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"Gotta Make Your Heaven": Guns, Safety, and the Edge of Adulthood in New York City

Date Published

July 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 2

November 2020

In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.

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Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 1

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 1

November 2020

In recent years, NIJ invested in several research projects to advance understanding and inform prevention of public mass shootings.

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What Do the Data Reveal About Violence in Schools?

Date Published

November 13, 2020

A review of the most commonly cited sources of school safety data indicates that although crime and violence in schools have generally been decreasing for some time, multiple-victim homicide incidents have been increasing.

Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 2

Event Dates

November 18, 2020, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Using Forensic Intelligence To Combat Serial and Organized Violent Crimes

Police Investigations of Gun Offenses: Understanding and Enhancing Performance

2020-R2-CX-0011

Open

Funding First Awarded

2020

$619,648

Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective

2020-75-CX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$435,020

Assessing the Impact of Plea Bargaining on Subsequent Violence for Firearm Offenders

2020-75-CX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$369,412

Weapons Effects and Individual Intent To Do Harm: Influences on the Escalation of Violence

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

May 2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Is Firearm Threat in Intimate Relationships Associated With Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among Women?

Journal

Violence and Gender

Date Published

June 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gunshot Residue Analysis Featured in New FTCoE Report Series

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

October 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Report on Reducing Gun Violence

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Impact of California Firearms Sales Laws and Dealer Regulations on the Illegal Diversion of Guns

Journal

Injury Prevention

Date Published

June 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

Predictions Put Into Practice: a Quasi-experimental Evaluation of Chicago's Predictive Policing Pilot

Journal

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Date Published

September 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Forensic Evidence and Criminal Investigations: The Impact of Ballistics Information on the Investigation of Violent Crime in Nine Cities

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

March 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gun Crime Incident Reviews as a Strategy for Enhancing Problem Solving and Information Sharing

Journal

Journal of Crime and Justice

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Shooting Alone: The Pre-Attack Experiences and Behaviors of US Solo Mass Murderers

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Gaining the "EDGE" on Virtual Training for Schools and First Responders

Date Published

December 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

High-Speed Video Analysis of Forward and Backward Spattered Blood Droplets

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

July 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Hydrodynamics of Back Spatter by Blunt Bullet Gunshot With a Link to Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Journal

Physical Review Fluids

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Reducing Gun Violence: Results From an Intervention in East Los Angeles

Date Published

2003

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Maryland Center for School Safety Provides Model Threat Assessment Policy

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

December 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description, Legislation/Policy Description