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NIJ Journal Issue No. 264

NCJ Number
228381
Journal
NIJ Journal
Date Published
November 2009
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Collected Work

Statement on NIJ's Role in the National Dialogue on Gun Violence

Greg Ridgeway, NIJ Acting Director

Our entire country is talking about gun violence. The recent spate of mass gun violence coupled with the stubbornly persistent death toll in smaller incidents has brought this issue to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness. On Jan. 16, 2013, President Obama delineated 23 executive action items designed to put us on a path toward reducing the problem of gun...

Gun Violence

Law enforcement agencies implement a variety of strategies and methods to combat crime and ensure public safety. Policing strategies extend beyond traditional models of responding to calls for service and often seek to increase crime prevention, intervention, and response effectiveness through such techniques that focus on gun violence prevention and intervention. These strategies are aimed at reducing gun-related crimes and homicides in neighborhoods and communities. ...

Underground Gun Markets in Chicago

NCJ Number
253014
Date Published
June 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description