GUN ACCESS AND FEMICIDE: A DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT OF FIREARMS ON INTIMATE KILLINGS

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dc.contributor.advisorLaFree, Garyen_US
dc.contributor.authorCross, Amanda Brownen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-03T14:40:59Z
dc.date.available2005-08-03T14:40:59Z
dc.date.issued2005-05-03en_US
dc.description.abstractStudies of intimate partner homicide have repeatedly suggested that gun accessibility increases the risk that a confrontation between intimates will end in the death of one partner, usually the woman. In the larger arena of gun accessibility research, experts have posited opposing conclusions about how gun accessibility affects the risk of homicide in the population overall. This thesis is an attempt to build a bridge between literature linking gun access to increased intimate partner homicide and literature exploring the affect of gun availability on homicide in general. Based on previous research, the current study poses the following hypotheses: (I) Gun accessibility is a stronger predictor of intimate partner homicide than non-intimate partner homicide and (II) Gun accessibility is a stronger predictor of intimate partner homicide of women than intimate partner homicide of men. My analysis is consistent with hypothesis II but offers no support for hypothesis I.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/2532
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Criminology and Penologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhomicideen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfemicideen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledintimate partner homicideen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfirearmsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledviolenceen_US
dc.titleGUN ACCESS AND FEMICIDE: A DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT OF FIREARMS ON INTIMATE KILLINGSen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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