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Langmann, Caillin – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Canada has implemented legislation covering all firearms since 1977 and presents a model to examine incremental firearms control. The effect of legislation on homicide by firearm and the subcategory, spousal homicide, is controversial and has not been well studied to date. Legislative effects on homicide and spousal homicide were analyzed using…
Descriptors: Certification, Age, Foreign Countries, Weapons
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Tursz, Anne; Crost, Monique; Gerbouin-Rerolle, Pascale; Cook, Jon M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objectives: Test the hypothesis of an underestimation of infant homicides in mortality statistics in France; identify its causes; examine data from the judicial system and their contribution in correcting this underestimation. Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional study was carried out in 26 courts in three regions of France of cases of infant…
Descriptors: Homicide, Child Abuse, Physicians, Courts
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Echeburua, Enrique; Fernandez-Montalvo, Javier; de Corral, Paz; Lopez-Goni, Jose J. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
The aim of this study is to develop a scale to predict intimate partner femicide and severe violence. The sample consists of 1,081 batterer men who were reported to the police station. First, the most significant differences between the severe violence group (n = 269) and the less severe violence group (n = 812) in sociodemographic variables are…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Risk, Homicide, Violence