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Statisticians Engage in Gun Violence Research

Statistics and Public Policy, 2021
Government reports document more than 14,000 homicides and more than 195,000 aggravated assaults with firearms in 2017. In addition, there were 346 mass shootings, with 4 or more victims, including over 2000 people shot.
Greg Ridgeway, James L. Rosenberger, Lingzhou Xue   +2 more
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Gun Laws and Violence Against Women [PDF]

, 2013
To fully combat violence against women in America, Congress must act to strengthen our gun laws. Women in the United States are far more likely to be murdered with guns than they are in any other developed nation.

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The mental health consequences of interpersonal gun violence: A systematic review

SSM - Mental Health
Background: Gun violence is a global public health concern that has significant implications for mental health. This systematic review aims to synthesize the existing literature on the mental health consequences of interpersonal gun violence.
Mohammed Abba-Aji, Shaffi Fazaludeen Koya, Salma M. Abdalla, Catherine K. Ettman, Gregory Herschel Cohen, Sandro Galea   +5 more
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Contending with Gun Violence

Study and Scrutiny, 2020
Katie Sluiter interviews three English Education Professors: Steven Bickmore, Shelly Shaffer, and Gretchen Rumhor. The conversation centers on their scholarship in the field of Young Adult Literature, as well as their book, Contending with Gun Violence ...
Katie Sluiter
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Gun carrying among freshmen and sophomores in Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles public schools: the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2007-2013

Injury Epidemiology, 2018
Background This study evaluated trends and risk factors over time for self-reported gun carrying among freshman and sophomore public school students in Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles, chosen as high profile cities with different levels of firearm
Samaa Kemal, Karen Sheehan, Joe Feinglass   +2 more
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A Census Of Domestic Violence: Gun Homicides In Arizona [PDF]

, 2015
To better assess the dynamics of domestic violence gun homicides in Arizona, Everytown collaborated with the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (ACESDV) to closely examine intimate partner gun homicides in Arizona between 2009-2013 ...

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Gun Enforcement and Gun Violence Prevention Practices among Local Law Enforcement Agencies: A Research and Policy Brief [PDF]

, 2010
Controlling gun crime continues to be a difficult challenge for policymakers and practitioners in the United States. In 2009, there were roughly 11,000 murders with firearms in the United State and another 326,000 non-fatal violent crimes with guns . The
Christopher S. Koper
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Keep the Kids Inside? Juvenile Curfews and Urban Gun Violence [PDF]

, 2000
Gun violence is a chronic problem in the United States. Nationally in 2012, 11,622 people were killed by assault with a firearm. Many more people are injured by guns each year: in 2011, 693,000 individuals were treated in emergency rooms for injuries due
Jennifer L. Doleac, Jillian B. Carr
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The California Model: Twenty Years of Putting Safety First [PDF]

, 2013
In the last two decades, with the Law Center's dedicated team of attorneys leading the way, California has become a national leader in the movement for effective gun laws. The rate of gun violence in California has also fallen notably compared to rest of

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Assessing New York City's Youth Gun Violence Crisis: Crews - Volume I - Defining the Problem: Crews and Gun Violence [PDF]

, 2015
The success or failure of community strategies to address the youth gun violence crisis is often attributed in part to how well the problem is understood and diagnosed.
Ashley Cannon, Stephanie Ueberall
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