Sandra Shanahan

Biographic Data

ID6030643
NAMESandra Shanahan
GIVEN NAMESSandra
FAMILY NAMEShanahan
SIGNATURESHANAHAN S
AFFILIATIONSKing County Medical Examiner's Office
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Crime reductions after enhanced implementation of Washington state's domestic violence protection order firearm relinquishment law

    Open AccessAlice M Ellyson, Julie Kafka et al.ARTICLEJournal of Criminal Justice2026References: 72

    Federal law and many state laws prohibit certain individuals who are restrained by Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPO) from possessing or purchasing a firearm. In addition to reducing the risk of harm to individuals protected by these orders, these laws and their implementation may also help improve public safety. This study examined the impact of enhanced implementation of Washington state's law requiring firearm relinquishment by individ…

  • Disparities in court orders to relinquish firearms in civil domestic violence protection orders

    Open AccessJulie M Kafka, Alice M Ellyson et al.ARTICLECriminology & Public Policy2025References: 13

    Research summary To address firearm‐related harms in the context of domestic violence (DV), federal law prohibits firearm purchase or possession for respondents in qualifying civil domestic violence protection order (DVPO) cases. Washington state further authorizes courts to order a DVPO respondent (i.e., the person who perpetrated DV) to relinquish firearms in their possession while a DVPO is in effect. Despite statutory guidelines about when to…

  • Use of immigration status for coercive control in domestic violence protection orders

    Open AccessAisha Alsinai, Max Reygers et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sociology2023References: 13

    In the context of domestic violence (DV), immigration-related circumstances can be exploited by an abuser to coerce and manipulate their partner. Using an intersectional structural framework, we examine how social structures overlaid with immigration-specific experiences operate to further enhance opportunities for abuse against immigrant women. We conducted a textual analysis to identify how socially constructed systems interact with a victim-su…

  • Firearm restrictions in domestic violence protection orders

    Open AccessAlice M Ellyson, Avanti Adhia et al.ARTICLECriminology & Public Policy2023Cited by: 1References: 6

    Research Summary We quantified the implementation of WA state's domestic violence (DV)‐related firearm prohibitions (RCW9.41.800) by the courts and the Regional Domestic Violence Firearms Enforcement Unit (RDVFEU), a regional approach to compliance promotion. We measured implementation, vetting, compliance, and enforcement of firearm prohibitions before (2014–2016) and after (2018–2020) the RDVFEU was implemented using a 55% random sample of gran…

  • Saving Lives

    Open AccessAmy E Bonomi, Amy Bonomi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2021