Importance of categories of crime for predicting future violent crime among handgun purchasers in California.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prohibiting the purchase and possession of firearms by those at risk of violence is an established approach to preventing firearm violence. Prior studies of legal purchasers have focused on convictions for specific crimes, such as violent misdemeanors and driving under the influence (DUI). We broaden that line of inquiry by investigating and comparing the associations between prior arrests for most categories of crime and subsequent arrest for violent offenses among legal handgun purchasers in California.

Methods

In this longitudinal cohort study of 79,678 legal handgun purchasers in California in 2001, we group arrest charges prior to their first purchases in 2001 according to categories defined by the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Handbook. We use a gradient boosti

SUBMITTER: Shev AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10634023 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature