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,...
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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...
Domestic violence protective orders are effective in reducing homicides, study finds
Domestic violence protective orders are associated with reductions in intimate partner homicides, and therefore serve as a critical tool for protecting victims and survivors, according to a federal...
Media Mention: U-M expert talks crime trends, root causes after violent week
Three people were found dead blocks away from each other in Grand Rapids earlier this week, all in the span of a few hours. All this week, neighbors and officials have responded to this tragedy as...
Media Mention: Kids who survive gun injuries experience increases in pain and psychiatric disorders
Survivors of gun injuries often face a long, painful recovery. When the gun victims are children or teens, family members also struggle. In the year following a firearm injury, child and adolescent...
Media Mention: Abuse victims say gun surrender laws save lives. Will the Supreme Court agree?
Dr. April Zeoli potential impacts of United States v. Rahimi with the Associated Press, which is being heard by the United States Supreme Court on November 7 Additional mention: On Point NBC New...
Media Mention: The ATF’s Gun Tracing Database Is a Black Box. A Lawsuit Could Change That.
An activist has sued the agency for information about U.S. guns smuggled to Mexico and Central America, data that researchers say would provide insights into cross border firearms trafficking. On...