Firearms

Spectrochemical mapping using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy as a more objective approach to shooting distance determination

NCJ Number

300619

Journal

Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

NCJ Number

255989

Date Published

July 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored)

PDF

Evaluation of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy for Firearm Forensics within the Crime Lab

NCJ Number

255942

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

PDF

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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Reference Ballistic Toolmark Database for Research and Development of Identification Systems and Confidence Limits

2013-R2R-4843

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2013

$278,014

Firearm Toolmark Population Statistics for Objective Identification and Error Rate Estimation

2016-DNR-6257-1

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$367,863

Establishing a National Firearms and Toolmark Statistical Background Population for Calculation of Error Rates

2016-DNR-6257-3

Open

Funding First Awarded

2018

$550,615

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

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

NCJ Number

79105

Journal

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Date Published

1981

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publisher abstract

Community Policing Against Guns: Public Opinion of the Kansas City Gun Experiment

NCJ Number

167666

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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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)

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Drugs and Guns Among Inner-City High School Students

NCJ Number

156064

Journal

Journal of Drug Education

Date Published

1994

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored, NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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

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

NCJ Number

226406

Journal

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Date Published

February 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

HTML

Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America - An Annotated Bibliography

NCJ Number

80421

Date Published

November 1981

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Bibliography

PDF

Firearms Training and Prevention of Hearing Loss

NCJ Number

251199

Date Published

October 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Issue Overview, Instructional Material

PDF

Federal Firearms Policy and Mandatory Sentencing

NCJ Number

88037

Journal

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Date Published

1982

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

PDF

Electromagnetic Gun Detection Demonstration System, Final Report

NCJ Number

178410

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Technical)

PDF

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