Intimate Partner Violence, Firearm Injuries and Homicides: A Health Justice Approach to Two Intersecting Public Health Crises

More than half of all intimate partner homicides involve a firearm and firearms are frequently used by perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) to injure and threaten victims and survivors. Recent court decisions undermine important legal restrictions on firearm possession by IPV perpetrators...

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Autor principal: Tobin-Tyler, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Symposium Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10209983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37226755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.41
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description More than half of all intimate partner homicides involve a firearm and firearms are frequently used by perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) to injure and threaten victims and survivors. Recent court decisions undermine important legal restrictions on firearm possession by IPV perpetrators, thus jeopardizing the safety of victims and survivors. This article reviews the history and recent developments in the law at the intersection of IPV and firearm violence and proposes a way forward through a health justice framework.
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spelling pubmed-102099832023-05-26 Intimate Partner Violence, Firearm Injuries and Homicides: A Health Justice Approach to Two Intersecting Public Health Crises Tobin-Tyler, Elizabeth J Law Med Ethics Symposium Articles More than half of all intimate partner homicides involve a firearm and firearms are frequently used by perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) to injure and threaten victims and survivors. Recent court decisions undermine important legal restrictions on firearm possession by IPV perpetrators, thus jeopardizing the safety of victims and survivors. This article reviews the history and recent developments in the law at the intersection of IPV and firearm violence and proposes a way forward through a health justice framework. Cambridge University Press 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10209983/ /pubmed/37226755 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.41 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Intimate Partner Violence, Firearm Injuries and Homicides: A Health Justice Approach to Two Intersecting Public Health Crises
title Intimate Partner Violence, Firearm Injuries and Homicides: A Health Justice Approach to Two Intersecting Public Health Crises
title_full Intimate Partner Violence, Firearm Injuries and Homicides: A Health Justice Approach to Two Intersecting Public Health Crises
title_fullStr Intimate Partner Violence, Firearm Injuries and Homicides: A Health Justice Approach to Two Intersecting Public Health Crises
title_full_unstemmed Intimate Partner Violence, Firearm Injuries and Homicides: A Health Justice Approach to Two Intersecting Public Health Crises
title_short Intimate Partner Violence, Firearm Injuries and Homicides: A Health Justice Approach to Two Intersecting Public Health Crises
title_sort intimate partner violence, firearm injuries and homicides: a health justice approach to two intersecting public health crises
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10209983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37226755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.41
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