by Admin2 | Feb 6, 2026
The 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, prompted what criminologist Lawrence Sherman called the Second Great Awakening of “both public and scholarly sentiment against avoidable police shootings.” (The First Great...
by Admin2 | Jan 2, 2026
Research summary Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is an increasingly popular violence and gun crime prevention program which aims to identify prolific violent offenders, and deter or incapacitate them from offending. While PSN programs generally show moderate effects...
by Admin2 | Jan 1, 2026
Introduction Per police data, the case fatality rate (CFR) of firearm assault in New Orleans (NO) over the last several years ranged between 27% and 35%, compared with 18%-22% in Philadelphia. The reasons for this disparity are unknown, and potentially reflect...
by Admin2 | Dec 31, 2025
John Donohue and his colleagues assessed the impact of “right-to-carry” (RTC) laws on crime rates. These laws make it easier to get a carry permit. Donohue et al. claim that their analysis indicates that, contrary to what nearly all other researchers have...
by Admin2 | Jan 2, 2025
We study the opposing deterrent and enabling effects of guns carried by law-abiding citizens on violent crime, using the location of shooting ranges as an instrument. Our incident-level data based on admittedly imperfect data from the Gun Violence Archive suggests...
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