Gunshot-victim cooperation with police investigations: Results from the Chicago Inmate Survey
Date Published
February 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Gun violence
The impact of gunshots on place-level business activity
Date Published
May 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
In the Crossfire: The Impact of Gun Violence on Public Housing Communities
Date Published
1999
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Differences in Mortality Rates of Gunshot Victims: The Influence of Neighborhood Social Processes
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Prevalence and hospital charges from firearm injuries treated in US emergency departments from 2006 to 2016
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
What is the role of firearms in nonfatal intimate partner violence? Findings from civil protective order case data
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Understanding Socio-environmental and Physical Risk Factors Influencing Firearm Violence
Date Published
June 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Nature, Trends, Correlates, and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018
Date Published
December 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Social Media and the Variable Impact of Violence Reduction Interventions: Re-Examining Focused Deterrence in Philadelphia
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Creation of School Shooting Open-Source Database Fuels Understanding
Date Published
February 23, 2022
Researchers have created the first open-source catalog of U.S. school shootings to better understand the causes of school-related gun violence and identify intervention points.
Most Challenging of Contexts
Date Published
2015
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
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
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Gun Theft and Crime
Date Published
2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
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
Implementing Youth Violence Reduction Strategies: Findings from a Synthesis of the Literature on Gun, Group, and Gang Violence
Date Published
January 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored,
OJJDP-Sponsored
Implementing Youth Violence Reduction Strategies: Findings from a Scan of Youth Gun, Group, and Gang Violence Interventions
Date Published
January 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored,
OJJDP-Sponsored
A Research-Based Practice Guide to Reduce Youth Gun and Gang/Group Violence
Date Published
January 2022
Publication Type
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored,
OJJDP-Sponsored
NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community
Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
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
Date Published
February 3, 2022
A troubled past and leaked plans are common to those who take part in mass shootings. Most use handguns, NIJ-supported research shows.
Annual Research Review: Youth firearm violence disparities in the United States and implications for prevention
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
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
Just Science Podcast: Just Advanced Capabilities in Firearm and Toolmark Analysis
Date Published
December 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored