RFA-CE-23-006, Preventing firearm-related harm through Domestic Violence Protection Order firearm prohibitions and relinquishment

项目概要/摘要 家庭暴力及其最常见的亲密伴侣暴力是严重的公共卫生问题 以及对个人、家庭和社区产生持久影响的安全问题。枪支扮演着 在家庭暴力和IPV中持续造成伤害的重要作用，这种伤害不成比例地经历了 美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民，黑人和多种族女性。遭受家庭暴力的个人 根据联邦法律，禁止保护令（DVPO）购买和拥有枪支， 但这些禁令在美国各地并没有得到一致的实施或执行。一些国家， 包括华盛顿州，都颁布了类似的禁令。这些州一级的DVPO枪支禁令可能 减少与枪支有关的犯罪、伤害和死亡，但需要进行严格的个人评估，特别是 为了检验这些禁令是否能减少美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民与枪支有关的伤害， 黑人和多种族女性。我们提出了一个项目，以回应"研究赠款，以严格评估 利用供资方案B "预防与枪支有关的暴力和伤害的创新和有希望的战略" 并直接针对资助机会通知上所述的目的和范围。总体 该提案的目的是严格评估实施DVPO火器的有效性 禁止使用枪支以减少随后发生的与枪支有关的犯罪、伤害和受害者-幸存者/请愿者的死亡， 受保护的未成年人和受访者。我们将收集大约12，500个DVO和枪支相关伤害的新数据 在华盛顿州作为多县人口队列研究的一部分。利用公共卫生促进和政策 研究框架与具有DV和IPV专业知识的跨学科研究人员团队合作， 火器伤害流行病学，公共政策，因果推理和应用计量经济学，法律，公共卫生， 刑事法律的制度的差异和社会学，我们将： 在实施《家庭暴力条例》禁止火器政策（目标1）之前和之后;评估《家庭暴力条例》的有效性 火器禁令在减少火器相关伤害方面的作用（目标2）;评估DVPO火器禁令的效果 按种族分列的与枪支有关的伤害、犯罪和死亡的政策执行情况（目标3）;并量化 经核实的火器相关伤害的火器放弃（目标4）。两者都是定量的（例如，差中差 设计策略评估，编译器平均因果效应）和定性方法（例如，专题分析）将 用于实现这些目标。确定枪支移除对枪支相关伤害的影响至关重要， 这一点非常重要，特别是在DVO的情况下，枪支会增加致命伤害的风险。我们将利用 我们现有的学术实践伙伴关系，以实现我们的目标。这一创新项目将产生新的 关于DVPO火器禁令及其防止火器相关问题的潜力的定性和定量调查结果 伤害，暴力犯罪和死亡，当制定，实施和执行。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Domestic violence (DV) and its most common form intimate partner violence (IPV) are substantial public health and safety problems with lasting consequences for individuals, families, and communities. Firearms play a consequential role in perpetuating harm in DV and IPV, and this harm is disproportionately experienced by American Indian / Alaska Native, Black, and multiracial women. Individuals subject to Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) are prohibited from purchasing and possessing firearms according to federal law, but these prohibitions are not consistently implemented or enforced across the United States. Some states, including Washington state, have enacted similar prohibitions. These state-level DVPO firearm prohibitions may reduce firearm-related crime, injury, and death, but rigorous, individual-level evaluations are needed, particularly to examine whether these prohibitions can reduce firearm-related harm among American Indian / Alaska Native, Black, and multiracial women. We propose a project in response to “Research Grants to Rigorously Evaluate Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Firearm-related Violence and Injuries” using Funding Option B and directly addressing the purpose and scope indicated on the Notice of Funding Opportunity. The overarching goal of this proposal is to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of DVPO firearm prohibitions in reducing subsequent firearm-related crime, injury, and death of victim-survivors / petitioners, protected minors, and respondents. We will collect new data on around 12,500 DVPOs and firearm-related harm in Washington State as part of a multi-county population cohort study. Using a public health promotion and policy research framework in collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers with expertise in DV and IPV, epidemiology of firearm injury, public policy, causal inference and applied econometrics, law, public health, criminal legal system disparities, and sociology, we will: characterize firearm relinquishment by respondents before and after implementation of DVPO firearm prohibition policy (Aim 1); assess the effectiveness of DVPO firearm prohibitions in reducing firearm-related harm (Aim 2); evaluate the effect of DVPO firearm prohibition policy implementation on firearm-related injury, crime, and death by race (Aim 3); and quantify the impact of verified firearm relinquishment on firearm-related harm (Aim 4). Both quantitative (e.g., differences-in-differences design policy evaluation, complier average causal effects) and qualitative methods (e.g., thematic analysis) will be used to address these aims. Identifying the impact of firearm removal on firearm-related harm is of great importance, particularly in the context of DVPOs where firearms escalate the risk of fatal harm. We will leverage our existing academic-practice partnerships to achieve our goals. This innovative project will generate new qualitative and quantitative findings on DVPO firearm prohibitions and their potential to prevent firearm-related injury, violent crime, and death when enacted, implemented, and enforced.