Firearm-crime relationships

Reducing Gun Violence: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising

NCJ Number

188084

Date Published

March 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

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Youth, Guns, and Violence in Urban America

NCJ Number

138725

Date Published

1992

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Impacts of Enhanced Penalties for Crimes With Deadly Weapons

NCJ Number

139461

Date Published

1992

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

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Situational Role of Firearms in Violent Encounters, Final Report

NCJ Number

195796

Date Published

2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

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Intervening in Gun Markets: An Experiment to Assess the Impact of Targeted Gun-Law Messaging

NCJ Number

234235

Journal

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Date Published

March 2011

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Gun Theft and Crime

NCJ Number

253168

Journal

Journal of Urban Health

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Funded Research on Firearms Violence in Urban Cities Advancing Scientific Evidence to Inform Practice

December 2021

In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of papers summarizing the newest findings of NIJ-funded research projects on criminal offenses with firearms in urban areas. Researchers used various criminological and other theories, including routine activity theory, socio-ecological and socio-environmental perspectives, and advanced mixed-study methods, including surveys and spatio-temporal designs, to produce scientific evidence to inform practice.

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Effects of Gun Seizures on Gun Violence: "Hot Spots" Patrol in Kansas City

NCJ Number

167665

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

1995

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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Federal Legislation and Gun Markets: How Much Have Recent Reforms of the Federal Firearms Licensing System Reduced Criminal Gun Suppliers

NCJ Number

195214

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

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Deterrence, Firearm Arrests, and Subsequent Shootings: A Micro-Level Spatio-Temporal Analysis

NCJ Number

240217

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

August 2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Armed Criminal in America

NCJ Number

102827

Date Published

1986

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Kansas City Gun Experiment

NCJ Number

184203

Date Published

November 1994

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Series

NIJ Update

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Firearm Injury Surveillance at the Local Level: From Data to Action

NCJ Number

176946

Journal

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Victim Injury and Death in Urban Robbery: A Chicago Study -- A User's Guide to the Machine-Readable Files and Documentation and Original Codebook

NCJ Number

146221

Date Published

1990

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Drug Activity and Firearms Possession and Use by Juveniles

NCJ Number

150557

Journal

Journal of Drug Issues

Date Published

1994

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Survey

Publisher abstract

Problem-Oriented Policing, Deterrence, and Youth Violence: An Evaluation of Boston's Operation Ceasefire

NCJ Number

189562

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

August 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

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Purchase of Multiple Firearms as a Risk Factor for Criminal Gun Use: Implications for Gun Policy and Enforcement

NCJ Number

212304

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

November 2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

HTML

Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings, 1997 and 1998

NCJ Number

175709

Date Published

May 1999

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Conference Material

PDF

Violence Among Rural Youth, Final Report

NCJ Number

180334

Date Published

1998

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Survey

PDF

CeaseFire: A Public Health Approach to Reduce Shootings and Killings

NCJ Number

228386

Journal

Date Published

November 2009

Agencies

NIJ

Series

NIJ Journal

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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Impact of Enhanced Prison Terms for Felonies Committed With Guns

NCJ Number

155105

Journal

Date Published

1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Reducing Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol

NCJ Number

191892

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

November 2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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Subsequent Criminal Activity Among Violent Misdemeanants Who Seek to Purchase Handguns: Risk Factors and Effectiveness of Denying Handgun Purchase

NCJ Number

187108

Journal

Date Published

2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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Nature and Circumstances of Defensive Gun Use: A Content Analysis of Interpersonal Conflict Situations Involving Criminal Offenders

NCJ Number

194992

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

March 2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

HTML

Natural History of Neighborhood Violence

NCJ Number

205844

Journal

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Date Published

May 2004

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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