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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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Interoperability of 3D Impressed Firearm Toolmarks Measurements

DJO-NIJ-20-RO-0011

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$497,293

Assessing Class Consistency and Common Source Using 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy in Firearm Forensics

2020-DQ-BX-0028

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2020

$199,615

Tracing and fingerprinting source material and printer of additively manufactured weapons and objects

2020-DQ-BX-0029

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$270,000

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

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

2020-75-CX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2020

$369,412

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

Project Impact, Final Report

Date Published

2001

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Disrupting Illegal Firearms Markets in Boston: The Effects of Operation Ceasefire on the Supply of New Handguns to Criminals

Date Published

November 2005

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

And Nobody Can Get You Out: The Impact of a Mandatory Prison Sentence for the Illegal Carrying of a Firearm on the Use of Firearms and on the Administration of Criminal Justice in Boston

Date Published

1976

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Magneto-Optical Technology Shows Promise in "Unerasing" Serial Numbers

Date Published

October 2014

Publication Type

Technical Assistance

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

COMMUNITY POLICING TO TAKE GUNS OFF THE STREET

Date Published

1993

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Spot the Shot

Date Published

January 2007

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

One With a Gun Gets You Two - Mandatory Sentencing and Firearms Violence in Detroit

Date Published

1981

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

March 2002

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Gun Dealers, USA

Date Published

1994

Publication Type

Citizen Involvement Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

November 2005

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Peers and Gun Use Among Urban Adolescent Males: An Examination of Social Embeddedness

Date Published

February 2009

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Drug Activity and Firearms Possession and Use by Juveniles

Date Published

1994

Publication Type

Survey

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Federal Firearms Policy and Mandatory Sentencing

Date Published

1982

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2002

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Striation Density for Predicting the Identifiability of Fired Bullets with Automated Inspection Systems

Date Published

September 2010

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2003

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored