Firearm Homicides of US Children Precipitated by Intimate Partner Violence: 2003-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Examine characteristics associated with firearm homicides of children aged 0-17 years precipitated by intimate partner violence (IPV).

Methods

Data were from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Violent Death Reporting System (49 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico; 2003-2020). Logistic regression was used to examine associations between various characteristics and IPV among child firearm homicides.

Results

From 2003-2020, a total of 11 594 child homicides were captured in the National Violent Death Reporting System, of which 49.3% (n = 5716) were firearm homicides; 12.0% (n = 686) of child firearm homicides were IPV-related. Among IPV-related child firearm homicides, 86.0% (n = 590) were child corollary victims (ie, children whose

SUBMITTER: Wilson RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11494689 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature