Novel Linkage of Individual and Geographic Data to Study Firearm Violence

Firearm violence is the end result of a causative web of individual-level and geographic risk factors. Few, if any, studies of firearm violence have been able to simultaneously determine the population-based relative risks that individuals experience as a result of what they were doing at a specific...

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Authors: Branas, Charles (Author) ; Wiebe, Douglas (Author) ; Richmond, Therese S (Author) ; Culhane, Dennis P (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2008
In: Homicide studies
Year: 2008
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Summary:Firearm violence is the end result of a causative web of individual-level and geographic risk factors. Few, if any, studies of firearm violence have been able to simultaneously determine the population-based relative risks that individuals experience as a result of what they were doing at a specific point in time and where they were, geographically, at a specific point in time. This paper describes the linkage of individual and geographic data that was undertaken as part of a population-based case-control study of firearm violence in Philadelphia. New methods and applications of these linked data relevant to researchers and policymakers interested in firearm violence are also discussed
ISSN:1552-6720
DOI:10.1177/1088767908319756