A look at one state’s use of Sandy Hook Promise’s Say Something Anonymous Reporting System, which provides K-12 students a way to confidentially report concerning behaviors, found that youth...
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Media Mention: Despite spate of Michigan kids dying from unsecured guns, these new laws might help
A package of bills approved last year by the Democrat-controlled Legislature, set to go into effect Feb. 13, will require people with a minor in their home or those who know "reasonably" a minor...
Media Mention: Annual report highlights ‘remarkable and transformational year’
An expansion of the health care system and new initiatives to promote the arts and enhance school safety are among the many notable achievements featured in the University of Michigan’s annual...
Media Mention: Thoughts, prayers and programs: Denver metro communities invest in preventing youth gun violence
As gun violence becomes the leading cause of teen death in the U.S., local governments, nonprofits and law enforcement are looking for creative community-wide solutions. Since 2002, the number of...
Media Mention: Cass mass shooting has eerie parallels to 2013 Manchester killings
A mass shooting Thursday in Cass County is reminiscent of a 2013 incident in Manchester where six people were found killed in their home. As of the first week in December, there have been more than...
Media Mention: One unexpected way to reduce violent crime? Create green spaces.
Cleaning up abandoned lots and creating community gardens doesn't just make a neighborhood feel safer—a growing body of evidence shows they really become safer. Darnell Ishmel’s street in Flint,...
Media Mention: Easy to conceal, harder to detect: Knives more prevalent than guns in schools
Students are reported for possession of non-firearm weapons about 20 times as often as they are for firearms. But schools are still relatively safe places, and many crime statistics in schools have...
Media Mention: Whitmer approves temporary gun ban for those with domestic violence convictions
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Monday to temporarily ban those with domestic violence convictions from possessing and purchasing firearms and ammunition in Michigan. "These bills are based...
Media Mention: Shooters getting younger: Record number of juveniles charged with gun-related murder
In 2022, 25 teens were charged with committing murder or aggravated murder that year or late the year before in Franklin County Juvenile Court. So far this year, 20 juveniles have been charged with...
U-M participates in national conference that highlights latest firearm-related harms research
The second annual 2023 National Research Conference for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms was held in Chicago earlier this month, bringing together more than 650 people to discuss the latest...
Research study participants needed
November 10, 2023 U-M's Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention is recruiting individuals to participate in a research study (HUM00237590) about the availability and convenience of resources to...
Institute awarded $300k to expand reach and impact of firearm injury prevention efforts
The University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention has received a $300,000 grant to continue its development and implementation of multidisciplinary research projects and strategic...