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Media Mention: Many Caregivers Aren’t Asking About Firearms in Homes Their Children Visit. What Increases the Odds of Them Asking?
Firearm injuries are the leading cause of death in children and teens in the US, and many of these injuries take place in other people’s homes. Increased focus is being placed on the ways that...
Machine Learning Can Predict Shooting Victimization Well Enough to Help Prevent It
Heller, S. B., Jakubowski, B., Jelveh, Z., & Kapustin, M. (2024). Machine learning can predict shooting victimization well enough to help prevent it. The Review of Economics and Statistics....
Examining a Dataset on Gun Shows in the US, 2011–2019
Pérez Esparza, D., Weigend Vargas, E., Payan, T., & Pérez Ricart, C. (2022). Examining a dataset on gun shows in the US, 2011–2019. Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 4(1), 86–96....
Teens say they can access firearms at home, even when parents lock them up, new research shows
More than half of U.S. teens living in households with firearms believe they can access and load a firearm at home. Even when their parents report storing all firearms locked and unloaded, more than...
National Gun Violence Awareness Event at C.S. Mott
This awareness event aims to engage families, care providers, and staff in meaningful conversations around firearm safety, safe storage, and suicide prevention. Through educational resources,...
Education to Action: School Security Summit
Gain Knowledge – Take Action School safety demands more than just awareness—it requires action. The Education to Action School Security Summit delivers expert-driven, actionable solutions designed...
Media Mention: The Roundup: Catch Up on the Latest Research Illuminating the Effects of Gun Violence
Trace analysis published last year found that the federal government had invested more than $137 million in gun violence research since 2020 — an unprecedented amount. In 2025, there have already...
Media Mention: Students aim to prevent school violence with help from Sandy Hook Promise
One day before prom, in an advanced placement government classroom at Oakdale High School southeast of Frederick, Maryland, a group of students gathered to film the school’s morning announcement....
Beyond the Ivory Tower: Bringing Activist Conversations to Academic Spaces A New SPSSI Graduate Student Committee Webinar Series
Join the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues for a conversation on "Gun violence prevention: Defining the crisis and identifying solutions". Institute co-director Dr. Marc Zimmerman...
Media Mention: Opinion: Seeking a Better Alternative to Active-Shooter Drills
A jaw-dropping statistic published last March in JAMA Open Network: One in 15 American adults has witnessed a mass shooting. Fear of mass shootings drove American public schools to establish...
Schools with higher attendance rates see fewer firearm-related expulsions, study finds
Higher student attendance coincides with fewer illegal gun-related expulsions in Michigan public K-12 schools, according to research led by the University of Michigan. A new study published in the...