Sentences with phrase «factors for homicide»

The presence of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500 percent, independent of other risk factors for homicide, according to an American Journal of Public Health report.

Alcohol is an established risk factor for homicide perpetration and victimization.

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Provisions in the bill include increasing the penalty for a repeat offense to a felony; allowing judges to consider risk factors such as firearm possession and violations of restraining orders in determining bail; and establishing a statewide Fatality Review Team to find new ways to prevent intimate partner homicides.

Alcohol is a primary factor in the four leading causes of death for young persons, ages 10 - 21, and nearly 100,000 people die each year from alcohol - related causes, including drinking and driving crashes, other accidents, falls, fires, alcohol - related homicides, and suicide.

«Our analysis shows that having access to firearms is a significant risk factor for men committing suicide and for women being victims of homicide,» said Andrew Anglemyer, PhD, MPH, an expert in study design and data analytics in Clinical Pharmacy and Global Health Sciences at UCSF, who is also a U.S. Army veteran.

The previous factors are what set a wrongful death claim apart from a criminal case for the homicide of the victim.