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...
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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,...
Racism and Youth Firearm Violence: Designing a Conceptual Model and Measures
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Examining the Associations Between Housing and Gun Violence in the Detroit Metropolitan Area
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Roshanak Mehdipanah, PhD
Roshanak Mehdipanah (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity in the School of Public Health. She completed her PhD at the University of Pompeu...
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...
Research and Evaluation for Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (Byrne SCIP)
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Adaptable Community-Engaged Intervention for Violence Prevention: Michigan Model
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Youth Empowerment Solutions (YES) Online Self-Paced Training and Marketing Campaign
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Rigorous Examination of Anonymous Reporting System Data to Prevent Youth Suicide and Firearm Violence: An Applied Natural Language Approach
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Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Virtual Summit
Michigan has passed an astounding amount of gun violence prevention legislation in 2023: universal background checks, extreme risk protection orders, safe storage, and protections for...
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...