The Transmission of Gun and Other Weapon-Involved Violence Within Social Networks

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 70-86

  Tracy, Melissa ^a   Braga, Anthony A ^b,c   Papachristos, Andrew V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

spouses

Indexed keywords

FAMILY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WEAPON; FIREARM; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FIREARMS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIOLENCE; WEAPONS;

EID: 84960111605     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxv009     Document Type: Review

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