Gun Possession among Massachusetts Batterer Intervention Program Enrollees

Emily F. Rothman, Renee M. Johnson and David Hemenway
Additional contact information
Emily F. Rothman: Boston University School of Public Health
David Hemenway: Harvard School of Public Health

Evaluation Review, 2006, vol. 30, issue 3, 283-295

Abstract: Batterers with access to firearms present a serious lethal threat to their partners. The purpose of this exploratory study is to estimate the prevalence of and risk markers for gun possession among Massachusetts men enrolled in batterer intervention programs. The authors found that 1.8% of the men reported having a gun in or around their home. Those most likely to report having a gun were White, earned $25,000 or more per year, had served in the military, engaged in problem gambling, and had attempted homicide or threatened their partner with a firearm. Recommendations for strengthening relevant gun laws both within and outside of Massachusetts are discussed.

Keywords: intimate partner violence; firearms; batterer; domestic violence offender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0193841X06287221 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:evarev:v:30:y:2006:i:3:p:283-295

DOI: 10.1177/0193841X06287221

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Evaluation Review
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().