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Evaluation of Gunshot Detection Technology to Aid in the Reduction of Firearms Violence

Date Published

September 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Firearm Legislation and Firearm Violence Across Space and Time: A Comprehensive Data Collection Effort

Date Published

May 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Notes From the Field: The Value of Threat Assessment Teams

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

The Value of Threat Assessment Teams

Assessing the Long-Term Impact of Focused Deterrence in New Orleans: A Documentation of Changes in Homicides and Firearm Recoveries

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Program/Project Evaluation

Epidemiology of Crime Guns: Summary

Date Published

September 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Program/Project Description

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), Program/Project Evaluation

Firearm Involvement in Delinquent Youth and Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Date Published

July 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Program/Project Description

Tale of Four Cities: Improving our Understanding of Gun Violence, Draft Final Summary Overview

Date Published

October 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Program/Project Description

Addressing Mental Health Is an Important Factor in Improving School Safety

Date Published

October 21, 2019

Emphasizing Education First in School Policing

Rare Incidents Data Collection Methods to Advance Research on Mass Violence

Thank you and welcome. It is most gratifying for us at NIJ to host, interact with, and learn from our expert research partners. 

We appreciate that you’ve come from all over the country to convene with us here in San Antonio, Texas—the home of “The Alamo.” 

The Importance of Mass Violence Research 

I am David Muhlhausen, the Director of the National Institute of Justice. As...

Mitigating the Harm of Public Mass Shootings through Situational Crime Prevention

2019-R2-CX-0007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$141,033

Reducing Gun Violence through Integrated Forensic Evidence Collection, Analysis and Sharing

2019-R2-CX-0066

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$288,615

Validation of a Single Instrument, Single Sample Protocol for the Detection of the Inorganicand Organic Constituents of Firearms Discharge Residue

2019-R2-CX-0044

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$100,000

The Impact of Gunshot Detection Technology on Gun Violence in Kansas City and Chicago: A Multi-Pronged Synthetic Control Evaluation

2019-R2-CX-0004

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$503,129

The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation on Urban Violence, Arrests, and Police-Citizen Encounters

2019-R2-CX-0065

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$323,263

Improving the Understanding of Mass Shooting Plots

2019-R2-CX-0003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$955,475

Virbrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Organic Gunshot Residue: Detection, Identification and Characterization

2019-R2-CX-0035

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$150,000

Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods

2019-75-CX-0008

Open

Funding First Awarded

2019

$2,997,410

Preventing Gun Violence: Understanding Law Enforcement Response and Improving Multi-disciplinary Partnerships for Peace

Event Dates

November 1, 2016, 10:00 am – November 10, 2016, 11:30 am

Location

Washington, DC

Event Type

Meeting

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

Research for the Real World

Preventing Gun Violence: Understanding Law Enforcement Response and Improving Multi-disciplinary Partnerships for Peace

Date Published

August 2016

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Presentation, Issue Overview, Instructional Material

NIJ Journal Issue No. 264

Journal

NIJ Journal

Date Published

November 2009

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Collected Work

Using Artificial Intelligence to Address Criminal Justice Needs

Date Published

October 2018

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview

The Stress of an On-the-Job Killing

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Report (Summary), Legislation/Policy Analysis, Issue Overview