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Hempstead, Katherine; Nguyen, Tuan; David-Rus, Richard; Jacquemin, Bretta – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
Drawing on constructs of masculinity as it relates to both gun ownership and men's health, we use a rich data set, the New Jersey Violent Death Reporting System as well as hospital discharge data, to analyze 3,413 completed male suicides between the years of 2003 and 2009. We test the hypotheses that the use of firearms is more common when…
Descriptors: Males, Masculinity, Weapons, Suicide