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Characteristics and Obtainment Methods of Firearms Used in Adolescent School Shootings

Date Published

2023

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Firearms Regulation: A Historical Overview (From Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, Volume 28, P 137-195, 2001, Michael Tonry, ed. -- See NCJ-192542)

Date Published

2001

Publication Type

Historical Overview

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NIJ

Armed and prohibited: characteristics of unlawful owners of legally purchased firearms

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

What is the role of firearms in nonfatal intimate partner violence? Findings from civil protective order case data

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Firearm Removal, Judicial Decision-Making, and Domestic Violence Protection Orders

Date Published

2020

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NIJ-Sponsored

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

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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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

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Firearms, Violence, and Civil Disorders

Date Published

1968

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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)

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

Date Published

1995

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Sources of Firearm Acquisition Among a Sample of Inner-City Youths: Research Results and Policy Implications

Date Published

1996

Publication Type

Survey

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NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

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

Date Published

1981

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

Date Published

1995

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Date Published

June 2015

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Legislation/Policy Description, Legislation/Policy Analysis

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Federal Firearms Policy and Mandatory Sentencing

Date Published

1982

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Consent to Search and Seize: Evaluating an Innovative Youth Firearm Suppression Program

Date Published

1996

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

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

Date Published

2001

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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COMMUNITY POLICING TO TAKE GUNS OFF THE STREET

Date Published

1993

Publication Type

Survey

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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

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Project Identification - A Study of Handguns Used in Crime

Date Published

1976

Publication Type

Statistics

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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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods

May 2005

Interview with Akiva Liberman, The Urban Institute
 

Homicide in the United States - Plenary Panel From the 2009 NIJ Conference

Date Published

June 2009

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Presentation (Multimedia), Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

Examining Police Officer Crime

February 2017

Dr. Philip Stinson, Bowling Green State University, discusses the findings of his research on crimes committed by police officers.

Based on the research findings, law enforcement officers appear to commit crimes at a much lower rate than the general public. However, in some cases, at times due to the stressors of the job and frequent exposure to trauma and violence, officers engage in misconduct or criminal behavior.

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