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A feasibility test of an online intervention to prevention dating violence in emerging adults [PDF]

, 2019
Dating violence in emerging adults is a significant problem and few prevention programs based on the developmental needs of this age group have been developed. Our research team developed an online dating violence prevention program called WISER (Writing
Al-Khattab, Halima A., Burke Draucker, Claire, Crane, Stacey, Martsolf, Donna S., McCord, Allison L., Romero, Lindsey   +5 more
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Violence in the workplace: awareness and prevention [PDF]

Australian Health Review, 2003
Occupational violence is of growing interest to both individuals and organisations in the health field.Not surprisingly, staff who work directly on the front line are more vulnerable to episodes of physical violence from the general public. However, violence manifests in a number of ways,and any person in the workplace can experience it at anytime ...
Hinson, J. K., Shapiro, M. C.
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Examining differences between mass, multiple, and single-victim homicides to inform prevention: findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System

Injury Epidemiology, 2021
Background Multi-victim homicides are a persistent public health problem confronting the United States. Previous research shows that homicide rates in the U.S.
Katherine A. Fowler, Rachel A. Leavitt, Carter J. Betz, Keming Yuan, Linda L. Dahlberg   +4 more
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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, Rose M. C. Kagawa, Christopher D. McCort, Rocco Pallin, Garen Wintemute   +4 more
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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 , Michael King , Laura Stolte , Marc-André Argentino   +3 more
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Violent victimization among immigrants: Using the National Violent Death Reporting System to examine foreign-born homicide victimization in the United States

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, Melissa A. Gutierrez, Jessica Huff, Hyunjung Cheon, David Choate, Taylor Cox, Charles M. Katz   +6 more
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News media coverage of extreme risk protection order policies surrounding the Parkland shooting: a mixed-methods analysis

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, Amanda J. Aubel, Christopher E. Knoepke, Veronica A. Pear, Garen J. Wintemute, Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz   +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, Constantinos Kallis, Jeremy Coid   +2 more
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A comparative content analysis of newspaper coverage about extreme risk protection order policies in passing and non-passing US states

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, Rocco Pallin, Christopher E. Knoepke, Garen J. Wintemute, Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz   +4 more
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Preventing violence in youth [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2005
After a wave of violence in Ontario involving students and schools that resulted in the death of 3 teens in 3 separate incidents, Ontario's Minister of Education, Gerard Kennedy, unveiled components of the provincial government's Safe Schools strategy to prevent violence.
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