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Vigdor, Elizabeth Richardson; Mercy, James A. – Evaluation Review, 2006
Domestic violence imposes a large cost on society. The authors exploit state variation in timing to examine the impact of three types of law on intimate partner homicides. These laws restrict access to firearms by individuals who are subject to a restraining order or have been convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor or allow law enforcement…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Gun Control, Crime Prevention, Homicide
Duker, Laurie – 1992
In an effort to reduce the current epidemic of gun violence among children and adolescents in the United States, this fact sheet presents various approaches to reducing access to and interest in carrying firearms. Suggested approaches to reducing access include: (1) urging parents to turn in their guns to police; (2) repealing anti-gun control…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adolescents, Children, Family Violence