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Preventing Mass Violence [PDF]
Science, 2012 Our Species has a long history of distrusting strangers, despising outgroups, and fighting each other in many ways and many places, using the most damaging technology available at the time. This special issue of Science on Human Conflict illustrates the role of the scientific community in achieving deep insights ...
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The impact of spikes in handgun acquisitions on firearm-related harms
Injury Epidemiology, 2019 Background Research has documented sharp and short-lived increases in firearm acquisitions immediately following high-profile mass shootings and specific elections, increasing exposure to firearms at the community level.
Hannah S. Laqueur +4 more
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Preventing domestic violence [PDF]
BMJ, 2002 Papers pp 271, 274 Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, or psychological. Physical and sexual violence by an intimate partner are common problems, affecting 20-50% of women at some stage in life in most populations surveyed globally.1 Between 3% and 50% of women have experienced it in the past year.1 Domestic violence has a profound impact on ...
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Qollateral: The Impact of QAnon on Loved Ones and the Potential for P/CVE Programs to Help
Journal for Deradicalization, 2023 Since 2017, the conspiracy theory known as QAnon has boomed in popularity and spread across national borders. While QAnon is linked to various violent criminal acts, including the January 6th riots on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., there is abundant ...
Michèle St-Amant +3 more
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022 Limited research attention has focused on homicides involving foreign-born victims. Using data from the National Violent Death Reporting System, we examined 9428 homicides that occurred in 2017 in the United States across 32 states and D.C. Approximately
Kayla R. Freemon +6 more
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Following the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, there was a dramatic increase in media coverage of extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) and in state policy proposals for ERPO laws.
Rocco Pallin +5 more
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Treatment of psychosis in prisons and violent recidivism
BJPsych Open, 2015 Background Violence among released prisoners with psychosis is an important public health problem. It is unclear whether treatment in prison can influence criminal behaviour subsequent to release.
Artemis Igoumenou +2 more
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws are a tool for firearm violence prevention (in effect in 19 states), often enacted in the wake of a public mass shooting when media coverage of gun violence tends to spike.
Amanda J. Aubel +4 more
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Preventing crime and violence [PDF]
BMJ, 1995 Violent crime, which is committed mainly by adolescents and young adults, is a serious and increasing problem on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States the number of juveniles (under 18) who were arrested for murder and manslaughter rose by 60% between 1981 and 1990 compared with a 5% rise in those aged 18 years and over.1 The proportion of ...
J P, Shepherd, D P, Farrington
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Implementation of an emerging hospital-based violence intervention program: a multimethod study
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2023 Background Individuals who experience assaultive firearm injury are at elevated risk for violent reinjury and multiple negative physical and psychological health outcomes. Hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) may improve patient outcomes
Marcie Gawel +6 more
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