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Gang membership, firearm victimization, and mental health in a national sample of U.S. adults

open access: yesInjury Epidemiology
Background Firearm violence in the United States is highly concentrated within specific demographic, economic, geographic, and social population groups.
James A. Densley   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“If Your Manhood Is Threatened, You Have to Fight Back”: A Review on Capitalist Masculinity and Mass Shooting Literature

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review examines how capitalist structures and gender ideologies combine to shape modern forms of masculine identity and contribute to the emergence of mass shootings in the United States. Integrating Connell's concept of hegemonic masculinity with Marx's theory of alienation and historical‐materialist feminist critiques, it introduces the
Ojonimi Salihu
wiley   +1 more source

The Cross and Conflict: How Do Christians Impact Protest Dynamics?

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between Christian actors, practices, and sacred sites in US protests and demonstrations, focusing on how political ideology shapes conflict outcomes. Using event‐level data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the analysis explores 63,000 protest events from 2020 to 2024 ...
Joel Day
wiley   +1 more source

The use of firearms in intimate murder-suicide in Australia and New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Although murder-suicide is relatively rare, the number of events per year is fairly constant and often occurs in the context of intimate or family relations.
Barnes, Jo
core  

Illegal Firearm Availability and Violence: Neighborhood-Level Analysis

open access: yes, 2017
Violence involving firearms poses a serious threat to public safety in urban areas. The present study examines how illegal firearm availability (IFA) is related to firearm violence at the neighborhood level.
Jesenia M. Pizarro   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Firearm injury hospitalizations and handgun purchaser licensing laws: longitudinal evaluation of state-level purchaser licensure requirements on firearm violence, 2000–2016

open access: yesInjury Epidemiology
Background Handgun purchaser licensing (HPL) laws mandate individuals to obtain a license from law enforcement before buying a firearm. Research indicates these laws effectively reduce various forms of fatal firearm violence, including homicides ...
Mitchell L. Doucette   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intimates, acquaintances or strangers? Profiling the victim–offender relationship in homicides through offenders' behavioural patterns

open access: yesLegal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims This study examined behavioural heterogeneity across three victim–offender relationship categories in a non‐Western context to determine whether specific patterns can accurately predict intimate/family, acquaintance/friend and stranger homicides.
Ruihan Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Policing the safety net: Medical and carceral management of violence in a Los Angeles County public hospital

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Medical anthropologists have long shown how hospitals function as spaces of both care and control, yet the entanglement of policing and trauma care remains understudied. This paper offers an ethnographic account of how trauma surgeons in a Los Angeles County hospital navigate the embedded presence of police within their clinical work.
Emily Virginia Jones
wiley   +1 more source

Football Matches and Policing: Evidence From London

open access: yesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the relationship between football matches and crime has been well documented, little is known about whether such events also escalate violent interactions between police officers and civilians. This study addresses that gap by analysing use of force data from the Metropolitan Police Service in London to assess the impact of football ...
Nils Braakmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medical student advocacy and action: a student-led initiative to prevent firearm violence

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
Firearm violence continues to substantially increase, yet medical education is largely devoid of firearm injury prevention efforts. We evaluated reactions to Gun Violence Prevention Week (GVPW) sessions to initiate a longitudinal curriculum.
Rachel H. Safeek   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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