CONTEXT: In the United States, more than 45,000 women died from gun violence over the last decade. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether measures of firearm availability are related to rates of suicide, homicide, and unintentional firearm deaths among women in the United...
OBJECTIVE: to determine the association between firearm availability and female homicide victimization among high-income countries. METHODS: Data were assembled for the most recent available year (1994-1999) from the official reports of the ministries of health for...
Background Research suggests that access to firearms in the home increases the risk for violent death. Purpose To understand current estimates of the association between firearm availability and suicide or homicide. Data Sources PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central...
OBJECTIVES: We examined the relationship between levels of household firearm ownership, as measured directly and by a proxy-the percentage of suicides committed with a firearm-and age-adjusted firearm homicide rates at the state level. METHODS: We conducted a negative...
This article reviews the most commonly cited, representative, empirical studies in the peer-reviewed literature that directly investigate the association of gun availability and homicide victimization. Individual-level studies (n=4) are reviewed that investigate the...
