Do laws restricting access to firearms by domestic violence offenders prevent intimate partner homicide?

Evaluation Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-346

  Vigdor, Elizabeth Richardson ^a   Mercy, James A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Firearms; Intimate partner homicide

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL LAW; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIREARM; GOVERNMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLICY; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CRIMINAL LAW; DATA COLLECTION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SPOUSE ABUSE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646405164     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X06287307     Document Type: Review

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