Citation

Vittes KA, Webster DW, Frattaroli S, Claire BE, Wintemute GJ. Violence Against Women 2013; 19(5): 602-616.

Affiliation

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801213490561

PMID

23759665

Abstract

Persons under certain domestic violence restraining orders in California are required to surrender any firearms in their possession within 24 hours of service. The California Department of Justice funded a pilot program in which Sheriff's Offices in two counties developed a system for better enforcing the firearm surrender requirement. As part of a larger process evaluation, 17 restraining order recipients were interviewed about their experiences with and feelings about the removal of firearms from their abusers. Most women surveyed wanted firearms removed and felt safer as a result of their removal. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Language: en