As gun violence becomes the leading cause of teen death in the U.S., local governments, nonprofits and law enforcement are looking for creative community-wide solutions. Since 2002, the number of...
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Anonymous Reporting Systems for School-Based Violence Prevention: A Systematic Review
Messman E, Heinze J, Hsieh HF, Hockley N, Pomerantz N, Grodzinski A, Scott B, Goldstein N, Zimmerman M. Anonymous Reporting Systems for School-Based Violence Prevention: A Systematic Review. Health...
State firearm laws, gun ownership, and K-12 school shootings: Implications for school safety
Reeping PM, Klarevas LJ, Rajan S, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Heinze J, Zeoli AM, Goyal MK, Zimmerman M, Branas CC. State firearm laws, gun ownership, and K-12 school shootings: Implications for school...
Media Mention: Cass mass shooting has eerie parallels to 2013 Manchester killings
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...
Michigan School Safety Initiative
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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...
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...
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...
Media Mention: A public health response helped reduce fatal car wrecks in Texas. Can it do the same for gun deaths?
Many public health experts say if we understand what spurs violent acts, how people obtain guns, and how mishandling firearms can accidentally injure or kill, we might find a more agreeable path to...
Media Mention: VOA experts on the tragedy in Maine: America must change its mentality
Drs. Marc Zimmerman and April Zeoli speak with Voice of America about firearm injury prevention and effective policies.
Media Mention: Maine shooting: could red flag laws have prevented the violence?
As the fallout deepens from the catastrophic mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, that left at least 18 people dead and many wounded, questions are being asked about how an army reservist who had...