Dr. Rebeccah Sokol is social work and public health scholar dedicated to youth safety and well-being. She is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and co-director of the Training and Education Core at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. Dr. Sokol’s research program is centered around identifying effective strategies to promote youth safety, with a particular focus on preventing child maltreatment, youth violence involvement, and firearm injury.
Dr. Sokol's Firearm-Related Work
Principal Investigator
Publications
Media Mentions
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Media Mention: Despite spate of Michigan kids dying from unsecured guns, these new laws might help
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Media Mention: Shooters getting younger: Record number of juveniles charged with gun-related murder
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Media Mention: Gun deaths among children and teens have soared – but there are ways to reverse the trend
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Unlocked and loaded: How most gun-owning households with teens store firearms