Arrests Among Extreme Risk Protection Order Respondents in Washington State: A Statewide Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) are civil restraining orders that aim to prevent firearm-related harm by temporarily separating firearms from people at high and imminent risk of harming themselves or others. We examined arrests for any crime, violent crimes, and firearm-related crimes among ERPO respondents over time in relation to the ERPO. This was a retrospective cohort study of all individuals issued an ERPO in Washington state from 12/8/2016 to 10/2/2020, with follow-up on arrests through 7/1/2023. Exposures were ERPO respondent and case characteristics and time relative to ERPO filing: (1) 1 year prior to ERPO; (2) precipitating event window (4 days before-4 days after ERPO filing); (3) during the remainder of ERPO; and (4) 1 year after ERPO expiration. Outcomes were arrests f

SUBMITTER: Schleimer JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12198538 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature