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Gun violence

TECHBeat, October 2018

NCJ Number
252296
Date Published
October 2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
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Advancing Mass Shooting Research To Inform Practice

Date Published
April 6, 2020

NIJ’s findings point to the adoption of uniform definitions and comprehensive databases as logical next steps for improving research and practice to prevent mass shootings.

Incorporating Research and Data Into Criminal Justice Agencies - NIJ LEADS Alumni Spotlight

March 2020
Series
Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science Program Spotlight

Sergeant Jeffery Egge of the Minneapolis Police Department, and NIJ LEADS Scholar alum, discusses his experience with leads including how the program benefited his agency and his use of date to address gun violence and the opioid epidemic and the city's sentinel events review of overdose fatalities. Sergeant Egge also discusses his current work looking at investigative closures.

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Epidemiology of Crime Guns: Summary

NCJ Number
254131
Date Published
September 2016
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description
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