Firearm use in intimate partner violence: A brief overview

Evaluation Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-236

  Sorenson, Susan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearms; Intimate partner violence; Norms; Policy; Violence prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COERCION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33646418972     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X06287220     Document Type: Review

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