Firearm Ownership and Violent Crime in the U.S.: An Ecologic Study.

@article{Monuteaux2015FirearmOA,
  title={Firearm Ownership and Violent Crime in the U.S.: An Ecologic Study.},
  author={Michael Carl Monuteaux and Lois Kaye Lee and David Hemenway and Rebekah Mannix and Eric W. Fleegler},
  journal={American journal of preventive medicine},
  year={2015},
  volume={49 2},
  pages={
          207-14
        }
}
View on PubMed
csus.edu
60 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
3
Background Citations
17
Methods Citations
1
Results Citations
3

Figures and Tables from this paper

60 Citations

Citation Type

Citation Type

Firearm Ownership and the Murder of Women in the United States: Evidence That the State-Level Firearm Ownership Rate Is Associated with the Nonstranger Femicide Rate
Abstract Femicide is an important but understudied public health and criminal justice issue. The majority of femicides in the United States are perpetrated with a firearm, and policies that may…
Firearm Ownership and Domestic Versus Nondomestic Homicide in the U.S.
Firearm Availability and Parricide
The association between firearm ownership and homicide has been shown to be specifically related to homicides involving intimate partners and other domestic relations. Prior research has shown that…
The Dynamics of Race, Place, and Homicide Context in the Relationship between Firearm Dealers and Gun Violence
Abstract This study examines the relationship between the concentration of legal firearm dealers and firearm homicide in 27 states. Using data collected from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,…
Licensed firearm dealer availability and intimate partner homicide: A multilevel analysis in sixteen states.
Firearm Use in Violent Crime: Examining the Role of Premeditation and Motivation in Weapon Choice
TLDR
It is found that premeditation and motivation are robust covariates of firearm use, which aligns with Rational Choice Theory; this suggests that firearms are used as tools to gain compliance and facilitate the commission of a crime.
Modeling Gun Ownership As A Social Disease
Gun violence is a leading cause of premature deaths in the United States. Evidence has linked higher levels of firearm ownership to an increased risk for violent crimes perpetrated with a firearm.…
Gun-Related Crime in Detroit, Michigan: Exploring the Spatial Context of Licensed Firearm Availability and Neighborhood Characteristics
Abstract The linkage between firearms and violent crime has been documented in several criminological research efforts, with different conclusions. This study explores the relationship between gun…
A decompositional analysis of firearm-related mortality in the United States, 2001-2012.
Firearm Availability and Violent Death: The Need for a Culture Change in Attitudes toward Guns
There are two conflicting positions toward gun ownership in the United States. Proponents of stricter gun control argue that guns are responsible for 32,000 gun-related deaths each year and that the…
...
1
2
3
4
5
...

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 29 REFERENCES
Rates of household firearm ownership and homicide across US regions and states, 1988-1997.
TLDR
It was found that in areas where household firearm ownership rates were higher, a disproportionately large number of people died from homicide.
State-level homicide victimization rates in the US in relation to survey measures of household firearm ownership, 2001-2003.
The relationship between gun ownership and stranger and nonstranger firearm homicide rates in the United States, 1981-2010.
TLDR
A positive and significant association between gun ownership and nonstranger firearm homicide rates is found, challenging the argument that gun ownership deters violent crime, in particular, homicides.
Examining the relationship between the prevalence of guns and homicide rates in the USA using a new and improved state-level gun ownership proxy
TLDR
It is found that state-level gun ownership as measured by the new proxy, is significantly associated with firearm and total homicides but not with non-firearm homicides.
Revisiting the Gun Ownership and Violence Link A Multilevel Analysis of Victimization Survey Data
The link between gun ownership victimization by violent crime remains one of the most contested issues in criminology. Some authors claim that high gun availability facilitates serious violence.…
Gun Availability and Violent Crime: New Evidence from the National Incident-Based Reporting System
Usingfouryears of county-level data drawnfrom the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) for South Carolina and a pooled cross-sectional time-series research design, we investigate whether…
Firearm legislation and firearm-related fatalities in the United States.
TLDR
A higher number of firearm laws in a state are associated with a lower rate of firearm fatalities in the state, overall and for suicides and homicides individually, as well as an ecological and cross-sectional method.
Guns, violent crime, and suicide in 21 countries
TLDR
It is concluded that guns in the home are an important risk factor in suicide with guns, as well as a threat to women (especially female partners), whereas their role in homicide of male victims and street crime (such as robbery) may be much less prominent.
Firearm availability and homicide rates across 26 high-income countries.
TLDR
There is a strong and statistically significant association between gun availability and homicide rates across developed countries, where guns are more available, there are more homicides.
Firearm availability and homicide: A review of the literature
...
1
2
3
...