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FIREARM BANS AND GUN VIOLENCE [PDF]

, 2020
Tackling the problem of gun violence in the United States is a major challenge facing society. Many different policies have been created in order to address annual gun violence rates including bans on firearm importation, purchase, sale, and possession ...
Burns, Jake
core   +1 more source

Counterfactuals: Does bureaucracy produce unfair workplaces?

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Bureaucracy is often used as a metaphor for organisations that place machine‐like functioning above human needs. In this paper, a mixed‐methods approach is used to investigate the relationship between bureaucracy and fairness in public administration.
Clemens Striebing, Jannick Schneider, Moritz Julian Maier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long gun violence in California versus Texas: How legislation can reduce firearm violence

Surgery Open Science
Introduction: Long guns (LGs) are uniquely implicated in firearm violence and mass shootings. On 1/1/2019 California (CA) raised the minimum age to purchase LGs from 18 to 21. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of LG violence in CA vs. Texas (TX),
Jonathan Shipley, BS, Areg Grigorian, MD, Lourdes Swentek, MD, Cristobal Barrios, MD, Catherine Kuza, MD, Jeffrey Santos, MD, Jeffry Nahmias, MD, MHPE   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firearm Safety in a Country of Arms

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Firearm safety policy in the United States cannot succeed through legislation alone; effective interventions must also address the social, economic, and infrastructural conditions that shape perceptions of safety. Evidence suggests that place‐based investments can reduce violence and firearm deaths while strengthening social cohesion and ...
JONATHAN M. METZL
wiley   +1 more source

Association between community violence exposure and teen parental firearm ownership: data from a nationally representative study

Injury Epidemiology
Background Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death for U.S. adolescents. Given the prevalence of firearm ownership in the U.S., particularly among parental figures in homes with children and teens, and the relationship between firearm access and ...
Karissa R. Pelletier, Jesenia M. Pizarro, Regina Royan, Rebeccah Sokol, Rebecca M. Cunningham, Marc A. Zimmerman, Patrick M. Carter   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Harm and Interpersonal Violence-Related Injuries: Retrospective Analysis of the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs Data

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Violence-related injuries (VRI) such as interpersonal violence, intimate-partner violence, and self-harm injuries present a significant public health challenge in the United States.
Ayman El-Menyar, Ahammed Mekkodathil, Rafael Consunji, Sandro Rizoli, Tarik S Abulkhair, Ruben Peralta, Rifat Latifi, Hassan Al-Thani   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Carceral Shadow: Criminal Justice as a Determinant of Health and Challenges for Policymakers

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points The criminal justice system functions as a primary social determinant of health in the United States, generating disproportionate physical, psychological, and chronic health burdens on Black communities and other marginalized groups. Policing structural barriers—including qualified immunity, police union contracts, and municipal financing
RASHAWN RAY, KEON GILBERT
wiley   +1 more source

Public health framing of firearm violence on local television news in Philadelphia, PA, USA: a quantitative content analysis

BMC Public Health
Background Firearm violence is an intensifying public health problem in the United States. News reports shape the way the public and policy makers understand and respond to health threats, including firearm violence.
Jessica H. Beard, Shannon Trombley, Tia Walker, Leah Roberts, Laura Partain, Jim MacMillan, Jennifer Midberry   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firearms as a Market‐Driven Epidemic: Potential Pathways to Reduce Preventable Firearm‐Related Harm in the United States

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points For half a century, firearm‐related deaths and injuries have been endemic in the United States, with COVID‐19 contributing to a record high of 48,830 deaths in 2021, an epidemic rate increase. By 2023, national trends masked a significant 10‐fold difference in firearm‐related death rates among states.
ESZTER RIMÁNYI, JONATHAN D. QUICK, STEPHEN W. HARGARTEN, CHARLES C. BRANAS, SANDRO GALEA, NASON MAANI, JONATHAN LOWY, ZAIN HUSSAIN, NICHOLAS HOFFMANN   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opening the Door Wider to Community Support of People With Serious Mental Illnesses: What States Can Learn From the IDD Experience

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points The federal government should provide states with authorities under Medicaid that allow greater use of home and community‐based services for people with serious and persistent mental illness. This requires deemphasizing authorities that require budget neutrality in a post‐institutionalization world (Section 1115 waivers) and relying on ...
HAROLD POLLACK, RICHARD FRANK, SHERRY GLIED   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source