Gun violence

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)

Date Published

2010

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Case Study

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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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The Science of School Safety

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The Science of School Safety

Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective

15PNIJ-22-AG-00266-NIJB

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2022

$278,976

Gunshot-victim cooperation with police investigations: Results from the Chicago Inmate Survey

Date Published

February 2021

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The impact of gunshots on place-level business activity

Date Published

May 2021

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In the Crossfire: The Impact of Gun Violence on Public Housing Communities

Date Published

1999

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

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NIJ

Interrupting the Cycle of Violence: Insights from the Urban Institute’s Research-Based Practice Guidance to Reduce Youth Gun and Gang/Group Violence

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Series

Interrupting the Cycle of Violence: Insights from the Urban Institute’s Research-Based Practice Guidance to Reduce Youth Gun and Gang/Group

Differences in Mortality Rates of Gunshot Victims: The Influence of Neighborhood Social Processes

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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NIJ-Sponsored

Prevalence and hospital charges from firearm injuries treated in US emergency departments from 2006 to 2016

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

Date Published

2021

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Understanding Socio-environmental and Physical Risk Factors Influencing Firearm Violence

Date Published

June 2021

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The Nature, Trends, Correlates, and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018

Date Published

December 2021

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Social Media and the Variable Impact of Violence Reduction Interventions: Re-Examining Focused Deterrence in Philadelphia

Date Published

2021

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Creation of School Shooting Open-Source Database Fuels Understanding

Most Challenging of Contexts

Date Published

2015

Publication Type

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

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NIJ

Changes in Patterns of Mortality Rates and Years of Life Lost Due To Firearms in the United States, 1999 To 2016: A Joinpoint Analysis

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

Gun Theft and Crime

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

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

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NIJ-Sponsored

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

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community

Closing Date

June 3, 2022

Grants.gov Deadline

May 20, 2022

Application JustGrants Deadline

June 3, 2022

Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of Half Century of U.S. Mass Shootings

Date Published

February 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of a Half Century of U.S. Mass Shootings with Firearms, Generating Psychosocial Histories

Multilevel Evaluation of Project Safe Neighborhoods

November 2021

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a DOJ-sponsored initiative to reduce violent crime, particularly gun crime, by fostering cooperation by criminal justice agencies and local partners to develop and implement strategic approaches.

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NIJ-Funded Research on Mass Shootings to Advance Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

November 2021

Mass public shootings continue to threaten communities in the United States, yet research on this criminal phenomenon is limited. In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of research projects summarizing NIJ-funded research projects’ newest findings on public mass shootings. The discussion will focus on NIJ’s investment to address the phenomenon of mass shootings through innovative study approaches to advance our understanding of mass shootings and inform prevention efforts. The implications of this research to criminal justice will also be discussed.

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A Universal Method for the Detection of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residue based on Fast Fluorescence Mapping and Raman Spectroscopic Identification

15PNIJ-21-GG-04153-RESS

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$632,138

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