TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Social work practice and gun safety in the United States
JO  - Advances in social work
A1  - Logan-Greene, Patricia
A1  - Sperlich, Michelle
A1  - Finucane, Adair
SP  - 1165
EP  - 1186
VL  - 18
IS  - 4
N2  - Public policy debate about guns continues in the United States, with many professional organizations taking strong stands in policy statements. Moreover, many clinical organizations have provided recommendations for practitioners to use with clients to encourage gun safety in the home, particularly for vulnerable populations such as families with young children and those at risk of suicide. Social workers are in an excellent position to encourage gun safety with some of the most at-risk populations; however, clinical guidelines and research on preventing gun violence has lagged in social work compared to other disciplines. In this article we examine the importance of gun safety for social work clients (with special attention to families with children, families experiencing violence, and individuals at risk of suicide), consider the recommendations made by other professional organizations, and provide some initial thoughts about how social workers might engage with the families they serve to reduce the incidence of gun violence.     Copyright to works published in Advances in Social Work is retained by the author(s).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1527-8565
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/21620
ID  - ref1
ER  -