Differences in Mortality Rates of Gunshot Victims: The Influence of Neighborhood Social Processes

Firearm violence is considered a public health crisis in the United States. Firearm violence spatially concentrates within neighborhoods and is associated with community factors; however, little is understood about the geographic differences in gunshot wound mortality and associated neighborhood soc...

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Main Author: Magee, Lauren A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Homicide studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 299-320
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Keywords:
Mortality
Public Health
neighborhood social processes
nonfatal shootings
gun homicide
firearm mortality
community characteristics
firearm assault
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Summary:Firearm violence is considered a public health crisis in the United States. Firearm violence spatially concentrates within neighborhoods and is associated with community factors; however, little is understood about the geographic differences in gunshot wound mortality and associated neighborhood social processes. Applying a public health approach through the Haddon’s Matrix, the results demonstrate systematic differences in social and physical features associated with gunshot mortality. These findings have important implications to improve neighborhood physical and social conditions, police transporting gunshot victims, and police-public health partnerships to improve data collection on nonfatal shootings and shots fired.
ISSN:1552-6720
DOI:10.1177/10887679211047162