+ The Michigan firearms statute: are there racial/ethnic implications?
- Author:
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Corley, Charles J. / Hawkins, Homer C.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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- Keywords:
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AGE, African Americans, CARJACKING, CRIME, Race
+ The Risk of Involuntary Firearms Discharge
- Author:
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Heim, C. / Schmidtbleicher, D. / Niebergall, E.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Human Factors
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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- Keywords:
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EXTREMITIES (Anatomy), Firearms, MUSCLE contraction, PISTOLS, POLICE
+ Judgments About Intimate Partner Violence: A Statewide Survey About Immigrants
- Author:
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Sorenson, Susan B.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Public Health Reports
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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- Keywords:
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ASIAN Americans, African Americans, FAMILY violence, IMMIGRANTS, KOREAN Americans
+ Firearm violence in America: A growing health problem
- Author:
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Baroni, S. / Richmond, T. S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Public Health, State, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Community-Institutional Relations, Firearms, Health Promotion/organization & administration, Homicide/prevention & control/statistics & numerical data, Humans
According to the State Injury Profiles 2001 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, firearm injury is the second leading cause of injury death following only motor vehicle crashes. Firearm...
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+ Australia's 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings
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Chapman, S. / Alpers, P. / Agho, K. / Jones, M.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Suicide
- Keywords:
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ACCIDENTS -- Prevention, MORTALITY -- Statistics, MULTIVARIATE analysis, OUTCOME assessment (Medical care), SAFETY education
Data from the Australian National Injury Surveillance Unit on unintentional and intentional death caused by firearms for the years 1979-2003 was analyzed in an investigation of the impact of 1996 gun...
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+ Keeping children safe around guns: Pitfalls and promises
- Author:
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Hardy, Marjorie S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Aggression & Violent Behavior
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Education/Counseling, Legislation and Policy, Prevention
- Keywords:
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CHILDREN & death, CHILDREN -- Wounds & injuries, DEATH -- Causes, HEALTH
The author reviewed the more commonly used approaches designed to prevent firearm violence and unintentional injury and examine their effectiveness. The approaches reviewed included legislative reform,...
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+ Towards an understanding of involuntary firearms discharges - Possible risks and implications for training
- Author:
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Heim, Christopher / Schmidtbleicher, Dietmar / Niebergall, Eckhard
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Policing-an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Education/Counseling, Law Enforcement, Students
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25 students participated in a series of trials that required them to move one limb while holding a pistol in order to identify factors that lead to accidental firearm discharges. Results suggest that...
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+ The effect of child access prevention laws on unintentional child firearm fatalities, 1979-2000
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Hepburn, L. / Azrael, D. / Miller, M. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- J Trauma
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Age Group, Legislation and Policy, State
- Keywords:
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Accident Prevention/ legislation & jurisprudence, Adolescent, Adult, Child Welfare/ legislation & jurisprudence, Cross-Sectional Studies
The authors used data from the National Center for Health Statistics mortality files from 1979-2000 in an analysis of the effect of Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws on unintentional firearm death rates...
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+ Use of the modified Delphi technique to identify and rate home injury hazard risks and prevention methods for young children
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Katcher, M. L. / Meister, A. N. / Sorkness, C. A. / Staresinic, A. G. / Pierce, S. E. / Goodman, B. M. / Peterson, N. M. / Hartfield, P. M. / Schirmer, J. A.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional
- Keywords:
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CHILDREN -- Wounds & injuries, CHILDREN'S accidents, DELPHI method, ENVIRONMENTAL health, HOME accidents
34 injury prevention experts were interviewed using the Delphi method, a process aimed at achieving consensus among experts, to determine the most important injury hazards in each area of the home and...
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+ Police deaths in New York and London during the twentieth century
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Kyriacou, D. N. / Monkkonen, E. H. / Peek-Asa, C. / Lucke, R. E. / Labbett, S. / Pearlman, K. S. / Hutson, H. R.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Law Enforcement, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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20th Century, London, New York, Occupational hazard, death
The authors investigated the circumstances of 585 police officers in New York City and 160 police officers in London who died while participating in law enforcement activities in the 20th century. Data...
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+ Gun-Related Eye Injury in the United States, 1993-2002
- Author:
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McGwin, Gerald / Hall, Tyler / Xie, Aiyuan / Owsley, Cynthia
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Ophthalmic Epidemiology
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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EPIDEMIOLOGY, EYE -- Wounds & injuries, PUBLIC health, SECURITY systems, UNITED States
Data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System was used to examine gun-related eye injury (air guns and firearms), air gun-related eye injury (BB/pellet guns and rifles), and firearm-related...
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