Research Rewind
A compendium of the latest studies on gun violence
A prime directive of GVPedia is to continually search for and compile the latest peer-reviewed academic and scientific studies and reports related to gun violence. With this new monthly feature, we will list the most up-to-date information as an easy go-to to help fight the disinformation that floods our digital age.
Advancing Knowledge of School Shootings: Analyzing a Quarter Century of College/University Shootings in America
“This study determines the severity of incidents and casualties over time; the incident, offender, and situational characteristics of college shootings; and what makes the oft-considered active shooter incidents unique from other college shootings.”
Association of prior criminal charges and convictions with subsequent violent and firearm-related crime: a retrospective cohort study
“In this state-wide retrospective cohort study of individuals in Washington state, we estimated the risk of future violent and firearm-related charges and convictions among those with misdemeanor charges or convictions for violence-related (including domestic violence), firearm-related, and substance use-related offenses from 2015 to 2019 compared to those with infractions.”
Beyond the Police: Community-Led Partnerships for Meaningful Crime Prevention and Social Justice
“This article reports on a quasi-experimental evaluation of an innovative school- and community-led crime prevention partnership that prioritized social justice and social impact. The partnership was associated with modest but statistically significant reductions in calls for service and reported offenses in the treatment areas.”
Community-Based Efforts to Reduce Violence: A Scoping Review on the Implementation of Cure Violence
“This scoping review aimed to identify implementation determinants, strategies, mechanisms, and outcomes of Cure Violence (CV) programs to develop an Implementation Research Logic Model (IRLM) and integrate Implementation Science (IS) principles into community violence intervention research and practice.”
Documented Firearm Access Before Suicide Among Psychiatric Emergency Service Patients
“We conducted a similar study in an alternate clinical setting and hypothesized that a comparable proportion of patients who died by firearm suicide would report no firearm access prior to death.”
Environmental racism: associations between poverty, pollution, and pediatric gun violence
“Children in St. Louis living in areas with high levels of poverty and air pollution are at increased risk of firearm injuries, with Black children disproportionately affected.”
Financial Firepower: School Shootings and the Strategic Contributions of Pro-Gun PACs
“We find that pro-gun PACs increase contributions by 30.2% to candidates in districts with fatal school shootings, but show no significant response to non-fatal school shootings or other mass shootings.”
Firearm access and storage practices among suicidal texas-based college students
“This study provides knowledge on the prevalence of firearm ownership and unsafe storage practices among at-risk college students in Texas, showing that 21.1 % have access to firearms, with many engaging in different types of storage behaviors. Results identify sociodemographic factors, such as age and marital status, which influence firearm access.”
Firearm Storage and Firearm Suicide
“The findings of this study suggest that to help prevent suicide among adults living in homes with firearms, interventions should focus on reducing firearm access, rather than on specific storage practices.”
From Liberators to Lutys: homemade firearms, right-wing extremism, and the challenge to policing
“With the increasing instances of homemade firearms in Australia possessed by alleged extremists, we argue that a tangible threat is presented to police, who are tasked with interacting with these individuals.”
Household Firearm Storage Practices
“The findings suggest that although the proportion of adults reporting secure household firearm storage has increased from 2013 to 2022 in Washington State, differences across demographic groups underscore the need for tailored interventions to promote secure firearm storage.”
In the Eye of the Beholder: A “Fact Perceptions” Approach for Explaining Partisan Gaps in Gun Beliefs
“Our results suggest that politically motivated reasoning contributes to “fact perceptions” regarding the effectiveness of defensive gun use, with potential implications for understanding liberal-conservative differences in gun ownership.”
Local homicides increase suicide in U.S. counties
“We hypothesize that higher homicide rates in a given county will lead to elevated suicide rates the following year. Further, we anticipate that this association will vary depending on firearm involvement, racial group, and urbanicity.”
Management of Gunshot Injury Involving Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device
“This case underscores the complexities of managing firearm injuries involving CIEDs, highlighting considerations such as pacemaker dependency, infection risk, battery leakage, and procedural challenges. A multidisciplinary approach is crucial for optimal patient outcomes.”
Owner Willingness to Temporarily Store Firearms With Firearm Retailers and Law Enforcement Agencies
“In this survey study with an unweighted sample of 3146 US adults who live in a home with a firearm, 41.38% were willing to store with retailers and 34.09% with law enforcement agencies, with similar demographic patterns and concerns for both storage resources; 22.24% of all participants reported increased willingness to store with retailers if lockers were installed.”
Pediatric Firearm Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits in Florida: A Regional Analysis by Age Group and Insurance Status
“This study aimed to analyze pediatric firearm-related emergency department visits in Florida. We stratified the data by region, age group, and insurance status to identify demographic and geographic disparities and inform targeted public health interventions.”
Perceived Access to a Loaded Firearm Among Youths in Colorado
“Prior limited research has examined how firearms were obtained by youths at suicidal risk, who died by suicide, or attempted school shootings. We extend these findings with a state-representative sample of youths who reported obtaining access to a loaded firearm without permission.”
Run, Hide, and Fight?! A Precautionary Business Ethics to Hold Manufacturers Accountable for Preventing Gun Violence
“By applying my recently published theory of precautionary ethics to this pressing problem of business ethics and social justice, this paper aims to raise the standard of corporate social responsibility by arguing that businesses have substantive duties of due care to strive to safeguard the public against possibilities of gun-related injuries and deaths (which the gun industry has routinely failed to heed).”
State Gun Laws and Firearm-Related Homicides and Suicides, 2017-2022
“We evaluated correlations between strength of gun law categories and homicide and suicide, controlling for sociodemographic factors. By stratifying the association of firearm policies with differing firearm intents, we sought to provide a nuanced understanding of potential outcomes associated with tailored policy interventions.”
The Causal Effect of Gun Violence on Everyday Mobility Patterns Across U.S. Neighborhoods
“We find that gun violence reduces neighborhoods’ visibility significantly, but its consequences are disproportionately distributed among non-White neighborhoods that are far less popular to begin with. Our estimation results indicate that gun violence cost neighborhoods approximately 9 million visitors in the year 2019 alone.”
The Epidemiology of Murder-Suicide in the US, 2016-2022
“The present study estimated murder-suicide rates and characteristics in 30 US states from 2016 through 2022.”
The Spatial Distribution and Determinants of Fatal vs. Nonfatal Shootings in Baltimore, USA: Examining the Impact of Distance to a Trauma Center on Fatality Rates
“Using binomial logistic regression models, we assessed whether proximity to trauma centers impacted the survivability of gunshot wound victims in Baltimore for the years 2015-2019, considering three types of distance measurements: Euclidean, driving distance, and driving time.”
They Never Saw It Coming: Frames of Intimate Partner Homicide on Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)
“We conduct a thematic content analysis of portrayals of intimate partner homicide across four seasons of the crime-drama Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) and compare these depictions to research on common warning signs and patterns of IPH.”
Trends in Carrying Handguns Among Florida Adolescents: 2002-2022
“This study explored changes in general handgun carrying, in-school carrying, favorable attitudes toward handgun carrying in school, and ease of handgun access among Florida adolescents.”