+ 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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+ 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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+ Case report of a homicide by a shotgun loaded with unusual ammunition
- Author:
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Luchini, D. / Di Paolo, M. / Morabito, G. / Gabbrielli, M.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Am J Forensic Med Pathol
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Homicide
- Keywords:
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forensics, shotgun
The authors describe a case involving the murder of a 71-year-old man by a neighbor using a shotgun loaded with a cartridge that contained several shots chained together by metallic wires. This kind of...
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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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+ Association between handgun purchase and mortality from firearm injury
- Author:
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Grassel, K. M. / Wintemute, G. J. / Wright, M. A. / Romero, M. P.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Criminology, Homicide, Ownership, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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California, case-control, data, firearm death, firearm retailer
The authors examined the association between violent or firearm death and previous handgun purchase, in this case-control study of 213,466 Californians ages 21 and older who died in 1998, using data from...
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