TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Firearms laws and the reduction of violence: a systematic review
JO  - American journal of preventive medicine
A1  - Task Force on Community Preventive Services (USA), 
A1  - Briss, Peter A.
A1  - Tuma, Farris
A1  - Snyder, Susan
A1  - Moscicki, Eve
A1  - Liberman, Akiva
A1  - Fullilove, Mindy T.
A1  - Crosby, Alexander E.
A1  - Bilukha, Oleg O.
A1  - Hahn, Robert A.
SP  - 40
EP  - 71
VL  - 28
IS  - 2 Suppl 1
N2  - The Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force) is conducting systematic reviews of scientific evidence about diverse interventions for the prevention of violence, and resulting injury and death, including, among others, early childhood home visitation, therapeutic foster care, the transfer of juveniles to the adult justice system, school programs for the teaching of prosocial behavior, and community policing. This report presents findings about the effectiveness of firearms laws in preventing violence. Studies of the following firearms laws were included in the review: bans on specified firearms or ammunition; restrictions on firearms acquisition; waiting periods for firearms acquisition; firearms registration; licensing of firearms owners; “shall issue” carry laws that allow people who pass background checks to carry concealed weapons; child access prevention laws; zero tolerance laws for firearms in schools; and combinations of firearms laws.
LA  - en
SN  - 0749-3797
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2004.10.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -