Firearm trafficking, HOMICIDE, Problem Solving, youth violence.
The authors evaluate the impact of the Boston Gun Project, a partnership between researchers, criminal justice and other practitioners, aimed at reducing homicide victimization among youths in the city...
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+ Driving-induced Stress in Urban College Students
- Author:
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Rasmussen, C / Knapp, T.J. / Garner, L.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Driving-induced stress, guns, urban college students
Four hundred seven (407) urban college student commuters enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas were surveyed about their experiences with stress induced by driving. 23.6% of participants reported...
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+ Pediatric Firearm Injury in Minnesota, 1998. Fatal and Nonfatal Firearm Injuries among Minnesota Youth
- Author:
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Roesler, J. / Ostercamp, M.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Minnesota Medicine
- Topics:
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Age Group, State, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Children and adolescents, firearm injuries
To characterize the frequency and pattern of fatal and non-fatal firearm injuries among children and adolescents in Minnesota for the year 1998, the authors examined hospital discharge data and injury...
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