This brief review summarizes the basic epidemiology of firearm violence, a large and costly
public health problem in the United States for which the mortality rate has remained …

Objective: To estimate the protective effect of storing firearms locked or unloaded, or both, on
the risk of suicide by firearms among people with relatively low intention to die. Design and …

Four assumptions frequently arise in the aftermath of mass shootings in the United States:(1)
that mental illness causes gun violence,(2) that psychiatric diagnosis can predict gun …

Importance Over 30 000 people die annually in the United States from injuries caused by
firearms. Although most firearm laws are enacted by states, whether the laws are associated …

Objectives. We examined the relationship between levels of household firearm ownership,
as measured directly and by a proxy—the percentage of suicides committed with a firearm …

" This book is important for students who want to put domestic crime and justice issues and
criminological theories in an international perspective.... It is more than likely that this book …

Objective To determine whether restrictiveness-permissiveness of state gun laws or gun
ownership are associated with mass shootings in the US. Design Cross sectional time …

Of the readily computed proxies for the prevalence of gun ownership, one, the percentage of
suicides committed with a gun, is most highly correlated with survey-based estimates. It is …

OBJECTIVE: To empirically assess the impact of firearm regulation on male suicides.
METHOD: A negative binomial regression model was applied by using a panel of state level …

One of the central debates animating the interpretation of gun research for public policy is
the question of whether the presence of firearms independently makes violent situations …