NRCDV Logo
  • Adult Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
  • Runaway & Homeless Youth Toolkit
  • Prevent Intimate Partner Violence
  • Violence Against Women Resource Library
  • Domestic Violence and Housing Technical Assistance Consortium
  • Domestic Violence Awareness Project
  • National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

img-user-picture.png

 Create an account to save and access your bookmarked materials anytime, anywhere.

  create account  |   login

An Online Resource Library on Gender-Based Violence.

Firearms and Domestic Violence: A Primer for Judges

General Material
Published Date
June, 2002
Publisher(s)

This article provides an overview of related research, judicial response, applicable laws, and effective judicial practice in response to the deadly combination of firearms and domestic violence.

”Even where laws exist to disarm abusers and prevent them from purchasing new firearms, absent effective implementation of the laws -- by judges, as well as by others in the civil and criminal justice system -- survivors of domestic violence and the broader community continue to remain at risk of death or serious injury.”