• Preventive medicine · Dec 2022

    Rethinking "recidivism" in firearm injury research and prevention.

    • Sara F Jacoby, Randi N Smith, and Jessica H Beard.
    • Department of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: sfjacoby@nursing.upenn.edu.
    • Prev Med. 2022 Dec 1; 165 (Pt A): 107221107221.

    AbstractInterpersonal firearm injuries pose a persistent public health threat in the United States (US). Strategic interventions to curb these injuries require evaluation of measurable outcomes that prove effectiveness and substantiate efforts for wider scaling and implementation. One common outcome of interest used among injury prevention researchers and practitioners is 'recidivism' referring to recurrent injury from acts of violence in a previously firearm injured person. In this commentary we urge that the term which can insinuate racialized criminality and reinforce stigma, no longer be used to describe people who experience firearm injuries. We also advocate for reconsideration of 'recidivism' as an ideal evaluation metric for the success of tertiary firearm injury prevention programs.Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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