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Many agencies and organizations publish information related to gun crime, use of
firearms, and other topics of interest to PSN programs.
| 2009 | | | Project Safe Neighborhoods - A National Program to Reduce Gun Crime: Final Project Report | Top |
| | National Institute of Justice, February 2009. This report presents the findings of an evaluation of the development and implementation of the five key components of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative—partnerships, strategic planning and research integration, training, outreach, and accountability. It discusses implementation patterns, the impact of PSN on gun crime, comprehensive case studies, and research and policy considerations. |
| | 2008 | | | State Laws and Published Ordinances - Firearms (28th Edition) | Top |
| | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 2008. Intended primarily for federal firearms licensees, this booklet presents state laws that govern the sale of firearms. |
| | 2007 | | | Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy | Top |
| | (NCJ 218878), Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, Department of Justice, June 2007. This report summarizes findings by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, and Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, who visited communities across the nation in the aftermath of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, and provides recommendations for how the Federal government can help avoid such tragedies in the future. |
| | Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions – Eastern District of Missouri—Case Study 7 | Top |
| | BJA-Sponsored, February 2007. This case study describes the history of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, as well as its partners, training, and outreach. It describes the development and initial implementation of the PSN Task Force in the Eastern District of Missouri; key implementation issues, challenges, and successes; strategic interventions; and an assessment of impact. |
| | Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions – Lowell, District of Massachusetts—Case Study 6 | Top |
| | BJA-Sponsored, February 2007. This case study describes the history of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, as well as its partners, training, and outreach. It describes the development, implementation, and structure of Lowell PSN, the PSN Task Force, and the PSN Lowell Working Group; the nature of the gun problem; strategic interventions for deterring gun use; and intervention evaluations. |
| | Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions – Middle District of Alabama—Case Study 5 | Top |
| | BJA-Sponsored, February 2007. This case study describes the history of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, as well as its partners, training, and outreach. It explains the development, implementation, and structure of PSN in the Middle District; the nature of the gun problem and strategies for suppression, intervention, and prevention; and evidence of implementation and impact.
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| | Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions – Strategic Problem Solving Responses to Gang Crime and Gang Problems—Case Study 8 | Top |
| | BJA-Sponsored, February 2007. This case study describes the history of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative as well as its partners, training, and outreach. It discusses strategic problem-solving for gang crime and gang problems, youth firearm violence, and the prevalence of gangs. It also identifies some contemporary responses to gangs, as well as stories of PSN’s success and influence. |
| | 2006 | | | Practical Guide to Media Outreach for Project Safe Neighborhoods | Top |
| | BJA-sponsored. This guidebook addresses ten aspects of media outreach: PSN and the media, getting media exposure, maximizing messages and materials, customizing your media program, making the Internet work for you, developing other outreach tools, choosing effective professional help, evaluating efforts and refining your program, resources, and tools and templates. It also identifies key players in television, radio, and print media.
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| | Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2005 | Top |
| | (NCJ 214256), Bureau of Justice Statistics, November 2006. This annual report provides the number of applications checked by State points of contact, estimates of the number of applications checked by local agencies, the number of applications rejected, the reasons for rejection, and estimates of applications and rejections conducted by each type of approval system. |
| | Criminal Victimization, 2005 | Top |
| | (NCJ 214644), Bureau of Justice Statistics, September 2006. Presents estimates of national levels and rates of personal and property victimization for the year 2005. Rates and levels are provided for personal and property victimization by victim characteristics, type of crime, victim-offender relationship, use of weapons, and reporting to police. |
| | Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Chronic Violent Offenders Lists—Case Study 4
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| | BJA-Sponsored May 2006. This case study explains tips for identifying chronic violent offenders, methods of constructing a most violent offenders list, assessing the validity of information, and communication of this information. Also included are tips on the integration of chronic violent offender lists with parole operations, prosecution, probation and parole, and other initiatives. |
| | Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Crime Incident Reviews—Case Study 3
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| | BJA-Sponsored May 2006. This case study describes the history of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, as well as its partners, training, and outreach. It explains the origin and goals of crime incident reviews, the roles of key players, and the process involved, including planning and preparation, presenting the case, analysis, and dissemination. This case study also includes key factors for increasing the success of incident reviews.
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| | Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Gun Prosecution Case Screening—Case Study 1
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| | BJA-Sponsored May 2006. This case study describes the history of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, as well as its partners, training, and outreach. It outlines the roles of U.S Attorneys, local and state prosecution, local law enforcement, federal law enforcement, research partners, and probation/parole in the gun case review process, as well as criteria for choosing cases, and factors that influence the success of the program.
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| | Project Safe Neighborhoods: Strategic Interventions - Offender Notification Meetings—Case Study 2
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| | BJA-Sponsored May 2006. This case study describes the history of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, as well as its partners, training, and outreach. It explains the background history of offender notification meetings, the goals of such meetings, and the partners involved, as well as the participation, message, and follow-up involved in an intervention.
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| | | BJA-Sponsored May 2006. This handbook describes the histories and accomplishments of Project Safe Neighborhoods program in 92 districts throughout the United States. It discusses various partnerships with the PSN initiative, ways in which PSN has affected various U.S. communities, and future PSN efforts.
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| | Highlights of the 2004 National Youth Gang Survey | Top |
| | (FS 200601), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 2006. Reports findings from the 2004 National Youth Gang Survey, the tenth annual survey conducted by the National Youth Gang Center. |
| | 2005 | | | Engaging the Community in Project Safe Neighborhoods | Top |
| | BJA-sponsored, October 2005. Although outreach, including “community engagement,” is a key element of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), it is not always clear just what is meant by “community”—who comprises it, how it should be engaged, and how the community can benefit United States Attorneys' Offices in prosecuting and preventing gun crimes. This resource helps to clarify those issues. |
| | National Gang Threat Assessment, 2005 | Top |
| | (NCJ 209594), Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Drug Intelligence Agency, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2005. This report provides a national and regional picture of the threat posed by gangs to enable Federal, State, and local policymakers and law enforcement agency administrators to understand the dimensions of the national gang problem and assist them in formulating policy and allocating resources. |
| | Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI) in St. Louis, Final Report | Top |
| | (NCJ 210361), Scott H. Decker Ph.D.; G. David Curry Ph.D.; Shannan Catalano M.A.; Adam Watkins M.A.; Lindsey Green B.S., August 2005. This report describes the implementation of the Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI) in St. Louis, whose primary goal was to show the viability of the problem solving process in countering gun violence in a city with high rates of violence. |
| | Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2004 | Top |
| | (NCJ 209288), Bureau of Justice Statistics, August 2005. Provides an overview of the firearm check procedures in each State and State interaction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), operated by the FBI. |
| | Highlights of the 2002–2003 National Youth Gang Surveys | Top |
| | (FS 200501), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, June 2005. This report presents highlights of the 2002-2003 National Youth Gang Surveys, which solicited information from police departments on gangs in their jurisdictions. |
| | Drug-Linked Firearms Cases: A Primer for Prosecution | Top |
| | (NCJ 216987), American Prosecutors Research Institute, May 2005. This monograph examines the link between illegal drugs and firearms crime, and is designed to help state and local prosecutors new to drug and gun prosecution to assess, prepare for, and prosecute illegal drug-linked firearms cases in state or federal court. |
| | Evaluation of the San Antonio Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention and Suppression Program | Top |
| | (NCJ 209139), Irving A. Spergel; Kwai Ming Wa; Rolando V. Sosa, July 2005. This report presents the methodology and findings of the evaluation of San Antonio's (Texas) Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Program, which was part of the national evaluation of the model gang program promoted under grants from the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). |
| | Reducing Gun Violence: Operation Ceasefire in Los Angeles
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| | (NCJ 192378), George E. Tita; Jack Riley; Greg Ridgeway; Peter W. Greenwood, April 2005. One of six reports on local programs designed to reduce gun violence, this report profiles Operation Ceasefire in Los Angeles, including the problem targeted; the program designed to address it; the problems faced in designing, implementing, and evaluating it; and the strategies adopted in addressing obstacles encountered. |
| | 2004 | | | Weed and Seed Best Practices: Evaluation-based Series, Volume 2 | Top |
| | (NCJ 202524), Office of Weed and Seed, 2004. This report describes Weed and Seed programs and practices that have been effective in reducing crime, violence, and juvenile delinquency while increasing neighborhood vitality and economic strength. |
| | Evaluation of the Tucson Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention and Suppression Program | Top |
| | (NCJ 209190), Irving A. Spergel; Kwai Ming Wa ; Rolando V. Sosa, May 2005. This report presents the methodology and findings of the evaluation of the Tucson (Arizona) Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Program, which was part of the national evaluation of the model gang program promoted under grants from the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). |
| | Criminal Victimization, 2003 | Top |
| | (NCJ 205455), Bureau of Justice Statistics, Shannan M. Catalano, Ph.D., September 2004. This report presents estimates of national levels and rates of personal and property victimization for the year 2003. |
| | Firearm Use Among Denver Arrestees in 2003 | Top |
| | (NCJ 206323), U.S. Department of Justice, Kim English, Nicole Hetz, July 2004. This report presents statistical information about firearm use among Denver arrestees in 2003. |
| | Can Civil Gang Injunctions Change Communities? A Community Assessment of the Impact of Civil Gang Injunctions | Top |
| | (NCJ 208345), National Institute of Justice, Cheryl L. Maxson Ph.D.; Karen Hennigan Ph.D.; David Sloane Ph.D.; Kathy A. Kolnick, January 2005. This report presents the methodology and findings of an evaluation of a community-based gang intervention strategy called the Civil Gang Injunction, with attention to its impact on neighborhood residents. |
| | Prosecuting Gang Cases: What Local Prosecutors Need to Know | Top |
| | (NCJ 206322), Bureau of Justice Assistance, Alan Jackson, April 2004. This monograph guides prosecutors through pre-trial and trial issues involved in prosecuting gang cases |
| | Gun Violence Among Serious Young Offenders | Top |
| | (NCJ 205110), Community Oriented Policing Services, Anthony A. Braga, March 2004. This problem-specific guide examines serious youth gun violence by describing the problem, reviewing risk factors, identifying questions to analyze the problem, and reviewing responses to the problem. |
| | 2003 | | | Evaluation of the Riverside Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention and Suppression | Top |
| | (NCJ 209188), Irving A. Spergel; Kwai M. Wa; Rolando V. Sosa, July 2005. This report presents the methodology and findings of the evaluation of Riverside's (California) Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Program, which was part of the national evaluation of the model gang program promoted under grants from the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). |
| | Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence: A Law Enforcement Guide to Enforcing Orders of Protection Nationwide | Top |
| | Office on Violence Against Women, September 2003. This manual and pocket reference card present guidelines for use by police officers in enforcing orders of protection for victims of domestic assault and explain immediate actions, referral actions and safety strategies, firearms seizure or removal, and the handling of interstate stalking or violation of an order of protection. |
| | Prosecutors' Guide to the ATF: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives | Top |
| | (NCJ 200124), American Prosecutors Research Institute, March 2003. This document provides information to prosecutors about the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The services and information from ATF are available to prosecutors to build a solid case against an individual accused of violating either State or Federal firearm statutes. |
| | Cross-Designation & Federal Firearms Laws: What Local Prosecutors Need to Know | Top |
| | (NCJ 199552), American Prosecutors Research Institute, January 2003. This document discusses the use of cross-designated prosecutors and the application of Federal firearms laws to cases traditionally only prosecuted at the State or local level. |
| | Final Assessment of the Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative in New Haven | Top |
| | (NCJ 208859), Eliot C. Hartstone Ph.D.; Dorinda M. Richetelli, April 2005. This report presents a final evaluation of the New Haven Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI), a program of the United States Department of Justice. |
| | 2002 | | | Combating Gun Violence: Promising Practices for America's Prosecutors | Top |
| | (NCJ 199568), American Prosecutors Research Institute, 2002. This document describes Project Exile and Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which are programs responding to gun violence. |
| | Evaluation of the Mesa Gang Intervention Program (MGIP) | Top |
| | (NCJ 209187), NIJ Sponsored, Irving A. Spergel; Kwai Ming Wa; Roland V. Sosa, May 2005. This report provides a national and regional picture of the threat posed by gangs to enable Federal, State, and local policymakers and law enforcement agency administrators to understand the dimensions of the national gang problem and assist them in formulating policy and allocating resources. |
| | Juvenile Gun Courts: Promoting Accountability and Providing Treatment | Top |
| | (NCJ 187078), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Patricia Kelly, David Sheppard, May 2002. This bulletin from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention describes juvenile gun courts, including their goals and program and planning issues. The Jefferson County Juvenile Gun Court in Birmingham, Alabama, is detailed. |
| | 2001 | | | Combating Gun Violence: A In-Depth Look at Richmond's Project Exile | Top |
| | (NCJ 193978), American Prosecutors Research Institute, 2001. This report examines a project initiated in Richmond, VA, in 1997 to supplement local law enforcement efforts by prosecuting selected gun offenders under applicable Federal law to obtain longer prison sentences and by deterring potential gun offenders with a large, targeted public awareness campaign. |
| | The Missing Link: Ballistics Technology That Helps Solve Crimes | Top |
| | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 2001. This document describes the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN). |
| | Evaluation of the Bloomington-Normal Comprehensive Gang Program | Top |
| | (NCJ 209186), Irving A. Spergel; Kwai Ming Wa; Rolando V. Sosa, July 2005. This report presents the methodology and findings of the evaluation of Bloomington-Normal's (Illinois) Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Program, which was part of the national evaluation of the model gang program promoted under grants from the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). |
| | Reducing Gun Violence: The Boston Gun Project's Operation Ceasefire | Top |
| | This report describes the issues and processes involved in implementing the Boston Gun Project(NCJ 188741), National Institute of Justice, Anne M. Piehl, Anthony A. Braga, David M. Kennedy, Elin J. Waring, September 2001. Project's Operation Ceasefire, which focused on countering homicide victimization among youths in Boston; the report discusses the design and findings of the evaluation that assessed the impact of this intervention. |
| | Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2000 | Top |
| | (NCJ 187985), Bureau of Justice Statistics, Michael Bowling, Ph.D., Gene Lauver, Sidra Lea Gifford, Devon B. Adams, July 2001. This bulletin describes background checks for firearm transfers conducted in 2000. |
| | Working With Victims of Gun Violence | Top |
| | (NCJ 186155), Office for Victims of Crime, Judith Bonderman, July 2001. This bulletin highlights the issues raised and the recommendations developed by a roundtable discussion by experts on the effects of gun violence on individual victims, their families, and their communities, as well as how services to such victims can be improved. |
| | Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2000 | Top |
| | (NCJ 186766), Bureau of Justice Statistics, May 2001. This report provides an overview of the firearm check procedures in each state and state interaction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) operated by the FBI. |
| | Perspectives on Crime and Justice: 1999-2000 Lecture Series, Volume 4 | Top |
| | (NCJ 184245), National Institute of Justice, Franklin Zimring, Richard B. Freeman, William A. Vega, Lawrence W. Sherman, and Heather B. Weiss, March 2001. This volume presents five lectures sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and focuses on the factors responsible for sentencing reform in the 1990s, economic influences on crime, crime and drug abuse among Mexican immigrants, strategies for reducing gun violence, and the evaluation of child and family interventions. |
| | 2000 | | | Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 1999 | Top |
| | (NCJ 180882), Bureau of Justice Statistics, Lea Gifford, Devon B. Adams, Gene Lauver, Michael Bowling, Ph.D., June 2000. This document describes background checks for firearm transfers conducted in 1999, the first full year of the permanent provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. |
| | National Evaluation of the Youth Firearms Violence Initiative, Research in Brief | Top |
| | (NCJ 184482), National Institute of Justice, Terence Dunworth, November 2000. This report presents the findings of a national evaluation of the Youth Firearms Violence Initiative (YFVI), a program implemented by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to combat the rise of juvenile firearms violence. |
| | Firearm Injury and Death from Crime, 1993-97 | Top |
| | (NCJ 182993), Bureau of Justice Statistics, Kevin J. Strom, Marianne W. Zawitz, October 2000. This document reports on the incidence of fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries that resulted from crime, 1993-97. |
| | Reducing Illegal Firearms Trafficking: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned | Top |
| | (NCJ 180752), BJA, Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), July 2000. This monograph addresses the issue of illegal firearms trafficking. |
| | Federal Firearm Offenders, 1992-98: With Preliminary Data for 1999 | Top |
| | (NCJ 180795), Bureau of Justice Statistics, John Scalia, June 2000. This document describes trends associated with the prosecution of firearm offenders in U.S. district courts between 1992 and 1999. |
| | | (NCJ 178994), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2000. This Bulletin, drawn from Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report, provides an overview of the national statistics that show the impact that the availability of guns has had on the lives and well-being of American youth. |
| | Seattle's Effective Strategy for Prosecuting Juvenile Firearm Offenders | Top |
| | (NCJ 178901), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Julie Baker, Bob Scales, March 2000. This Bulletin details successful strategies implemented by the Seattle Police Department (Washington) and the King County Prosecutor's Office (Washington) that improved the effectiveness of both the police investigation and the prosecution of juvenile firearm offenders. |
| | Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 1999 | Top |
| | (NCJ 179022), Bureau of Justice Statistics, March 2000. This is an overview of the firearm check procedures in each of the States and their interaction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) operated by the FBI. |
| | 1999 | | | Mapping Crime: Principle and Practice | Top |
| | (NCJ 178919), National Institute of Justice, Keith Harries, December 1999. This is an introduction to the science of crime mapping, visualizing crime data through the medium of maps. |
| | Random Gunfire Problems and Gunshot Detection Systems, Research in Brief | Top |
| | (NCJ 179274), National Institute of Justice, Cory Watkins, Dennis Rogan, James Frank, Lorraine Green Mazerolle, December 1999. This Research in Brief summarizes the findings of field studies of two gunshot detection systems: Trilon Technology’s ShotSpotter system and Alliant Techsystems Inc.’s SECURES system. |
| | | (NCJ 177527), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Shannon Pete, July 1999. This article describes Hands Without Guns, a public health and education campaign of the Educational Fund to End Handgun Violence (EFEHV) that rests on the model of positive youth development and engages youth as violence prevention advocates in their communities. |
| | Gun Crime in the Age Group 18-20 | Top |
| | (NCJ 203924), U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, June 1999. This collaborative report provides information on firearm homicides and other gun crime specific to the age group of 18 to 20. |
| | Presale Handgun Checks, the Brady Interim Period, 1994-98 | Top |
| | (NCJ 175034), Bureau of Justice Statistics, Donald A. Manson, Darrell K. Gilliard, Gene Lauver, June 1999. This report provides a national estimate of handgun purchase applications, number rejected, and reasons for rejection during the interim period before the permanent provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act went into effect. |
| | Impact of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban: 1994-96, Research in Brief | Top |
| | (NCJ 173405), National Institute of Justice, Jeffrey A. Roth, Christopher S. Koper, March 1999. This study examines how the assault weapons ban contained in 1994 federal legislation affected gun markets and gun-related violence during 1994-96. |
| | Promising Strategies To Reduce Gun Violence | Top |
| | (NCJ 173950), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, February 1999. This report describes successful community approaches to dealing with the problem of gun violence. |
| | Strategies To Reduce Gun Violence | Top |
| | (FS 9993), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, D. Sheppard, Ph.D., February 1999. This fact sheet describes successful community approaches to dealing with the problem of gun violence. |
| | 1998 | | | Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, 1997 | Top |
| | (NCJ 173942), Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 1998. This report is the third edition of the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales (1997); it updates the earlier publications and describes the procedures and practices for firearm sales in each of the 50 states and other U.S. jurisdictions as of the end of 1997. |
| | The Detroit Handgun Intervention Program: A Court-Based Program for Youthful Handgun Offenders | Top |
| | (FS000231), National Institute of Justice, Jeffrey Roth, November 1998. Concern about the proliferation of handguns among young black men led Judge Willie G. Lipscomb, Jr., of Detroit to launch a program designed to change attitudes and behavior in the hope of preventing gun violence. |
| | High School Youths, Weapons, and Violence: A National Survey, Research in Brief | Top |
| | (NCJ 172857), National Institute of Justice, Joseph F. Sheley, James D. Wright, October 1998. Using a 1996 survey of male 10th and 11th graders from 53 high schools nationwide, this study examined the firearms experience of these youths. |
| | Youth Handgun Safety Act Notice | Top |
| | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, July 1998. Provides an overview of the Youth Handgun Safety Act |
| | Presale Handgun Checks, 1997 | Top |
| | (NCJ 171130), Bureau of Justice Statistics, Donald A. Manson, Darrell K. Gilliard, June 1998. Data obtained from a sample of 268 chief law enforcement officers charged with determining eligibility to purchase a handgun showed about 69,000 out of an estimated 2,574,000 applications for the purchase of a handgun were rejected in 1997 due to presale background checks of potential purchasers. |
| | Using Gunshot Detection Technology in High-Crime Areas | Top |
| | (FS 201), National Institute of Justice, Lorraine Green Mazerolle, June 1998. Field trials of two gunshot detection systems were undertaken at two sites between October and December 1996 to assess the accuracy of the systems and the impact of the systems on police response times and workloads. |
| | Predicting Criminal Behavior Among Authorized Purchasers of Handguns | Top |
| | (FS 198), National Institute of Justice, Garen Wintemute, April 1998. Using data from the State of California's automated handgun purchase files, the researchers designed a longitudinal study of persons 50 years of age and younger who legally purchased a handgun in California in 1977 to predict how much more likely individuals with a criminal history were to commit a crime than individuals without a criminal history. |
| | 1997 | | | BJA Firearms Trafficking Program: Demonstrating Effective Strategies to Control Violent Crime | Top |
| | (NCJ 166818), Bureau of Justice Assistance, John Stedman, John Veen, Melissa Reuland, Stacie Dunbar, 1997. This bulletin describes the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA's) Firearms Trafficking Program, which was created in fiscal year 1993 to address the firearms trafficking problem in the United States. | |
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