In the past 30 years, police have become increasingly militarized in their uniforms, equipment, and approach. Arming police, and ensuring that their weapons are more powerful, numerous, and visible, is typically justified in rhetorical terms: it is common sense that...
Laws that prohibit abusers’ possession of firearms are associated with lower intimate partner homicide rates. However, some policies are moving toward arming victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), rather than disarming abusers, despite a dearth of empirical...
For hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs), gun violence intervention and the treatment of firearm-related injuries for male survivors require a sui generis network of team members that includes physicians, caseworkers, mental health care providers, and...
Firearm violence is a significant cause of morbidity and premature mortality in the United States. The majority of suicides and homicides are committed with firearms. Considerable debate has occurred regarding firearm violence and mentally ill people. Mental health...
In the context of intimate partner violence (IPV), firearms may be used to threaten, coerce, and intimidate. Yet, what little research exists on firearms among IPV victims has focused almost exclusively on homicide or near homicide. Thus, the deleterious health...
