Publications by authors named "V A Pear"
Background: In 2022, a nationally representative longitudinal survey in the USA found concerningly high prevalences of support for and personal willingness to engage in political violence, but those prevalences decreased in 2023. This study examines changes in those prevalences from 2023 to 2024, an election year in the USA.
Methods: Participants were members of Ipsos KnowledgePanel.
Article Synopsis
- - The study evaluated California's Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS), a program designed to identify firearm purchasers who have become prohibited individuals and to recover their firearms to prevent violence.
- - Conducted as a cluster-randomised trial across 363 cities, the research compared the impact of early versus later interventions on monthly rates of firearm-related crimes between February 2015 and early 2016.
- - Findings indicated that the early intervention did not result in significant decreases in firearm-related crimes, suggesting the limited reach of the APPS program may restrict its overall effectiveness, pointing towards the need for more individual-level analyses.
Background: Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are civil court orders that prohibit firearm purchase and possession when someone is behaving dangerously and is at risk of harming themselves and/or others. As of June 2024, ERPOs are available in 21 states and the District of Columbia to prevent firearm violence. This paper describes the design and protocol of a six-state study of ERPO use.
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