More Bull from the anti SD socialist

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> Unemployment, Access to Guns Among Factors that Turn Domestic Violence
> Deadly
>
> Press Release
> The Johns Hopkins University
> School of Nursing
> 525 North Wolfe Street
> Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2110
> www.son.jhmi.edu
>
> Contact:
> Ming Tai
> Phone: 410-614-5317
>
> Access to guns, threats to kill and most of all, unemployment, are the
> biggest predictors of the murder of women in abusive relationships,
> concludes a nationwide case control study led by Jacquelyn Campbell,
> Ph.D., R.N., professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
>
> The study, published in the July 2003 issue of the American Journal of
> Public Health, finds that a combination of factors, rather than a single
> factor, increases the likelihood that a woman will be murdered by her
> partner.
>
> Researchers identified and interviewed family members and acquaintances of
> 220 intimate partner femicide victims in 11 U.S. cities, along with 343
> women who reported physical abuse during the past two years. The relatives
> and acquaintances were people knowledgeable about the murder victims'
> relationships with the partner. The interviews used an instrument created
> by Campbell called the Danger Assessment and included questions about the
> victim and the perpetrator, characteristics of the relationship, and
> details about the abuse, including the type, frequency and severity of
> violence.
>
> Results of the study show that the abuser's lack of a job is the strongest
> social risk factor, increasing the risk of femicide fourfold. The abuser's
> access to a firearm increased the risk to more than five times, and
> threats to kill her and threats with a weapon also were strongly
> associated with homicide after taking the other factors into account.
>
> The most common relationship factors that independently increased risk
> included a home with a stepchild of the abuser, an abuser's highly
> controlling behavior, and separation. The combination of controlling
> behavior and separation made femicide five times more likely.
>
> "Such information can be useful in preventing these killings," says
> Campbell, principal investigator of the study. "In the United States,
> women are killed by intimate partners more often than by any other type of
> perpetrator, with the majority of these murders involving prior physical
> abuse. Determining key risk factors, over and above a history of domestic
> violence, that contribute to the abuse that escalates to murder will help
> us identify and intervene with battered women who are most at risk."
>
> According to Campbell, results of the study suggest that steps such as
> increasing shelter services for battered women, increasing employment
> opportunities, and restricting abusers' access to guns can potentially
> reduce rates of femicide. She says health care professionals also play a
> critical role in identifying women at high risk.
>
> When treating women who have been abused, Campbell recommends that health
> care professionals ask questions such as: Is your partner unemployed? Is
> he very controlling of your behavior all the time? Has he threatened you
> before? Is there a stepchild in the home? Is there a gun in the home?
> "These are all relatively simple questions that can help assess the level
> of risk," she says. "In cases of extreme danger, such as a situation where
> the abuser is highly controlling and the woman is preparing to leave him,
> it is important for practitioners to warn the woman not to confront the
> partner with her decision and to alert her of the risk of homicide and the
> need for shelter."
>
> The study was supported by funding from the National Institute on Alcohol
> Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National
> Institute of Mental Health, the National Institutes on Aging, the Centers
> for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institute of Justice.
> Other authors include Daniel Webster, Sc.D., M.P.H., Phyllis Sharps,
> Ph.D., R.N., Janet Schollenberger, M.H.S., Jennifer Manganello, Ph.D.,
> M.P.H., and Kathryn Laughon, M.P.H., from Johns Hopkins University, as
> well as Jane Koziol-McLain, Ph.D., R.N., Carolyn Block, Ph.D., Doris
> Campbell, Ph.D., R.N., Mary Ann Curry, Ph.D., R.N., Faye Gary, Ph.D.,
> R.N., Nancy Glass, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., Judith McFarlane, Ph.D., R.N.,
> Carolyn Sachs, M.D., M.P.H., Yvonne Ulrich, Ph.D., R.N., Susan A. Wilt,
> Dr.P.H., Xiao Xu, Ph.D., R.N., and Victoria Frye, M.P.H.
>
> Date of Release: June 30, 2003
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The study, published in the July 2003 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, finds that a combination of factors, rather than a single factor, increases the likelihood that a woman will be murdered by her partner.

Yet the antis will site this very study when they claim that outlawing guns will reduce murder.
 
since i doubt that many of the abusing men who kill their womenfolk do it on the first offense, and anyone with domestic violence conviction cannot have a gun (right?), how would outlawing guns that the mean guy is not supposed to have ALREADY keep him from killing his woman with illegal gun?
as the DI in Full Metal Jacket said so eloquently, "It is the hard heart that kills"
BSR
 
I mean no disrespect for what I'm about to say. I also have many friends that are Drs and Ns, ...various fields of medicine.

I dabbled with the idea of doing something medical for a bit. Took classes and worked in an OR for a bit. My personal Dr made a comment and I think he is right. Darn medical profession getting too damn nosy about folks business. My doc and I shoot together, have for years. He and I discussed the "assessment" protocals and well--bull hockey. He will not ask if a firearm is in the house ( well hell most of his clients he shoots with anyway) , except in rare situations (mental assesment of sucide attempt).

I got into trouble because I wouldn't ask these questions during a psych rotation with a client. Take a mom whom divorces hubby for having an affair. Mom moves in with her parents for a bit to get on her feet. Dad has visitation rights. Comes out dad is sexually abusing daughter during the visits. I'm supposed to ask the mom and grandparents if they have a firearm?? I replied " I hope like hell they do, kinda stupid to think otherwise this day and age". NOT the "best" answer. I said "look one has a right to protect themselves and loved ones". We went round and around about this, the attitude of instructor and I.

I don't do that anymore. Instrutor doesn't instruct anymore either...died from drug overdose...real smart instrutor.

Of course I don't drink, don't do drugs.(she mixed the two).
I do have guns and carry concealed. I'm still here.
:p
 
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