Identifying armed respondents to domestic violence restraining orders and recovering their firearms: Process evaluation of an initiative in California

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Wintemute, Garen J ^a   Frattaroli, Shannon ^b   Claire, Barbara E ^a   Vittes, Katherine A ^b   Webster, Daniel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FIREARM; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84893376504     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301484     Document Type: Article

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