Gun violence

In Acceptance of the SEARCH 2022 Justice Policy Leadership Award

NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne, Ph.D., gives acceptance speech at 2022 SEARCH Meeting — NIJ Director Nancy La Vigne, Ph.D.

Thank you, Dave, and thanks to the SEARCH Board for choosing me as this year’s recipient of the Justice Policy Leadership Award. I am tremendously honored. I also want to thank the wait staff here for taking such good care of us this evening — please join me in thanking them all!

If I’m not mistaken, this is the first time that SEARCH has awarded...

Evaluation of the Bronx-Osborne Gun Avoidance Program (BOGAP)

15PNIJ-22-GK-03017-CVIP

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$785,819

Examining the changing dynamics of homicide in Los Angeles: 1990 - present

15PNIJ-22-GG-01422-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$877,000

Centering Youth Experiences to Address Community Violence: A Youth Participatory Action Research Project

15PNIJ-22-GG-01420-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2022

$1,029,558

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

15PNIJ-22-GK-01421-RESS

Declined

Funding First Awarded

2022

$1,392,265

The Science of School Safety

NCJ Number

305138

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

NIJ.ojp.gov | YouTube

Gun Wars and Community Terrorization: Investigating Longitudinal Gang Violence in New Jersey from a Networked Perspective

15PNIJ-22-AG-00266-NIJB

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2022

$278,976

Gunshot-victim cooperation with police investigations: Results from the Chicago Inmate Survey

NCJ Number

305059

Journal

Preventive Medicine

Date Published

February 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

The impact of gunshots on place-level business activity

NCJ Number

304942

Date Published

May 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Differences in Mortality Rates of Gunshot Victims: The Influence of Neighborhood Social Processes

NCJ Number

304547

Journal

Homicide Studies

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Prevalence and hospital charges from firearm injuries treated in US emergency departments from 2006 to 2016

NCJ Number

304468

Journal

Surgery

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

What is the role of firearms in nonfatal intimate partner violence? Findings from civil protective order case data

NCJ Number

304467

Journal

Social Science & Medicine

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Understanding Socio-environmental and Physical Risk Factors Influencing Firearm Violence

NCJ Number

304454

Date Published

June 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PDF

The Nature, Trends, Correlates, and Prevention of Mass Public Shootings in America, 1976-2018

NCJ Number

304453

Date Published

December 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

PDF

Social Media and the Variable Impact of Violence Reduction Interventions: Re-Examining Focused Deterrence in Philadelphia

NCJ Number

304413

Journal

Social Sciences

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

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.

Changes in Patterns of Mortality Rates and Years of Life Lost Due To Firearms in the United States, 1999 To 2016: A Joinpoint Analysis

NCJ Number

254647

Journal

PLoS ONE

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Gun Theft and Crime

NCJ Number

253168

Journal

Journal of Urban Health

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Dangerous Weapons or Dangerous People? The Temporal Associations Between Gun Violence and Mental Health

NCJ Number

253922

Journal

Preventive Medicine

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

Implementing Youth Violence Reduction Strategies: Findings from a Synthesis of the Literature on Gun, Group, and Gang Violence

NCJ Number

304276

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

HTML | PDF

Implementing Youth Violence Reduction Strategies: Findings from a Scan of Youth Gun, Group, and Gang Violence Interventions

NCJ Number

304275

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML | PDF

A Research-Based Practice Guide to Reduce Youth Gun and Gang/Group Violence

NCJ Number

304274

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML | PDF

NIJ FY22 Research and Evaluation on Violent Crime and Firearm Violence in the Community

Closing Date

June 3, 2022

Grants.gov Deadline

May 20, 2022

Application JustGrants Deadline

June 3, 2022

Public Mass Shootings: Database Amasses Details of Half Century of U.S. Mass Shootings

NCJ Number

304068

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

HTML

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.

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