Gun violence
Fast Screening of Gunshot Residue Aims to Modernize Practice
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
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.
Reading and Resources from the National Institute of Justice:
Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective
Gunshot-victim cooperation with police investigations: Results from the Chicago Inmate Survey
The impact of gunshots on place-level business activity
Differences in Mortality Rates of Gunshot Victims: The Influence of Neighborhood Social Processes
Prevalence and hospital charges from firearm injuries treated in US emergency departments from 2006 to 2016
What is the role of firearms in nonfatal intimate partner violence? Findings from civil protective order case data
Understanding Socio-environmental and Physical Risk Factors Influencing Firearm Violence
The Nature, Trends, Correlates, and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018
Social Media and the Variable Impact of Violence Reduction Interventions: Re-Examining Focused Deterrence in Philadelphia
Creation of School Shooting Open-Source Database Fuels Understanding
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.