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Law enforcement chief executive officers’ support for removal of firearms in domestic violence cases
Cooper, C.E., Wolfe, S.E., Portugal, J. and Zeoli, A.M. (2025), “Law enforcement chief executive officers’ support for removal of firearms in domestic violence cases“, Policing: An International Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-07-2024-0113 Abstract Purpose To enhance the safety of victim-survivors of intimate partner violence who are granted domestic violence restraining orders (DVROs), courts can […]
The Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, housed within the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, released its first report today, sharing recommendations designed to address firearm-related injuries and deaths across the state. Institute team members played a significant role in developing the report, bringing together diverse stakeholders to ensure the recommended strategies are […]
Melde, C., Circo, G., Zeoli, A., Wolfe, S., Sadler, R. C., Oliphant, S., Almanza, M., & O’Brien, M. (2025). Drunk and dangerous? Exploring the tenuous links among drunk driving, alcohol arrests, and firearm violence in an urban context. Journal of Criminal Justice, 98, 102406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102406 Abstract Recent research and policy discussions have focused on prohibiting […]
Stearns, D., & Ehrlich, P. F. (2025). Progress in pediatric firearm research in the last 5 years. Advances in Pediatrics, 72, Article 101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yapd.2025.03.001 No abstract available.
Dr. Hans is Research Investigator at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. She has a PhD in Economics from Wayne State University and completed her postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention. Dr. Hans’ research interests include intimate partner violence, homicide, child abuse, and firearm violence. […]
When university researchers receive federal grants, the schools take a percentage for overhead costs, typically around 30% of the total, though it can be far higher. The Trump administration announced in February that indirect-cost funding for National Institutes of Health grants would be capped at 15 percent. Twenty-two state attorneys general — including Michigan Attorney […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s WONDER database, which collects mortality information from death certificates at the state level, firearms were indeed the leading cause of death for members of Generation Z in 2023, the most recent year with available data. That year 11,368 zoomers, people who were born between 1997 and 2012, […]
Mesznik K, King CA, Horwitz A, et al. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among gender-minority adolescents in the emergency department. Acad Emerg Med. 2025; 00: 1-13. doi:10.1111/acem.15090 Abstract Objective: Gender-minority youth, whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth, have elevated suicide risk compared to cisgender youth, yet few studies examine their suicide risk in […]
Meerwijk, E.L., Shotqara, A.S., Finlay, A.K., Reeves, R.M., Tamang, S.R., Ilgen, M.A. and Harris, A.H.S. (2025), Computing 3-Step Theory of Suicide Factor Scores From Veterans Health Administration Clinical Progress Notes. Suicide Life Threat Behav, 55: e70004. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.70004 Abstract Background: Literature on how to translate information extracted from clinical progress notes into numeric scores for 3-step theory […]
Themelis, K., Gillett, J.L., Karadag, P., Cheatle, M.D., Ilgen, M.A., Balasubramanian, S., Singh, S.P. and Tang, N.K.Y. (2025), Mental Defeat Predicts Increased Suicide Risk in Chronic Pain: A 12-Month Prospective Study. Eur J Pain, 29: e4779. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.4779 Abstract Background: Mental defeat is considered a potential risk factor for suicidal thoughts and behaviours in chronic pain. This […]