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

Date Published

March 2001

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Crime File Study Guides, Set 1

Date Published

1991

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Gun Control - Crime File Series

Date Published

1984

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NIJ-Sponsored

EFFECT OF MASSACHUSETTS' GUN CONTROL LAW ON GUN-RELATED CRIMES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON

Journal

EVALUATION QUARTERLY

Date Published

1977

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of California's Armed and Prohibited Persons System Study Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Trial

Journal

Injury Prevention

Date Published

2017

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Public Mass Murderers and Federal Mental Health Background Checks

Journal

Law & Policy

Date Published

2018

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Characteristics and Obtainment Methods of Firearms Used in Adolescent School Shootings

Journal

JAMA Pediatrics

Date Published

2023

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Policy Solutions to Address Mass Shootings

Date Published

August 2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Policy

The Relation Between State Gun Laws and the Incidence and Severity of Mass Public Shootings in the United States, 1976-2018

Journal

Law and Human Behavior

Date Published

2020

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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

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NIJ

Publication Type

Historical Overview

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

Journal

Injury Prevention

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

Journal

Social Science & Medicine

Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Dangerous Weapons or Dangerous People? The Temporal Associations Between Gun Violence and Mental Health

Journal

Preventive Medicine

Date Published

2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, Volume 28

Date Published

2001

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Literature Review

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

Journal

Violence and Gender

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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Youth Violence in Boston: Gun Markets, Serious Youth Offenders, and a Use-Reduction Strategy

Journal

Law and Contemporary Problems

Date Published

1996

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Trends in Firearm Background Check Applications and Denials

Journal

Journal of Public Affairs

Date Published

2017

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

1995

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Armed Criminal in America

Date Published

1986

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

March 2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Project Identification - A Study of Handguns Used in Crime

Date Published

1976

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

Journal

JAMA

Date Published

2001

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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

Journal

Law and Contemporary Problems

Date Published

1996

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description