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Developing a practical forecasting screener for domestic violence incidents

Article Abstract:

The development of a short screening tool that deputies in the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department could use in the field to help forecast domestic violence incidents in particular household is reported. However, a screening instrument was developed based on a small fraction of the information collected, making the screening instrument more complicated that did not improve forecasting skill.

Legal issues & crime, California, Company legal issue, Investigations, Detection equipment, Detectors

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Firearm use in intimate partner violence: A brief overview

Article Abstract:

Extent of firearm usage in murdering intimate partners in the United States is examined in the backdrop of the nature and trend of this killing among men and women. It throws light into the sequence of this crime, prevalent in the United States.

Analysis, Prevention, Crime

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Taking guns from batterers: public support and policy implications

Article Abstract:

Extent of support, the people in United States holds in favor of the prohibition laws against possession of firearms by domestic violence offenders is examined in the light of the implications of these laws.

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