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Preventing Firearm Violence Among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in North Carolina, 2003-2004

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Principal Investigator(s): Moracco, Kathryn E.; Clark, Kathryn Anderson; Espersen, Christina; Bowling, J. Michael

Summary: The study examined (1) the scope and nature of firearm possession by Domestic Violence Protective Order (DVPO) defendants, (2) pre- and post-legislation experiences of firearm-related intimate partner violence (IPV) among women applying for Domestic Violence Protective Orders, (3) judges' behaviors specifying firearm-related conditions in DVPOs prior to and following the legislation, and (4) the proportion of and manner in which male DVPO defendants surrendered firearms subsequent to the en... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20350.v1

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