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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

Journal

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Date Published

September 2002

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research), Legislation/Policy Analysis

Juvenile Gun Violence and Gun Markets in Boston

Date Published

March 1997

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

COMMUNITY POLICING TO TAKE GUNS OFF THE STREET

Journal

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Date Published

1993

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Survey

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

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

November 2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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

Journal

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Date Published

1981

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Journal

Injury Prevention

Date Published

June 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

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

Date Published

1994

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Survey, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Armed Criminal in America - A Survey of Incarcerated Felons

Date Published

1985

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Federal Firearms Policy and Mandatory Sentencing

Journal

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Date Published

1982

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Kansas City Gun Experiment

Date Published

November 1994

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Firearms and Violence in American Life

Date Published

1969

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Mandatory Sentencing and Firearms Violence - Evaluating an Alternative to Gun Control

Journal

Law and Society Review

Date Published

1983

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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

Journal

Law and Contemporary Problems

Date Published

1996

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

The Last Link: from Gun Acquisition to Criminal Use

Journal

Journal of Urban Health

Date Published

2019

Agencies

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

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)

Armed Criminal in America

Date Published

1986

Agencies

NIJ

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

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

Project Identification - A Study of Handguns Used in Crime

Date Published

1976

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Disrupting Gun Transfers: Final Summary Overview for National Institute of Justice

Date Published

July 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

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

Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods

May 2005

Interview with Akiva Liberman, The Urban Institute
 

Transcript

Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods

Audio file

1 of 2: Collective Efficacy and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods , 2 of 2: Race, Violence and Exposure to Guns and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods

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

Date Published

June 2009

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Presentation, Conference Material

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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