The Perfect Storm? Political Instability and Background Checks During COVID-19
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F25940082%3A_____%2F23%3AN0000016" target="_blank" >RIV/25940082:_____/23:N0000016 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://lifescienceglobal.com/pms/index.php/ijcs/article/view/9070" target="_blank" >https://lifescienceglobal.com/pms/index.php/ijcs/article/view/9070</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2023.12.02" target="_blank" >10.6000/1929-4409.2023.12.02</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Perfect Storm? Political Instability and Background Checks During COVID-19
Original language description
The COVID-19 pandemic has been observed to have increased aggressive behavior and violence in the United States. This study tests whether political instability events propelled gun purchasing behavior through a temporally sensitive analysis based on data drawn from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) and monthly data from the FBI’s NICS National Instant Criminal Background Check System. It utilizes a multi-methodological framework featuring both regression modeling and qualitative comparative analysis. While results from statistical inquiry do not lend support to significant associations of any single variable on the outcome, the comparative configurational inquiry does identify three salient pathways that brought about background check increases during COVID-19. All three solutions feature the conditions of political instability and presidential election events. Alongside these factors, mass shooting occurrences are present in two of the identified solutions. These findings reveal that COVID-19 fostered a set of conditions and the formation of a “Perfect Storm” which resulted in the greatest number of annual gun purchases in recorded history.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
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Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Criminology and Sociology
ISSN
1929-4409
e-ISSN
1929-4409
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2023-03-27
Country of publishing house
CA - CANADA
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
15-26
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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