Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Abusers
Handgun Purchases and Restraining Orders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11020281 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine A Vittes (At the time of the study, Katherine A. Vittes was with the School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Susan B. Sorenson is with the School of Social Policy and Practice and the Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.), Susan B Sorenson (At the time of the study, Katherine A. Vittes was with the School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Susan B. Sorenson is with the School of Social Policy and Practice and the Department of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 828-831 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2007.124115 |
| PMID | 18381985 |
| PMCID | PMC2374807 |
| OpenAlex | W2146733001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Persons under certain domestic violence restraining orders are prohibited by federal law from purchasing and possessing a firearm. We used administrative data from California to link 794426 restraining orders with 1388724 handgun purchase applications. We found that restrained persons were not a less law-abiding group in general, but they appeared to be repeatedly or serially abusive to intimate partners, and their handgun purchase rates were highest after their restraining orders expired
Business · Criminology · Domestic violence · Environmental health · Federal law · Injury prevention · Legislation · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Purchasing · Suicide prevention · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Marketing · Medicine · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |