Gun-free zones have often been blamed for making schools, malls and other public areas more attractive to shooters; however, there have been no quantitative studies examining those claims. Now, in a...
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Media Mention: Governor Whitmer Makes Appointments to Boards and Commissions
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs, Michigan Workforce Development Board, Advisory Board for the Michigan...
Identifying stable hotspots and coldspots in firearm homicide across the US during a period of nationally increasing trends, 2014 to 2022
Degli Esposti, M., Kaufman, E., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., & Wiebe, D. (2024, January 17). Identifying stable hotspots and coldspots in firearm homicide across the US during a period of nationally...
Podcast: Violence Week
This four-part documentary series asks big questions about school safety, policing, racial equity and what it's like to be a teenager in an era of school shootings. Dr. Justin Heinze talks with host...
U-M Livestream: Back to School: The Research Behind School Safety Strategies
Experts from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Michigan Medicine and the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention will discuss a topic that concerns many educators, policymakers,...
Safe firearm storage toolkit developed by the University of Michigan now available online
A digital toolkit designed to support adherence to Michigan’s newly enacted safe firearm storage law is now available through the University of Michigan. Developed by the U-M Institute for Firearm...
The Effectiveness of Say-Something Anonymous Reporting System in Preventing School Violence: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial in 19 Middle Schools
Hsieh, H-F, Lee, D.B, Zimmerman, M. A., Pameranz, N., Cunninham, M., Messman, E., Stoddard, S. A., Grodzinski, A. R., Heinze, J.E. (2022). The Effectiveness of Say-Something Anonymous Reporting...
Students’ and Caregivers’ Attitudes and Preferences Toward Screening for Negative Social Determinants of Health in a Predominantly Latinx High School
Sokol, R., Clift, J., Mitchell, L., Martinez, J. J., & Rusnak, C. (2023). Students’ and caregivers’ attitudes and preferences toward screening for negative social determinants of health in a...
Media Mention: State budget supports U-M’s education, economic development efforts
The Michigan Legislature passed a 2024-25 general fund and education omnibus budget June 27, allocating a modest increase for the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus’ operations and significant...
Media Mention: How to store guns safely to prevent unintentional shootings
A person is killed or injured almost every day in the U.S. because a child has unintentionally fired a gun, according to reports from 2015 to 2022 compiled by Everytown, an advocacy group for...
Surgeon general declares firearm violence a public health crisis: U-M experts available
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared firearm violence a public health crisis, saying it’s time to deploy approaches similar to lifesaving anti-smoking and traffic safety campaigns to...
Firearm Use in Violent Crime: Examining the Role of Premeditation and Motivation in Weapon Choice
Pizarro JM, Zgoba KM, Pelletier KR. Firearm Use in Violent Crime: Examining the Role of Premeditation and Motivation in Weapon Choice. J Prim Prev. 2021 Feb;42(1):77-91. doi:...