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Gun violence

Epidemiology of Crime Guns: Summary

Date Published
September 2016
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description
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Rare Incidents Data Collection Methods to Advance Research on Mass Violence

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The Importance of Mass Violence Research 

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