Interpersonal Gun Violence Research in the Social Work Literature

Abstract Interpersonal gun violence remains a major public health issue in the United States and beyond. This article explores the research on interpersonal gun violence published in peer-reviewed social work journals since the mid-1990s. Findings from this review indicate that the existing scholars...

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Published inHealth & social work Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 224 - 231
Main Authors Aspholm, Roberto R, St Vil, Christopher, Carter, Kimberly A E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxford University Press 17.10.2019
Subjects
Firearms
Gun Violence
Health problems
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Measurement
Perpetrators
Public Health
Risk Factors
Social Work
United States
Urban Population
Victims
Violence
United States
gun violence
social work
public health
violence
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Summary:Abstract Interpersonal gun violence remains a major public health issue in the United States and beyond. This article explores the research on interpersonal gun violence published in peer-reviewed social work journals since the mid-1990s. Findings from this review indicate that the existing scholarship offers some important insights into this topic, particularly related to risk factors for and the effects of exposure to gun violence. These findings, however, also point to some shortcomings in the literature, including problems with the measurement and analytic treatment of exposure to gun violence and a lack of research with direct victims and perpetrators of gun violence. Implications for future research are discussed.
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ISSN:0360-7283
1545-6854
DOI:10.1093/hsw/hlz021