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After the gun: examining police visits and intimate partner violence following incidents involving a firearm

Auteurs: Dylan S. Small, Susan B. Sorenson, Richard A. Berk

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Behavioral Medicine | Uitgave 4/2019

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Abstract

Laws have been enacted to keep firearms out of the hands of abusers. In this study, we examined one such effort—removal of a firearm at the scene of intimate partner violence (IPV)—to assess the subsequent occurrence and number of IPV incidents responded to by police and subsequent risk of injury to the victim. Using the 28,977 IPV calls in one large U.S. city to which officers responded during the 2013 calendar year, we identified 220 first-time incidents in which offenders used (i.e., brandished, pistol whipped, shot) a pistol, revolver, rifle, or shotgun. Officers reported removing a firearm from 52 (24%) of the offenders. After using full propensity score matching to control for potential confounders, logistic and Poisson regressions were used to assess differences between those from whom a firearm was removed and those whose firearm was not removed. Firearm removal at the scene of an IPV incident appears to increase the likelihood of subsequent IPV reports to police and suggestive evidence that subsequent injury to the victim might increase as well. The offender shifting from threats with a firearm to physical violence and a change (an increase as well as a decrease) in victim willingness to summon police may account for the findings.
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Calculations were conducted using the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: Supplementary Homicide Reports, United States, 2016, the first offender-victim, and the relationship categories of boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, common-law husband, common-law wife, ex-husband, ex-wife, and homosexual.
 
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Perhaps officers removed a firearm but did not record it on one of the places on the department-mandated form that would have documented their action. Although the opposite—that officers reported that they removed a gun when they didn’t—is possible, it is believed to be far less likely; as the case proceeded through the criminal justice system, it quickly would become obvious that no firearm had been taken into evidence.
 
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A firearm was defined as a pistol, revolver, rifle, or shotgun. All other guns (e.g., BB guns, Taser [stun gun]) were classified as external non-firearm weapons.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
After the gun: examining police visits and intimate partner violence following incidents involving a firearm
Auteurs
Dylan S. Small
Susan B. Sorenson
Richard A. Berk
Publicatiedatum
01-08-2019
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Behavioral Medicine / Uitgave 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0160-7715
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3521
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-019-00013-8