Rothman Emily F, Hemenway David, Miller Matthew, Azrael Deb
Boston University School of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, USA.
J Am Med Womens Assoc (1972). 2005 Winter;60(1):62-8.
To present the prevalence of gun ownership among batterers and describe their self-reported use of guns to threaten intimate partners.
We used multivariate methods to analyze data from 8529 men enrolled in Massachusetts certified batterer intervention programs between 1999 and 2003.
Seven percent of the sample reported owning guns during the past 3 years. Recent gun owners were 7.8 times more likely than non-gun-owners to have threatened their partners with guns. Gun owners and non-gun-owners were equally likely to have threatened their partners with knives. Batterers reported using guns to threaten their partners in 4 ways, including 1) threatening to shoot them; 2) cleaning, holding, or loading a gun during an argument; 3) threatening to shoot a pet or person the victim cared about; and 4) shooting a gun during an argument with a victim. Identified risk markers for threatening an intimate partner with a gun included substance abuse, homicidal behavior, making knife threats, and gun ownership in the 3 years preceding assessment.
Among batterers, owning a gun is highly correlated with using a gun to threaten an intimate partner. Legal restrictions that prohibit batterers from owning and possessing firearms should be enforced consistently. Detailed contextual information about the circumstances in which batterers use guns to threaten intimate partners and potential protective and risk factors relevant to firearm use by batterers should be explored.
呈现施暴者中枪支拥有情况，并描述他们自我报告的用枪威胁亲密伴侣的行为。
我们运用多变量方法分析了1999年至2003年间参加马萨诸塞州认证施暴者干预项目的8529名男性的数据。
7%的样本报告在过去3年中拥有枪支。近期有枪者用枪威胁伴侣的可能性是非有枪者的7.8倍。有枪者和无枪者用刀威胁伴侣的可能性相同。施暴者报告用枪威胁伴侣有4种方式，包括：1）威胁开枪射击他们；2）在争吵时擦拭、持有或装填枪支；3）威胁射杀受害者关心的宠物或人；4）在与受害者争吵时开枪。确定的用枪威胁亲密伴侣的风险指标包括药物滥用、杀人行为、用刀威胁以及在评估前3年拥有枪支。
在施暴者中，拥有枪支与用枪威胁亲密伴侣高度相关。应始终执行禁止施暴者拥有和持有枪支的法律限制。应探究有关施暴者用枪威胁亲密伴侣的具体情况以及与施暴者使用枪支相关的潜在保护因素和风险因素的详细背景信息。
