Weapon Use Increases the Severity of Domestic Violence but Neither Weapon Use nor Firearm Access Increases the Risk or Severity of Recidivism

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1143-1156

  Folkes, Stephanie E F ^a   Hilton, N Zoe ^b   Harris, Grant T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene   (Canada)

Author keywords

domestic violence; firearms; intimate partner violence; risk; severity; weapons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRIME VICTIMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84874772452     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260512468232     Document Type: Article

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