GVPedia
Gun Violence Research
GVPedia arms policymakers, advocates, and the public with facts and data to create evidence-based policy to reduce gun violence.
Welcome to GVPedia, a project created to provide ready access to academic research and high quality data on gun violence. GVPedia is currently comprised of two main features:
The Study Database
The Database is a collection of more than 2,000 academic studies analyzing a wide range of gun violence subjects that can be searched by topic, author, journal, and year of publication. Each study is accompanied by an abstract, and hundreds of studies have the full text available for you to read.
GVP University
GVP University is a collection of white papers and fact sheets that will eventually cover every major topic in gun violence. Intended to provide summaries of the issues and succinct points, they serve as a jumping-off point to explore each topic in greater detail with our Study Database.
Recent Fact Sheets
Countering Disinformation to Prevent Gun Violence
Introducing a field guide to assist with combating disinformation about gun violence.
What to Know Before Buying a Gun.
Explore the critical information on the risks associated with gun ownership and how it impacts our communities.
GVPedia’s Concealed Carry Reciprocity Fact Sheet
GVPedia envisions a world in which disinformation no longer holds sway over the gun violence debate and the public has ready access to accurate information about firearms and the risks they pose.
Recent Studies
Affirming Cultural Values for Health: The Case of Firearm Restriction in Suicide Prevention
Sustaining a healthy and fulfilling life is a culturally rooted endeavor. As mental and behavioral health research globalizes and gradually sheds some of its colonial and ethnocentric bias, models of health and wellness have increasingly recognized the importance of...
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Youth Firearm Access, Possession or Carrying
Firearm homicide and suicide are the leading causes of violence-related injury deaths among U.S. youth. However, evaluations of the effectiveness of firearm violence prevention programs and strategies to reducing youth firearm violence are limited. To help inform and...
Suicidal Ideation in Adolescence: The Role of In-Home Firearm Access and Childhood Maltreatment
Background Despite a vast literature linking in-home firearm access to youth suicides, few studies have examined whether and how gaining access to household firearms shapes adolescents’ development of suicidal ideation. Objective This study examined whether gaining...