Gun violence
Driving Down Gun Violence (Part One)
Three LEADS Scholars serving in different law enforcement agencies and positions discuss their experiences with identifying and implementing evidence-based interventions to reduce gun violence. NIJ Senior Advisor Dr. Tamara Herold hosts this conversation with guests Police Chief Cecilia Ashe (Milford Delaware Police Department), Chief of Staff Lieutenant Matthew Barter (Manchester, NH Police Department), and Analytical Services Manager Mr. Jason Schiess (Durham, NC Police Department).
Collaborating to Reduce Violence: The Impact of Focused Deterrence in Kansas City
NIJ FY23 Research and Evaluation on Firearms Violence and Mass Shootings
With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding of research and program evaluation projects that inform efforts to prevent and reduce intentional, interpersonal firearm violence and mass shootings in the United States in two categories: (1) research or evaluation of Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws, otherwise known as "Red Flag Laws" and (2) research on the sources of the firearm used in the commission...
National Institute of Justice Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Report
Improving the Understanding of Mass Shooting Plots
Firearm Involvement of Parents and Their Adolescent Children: A Prospective Intergenerational Study of High-Risk Youth
Fast Screening of Gunshot Residue Aims to Modernize Practice
The Safe Communities Safe Schools Model: An Assessment of Model Implementation and Outcomes
Ballistic Imaging
Evaluation of the Bronx-Osborne Gun Avoidance Program (BOGAP)
Examining the changing dynamics of homicide in Los Angeles: 1990 - present
What works to reduce violent gun crime in focused deterrence initiatives? Estimating the effect of services and enforcement in facilitating desistence among prolific violent offenders in Tampa
Centering Youth Experiences to Address Community Violence: A Youth Participatory Action Research Project
Situational Role of Firearms in Violent Encounters, Final Report
Added Value Through a Partnership Model of Action Research: A Case Example From a Project Safe Neighborhoods Research Partner (From New Criminal Justice: American Communities and the Changing World of Crime Control, P 103-113, 2010, John Klofas, Natalie Kroovand Hipple, and Edmund McGarrell, eds. - See NCJ-230360)
A New Vision for NIJ with Director Nancy La Vigne
Using Open-source Data to Better Understand and Respond to American School Shootings: Introducing and Exploring the American School Shooting Study (TASSS)
Averting Tragedy: An Exploration of Thwarted Mass Public Shootings Relative to Completed Attacks
Mass Attacks Defense Toolkit: Preventing Mass Attacks, Saving Lives
The Science of School Safety
The Science of School Safety
Gun violence may be the most discussed topic surrounding school safety, but it is by no means the only one. Bullying, school climate, and mental health affect students across the country, and are some of the many other issues that NIJ researches. Mary Poulin Carlton, an NIJ social science analyst, joins host Paul Haskins to discuss these and other important school safety issues.
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