Subsequent criminal activity among violent misdemeanants who seek to purchase handguns: Risk factors and effectiveness of denying handgun purchase

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 285, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1019-1026

  Wintemute, Garen J ^a   Wright, Mona A ^a   Drake, Christiana M ^a   Beaumont, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Firearms; Guns; Legislation; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIREARM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035961554     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.8.1019     Document Type: Article

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