Expectations of and perceived need for civil war in the USA: findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey
In 2023, the expectation that civil war was likely and the belief that it was needed were uncommon but were higher among subsets of the population that had previously been associated with greater willingness to commit political violence. These findings can help guide prevention efforts.
Authors
- Garen J. Wintemute (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-8512)
- Andrew J. Crawford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3153-6898)
- Yueju Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6537-0078)
- Elizabeth A. Tomsich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2684-272X)
- Paul M. Reeping (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1703-6379)
- Bradley Velasquez
Institutions
- University of California System (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00521-5
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.53
Funders
- Joyce Foundation
- California Wellness Foundation
- Heising-Simons Foundation
- University of California, Davis
- California Firearm Violence Research Center, UC Davis Health