+ Serious youth gun offenders and the epidemic of youth violence in Boston
- Author:
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Braga, A. A.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Local
- Keywords:
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Boston, Epidemic, Violence, Youth, offender
The author analyzed criminal history data of a sample of 720 gun assault and gun possession offenders younger than 24 years old, arrested between 1984 and 1995 in Boston, to examine whether the criminal...
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+ 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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+ Psychosocial needs of young persons who are victims of interpersonal violence
- Author:
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Zun, L. S. / Rosen, J. M.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Pediatric Emergency Care
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Ethnicity, Gender, Medical, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, African American, Male, psychosocial need
In this descriptive study, the authors assessed the psychosocial needs of victims of interpersonal violence, using a sample of 112 such victims aged 10 to 24 years and a specialized evaluation tool administered...
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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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+ Shooting Down the 'More Guns, Less Crime' Hypothesis
- Author:
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Ayres, Ian / Donohue Iii, John J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Stanford Law Review
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Prevention
- Keywords:
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CRIME, gun, law, methodology, regression model
The authors examine the “more guns, less crime” hypothesis and argue that the evidence in favor of the hypothesis is limited, sporadic, and extraordinarily fragile; changes in methodological techniques...
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+ Research fraud, public policy, and gun control
- Author:
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Smith, C. G.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Science
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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gun permit, law
The author replies to a Science Editorial about research fraud in gun research that cast doubt on the authenticity of Lott’s work. The author notes that the editor did not mention that even an anti-gun...
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+ The prevalence and nature of violent offending by females
- Author:
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Koons-Witt, B. A. / Schram, P. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Ethnicity, Gender
- Keywords:
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Violence, co-offending, gun crime, violent offence
The authors examined the nature and prevalence of violence crimes by females and the relationship between co-offending and type of offense, using National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data...
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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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+ Youth-violence prevention in the aftermath of the San Diego East County school shootings: A qualitative assessment of community explanatory models
- Author:
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Palinkas, L. A. / Prussing, E. / Landsverk, J. / Reznik, V.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Ambulatory Pediatrics
- Topics:
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Crime, Local, Prevention, Students
- Keywords:
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cause, community model, interview, school shooting
The authors examine the causes of school shootings for their prevention using community models in this semi-structured interview-based qualitative study that took place in 4 San Diego East County communities...
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+ Shall-issue policy and criminal activity among applicants for permits to carry concealed firearms
- Author:
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Romero, M. / Wintemute, G. / Wright, M. / Parham, C.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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concealed firearm, criminal activity, shall-issue
The authors examine the effects of a shall-issue policy in the Sacramento County town of Isleton for permits to carry concealed firearms in public. They compared the incidence of criminal activity of...
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