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

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Date Published

March 2001

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Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

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

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EVALUATION QUARTERLY

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Date Published

1977

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

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Injury Prevention

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Date Published

2017

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Program/Project Evaluation

Public Mass Murderers and Federal Mental Health Background Checks

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Law & Policy

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Date Published

2018

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Characteristics and Obtainment Methods of Firearms Used in Adolescent School Shootings

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JAMA Pediatrics

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Date Published

2023

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Policy Solutions to Address Mass Shootings

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Date Published

August 2021

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Legislation/Policy Analysis

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

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Law and Human Behavior

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Date Published

2020

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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)

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Date Published

2001

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NIJ

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Issue Overview

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

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Injury Prevention

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Date Published

2021

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

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Social Science & Medicine

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Date Published

2021

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

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Preventive Medicine

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Date Published

2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, Volume 28

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Date Published

2001

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Literature Review

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

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Violence and Gender

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Date Published

2020

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and Their Firearms

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Date Published

1994

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Impact of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban on Gun Markets: An Assessment of Short-Term Primary and Secondary Market Effects

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Journal of Quantitative Criminology

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Date Published

September 2002

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Program/Project Evaluation

Legislation/Policy Analysis

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

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Law and Contemporary Problems

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Date Published

1996

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

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Criminology & Public Policy

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Date Published

November 2005

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

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Criminology & Public Policy

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Date Published

November 2005

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Juvenile Gun Violence and Gun Markets in Boston

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Date Published

March 1997

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NIJ

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

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Journal of Criminal Justice

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Date Published

1996

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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

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Injury Prevention

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Date Published

June 2015

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Legislation/Policy Analysis

Trends in Firearm Background Check Applications and Denials

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Journal of Public Affairs

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Date Published

2017

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Last Link: from Gun Acquisition to Criminal Use

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Journal of Urban Health

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Date Published

2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

Report on Reducing Gun Violence

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Date Published

August 2019

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Issue Overview

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

Journal

Law and Contemporary Problems

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Date Published

1996

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Program/Project Description