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Commentary

Jan 17, 2013

Can Improved Mental Health Care Prevent Gun Crimes? The Truth Is, We Don't Know

If policymakers and the public expect the mental health community to play a significant role in preventing future incidents like Newtown, the mental health research agenda must become a higher national priority in future federal funding decisions, writes Terry Schell.
Commentary

Jan 7, 2013

Accounting for Risk of Violent Death

As a Southerner who learned to shoot at an early age, I've never had a problem with guns. But emergency-room doctors like me also know how much damage they can cause if misused or allowed to fall into the wrong hands, writes Arthur Kellermann.
Commentary

Dec 26, 2012

Responding to Newtown

Art Kellermann reviews what is known from broad outlines of the Newtown attack and past research on gun violence to offer some preliminary thoughts to the Obama Administration's task force and the public.
Commentary

Dec 21, 2012

Shifting the Burden of Mental Health Care: Helping Families

In our national conversation on mental health, we should remember the role of families when thinking about treatment and ensure that our policies open up opportunities to support parents, siblings and relatives, and enhance their capacity for care, writes Ramya Chari.
Commentary

Dec 21, 2012

Silencing the Science on Gun Research

The United States has long relied on public health science to improve the safety, health, and lives of its citizens. Perhaps the same straightforward, problem-solving approach that worked well in other circumstances can help the nation meet the challenge of firearm violence, writes Arthur Kellermann.
Commentary

Dec 20, 2012

In Connecticut, Recovery and Healing Will Take Time

With an event like this, With an event like this, 'recovery' doesn't mean a return to normal, because lives have been permanently altered. Recovery can only mean finding a new normal, a new path forward. And schools, those places of safety and healthy development, can help with that process, by providing a structure and community to support healing, writes Lisa Jaycox.
Research

Dec 22, 2010

Reducing Gun Violence: Results from an Intervention in East Los Angeles

Describes an intervention designed to reduce youth gun violence in an East Los Angeles neighborhood.
Research

Jan 1, 2009

The Effect of Urban Street Gang Densities on Small Area Homicide Incidence in a Large Metropolitan County, 1994-2002

The presence of street gangs has been hypothesized as influencing overall levels of violence in urban communities through a process of gun-drug diffusion and crosstype homicide.
Press

Nov 12, 2003

Agency Collaboration, Community Participation Vital to Cut Violent Gang-Related Neighborhood Crime

Stepped-up law enforcement and more cooperation between police, prosecutors, probation authorities, and community groups can help reduce gun violence in areas plagued by violent gangs.
Jan 1, 2003

RAND Review: Vol. 27, No. 3, Fall 2003

Shows how coordinated efforts among community groups and public agencies can reduce gun violence among inner-city youth; also covers expanding health insurance, defense personnel policies, the nuclear threat, domestic violence, and nanotechnology.
Research

Jan 1, 2001

Reducing Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol

A specific deterrence strategy whereby the police utilize directed patrol to focus on suspicious activities and locations reduced violent gun crime.
Research

Jan 1, 1999

How Youthful Offenders Perceive Gun Violence

How Youthful Offenders Perceive Gun Violence

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Can Improved Mental Health Care Prevent Gun Crimes? The Truth Is, We Don't Know

Accounting for Risk of Violent Death

Responding to Newtown

Shifting the Burden of Mental Health Care: Helping Families

Silencing the Science on Gun Research

In Connecticut, Recovery and Healing Will Take Time

Reducing Gun Violence: Results from an Intervention in East Los Angeles

The Effect of Urban Street Gang Densities on Small Area Homicide Incidence in a Large Metropolitan County, 1994-2002

Agency Collaboration, Community Participation Vital to Cut Violent Gang-Related Neighborhood Crime

RAND Review: Vol. 27, No. 3, Fall 2003

Reducing Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol

How Youthful Offenders Perceive Gun Violence

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Related Topics

Defending Against Mass Shooters

Informing the Gun Policy Debate

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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Can Improved Mental Health Care Prevent Gun Crimes? The Truth Is, We Don't Know

Accounting for Risk of Violent Death

Responding to Newtown

Shifting the Burden of Mental Health Care: Helping Families

Silencing the Science on Gun Research

In Connecticut, Recovery and Healing Will Take Time

Reducing Gun Violence: Results from an Intervention in East Los Angeles

The Effect of Urban Street Gang Densities on Small Area Homicide Incidence in a Large Metropolitan County, 1994-2002

Agency Collaboration, Community Participation Vital to Cut Violent Gang-Related Neighborhood Crime

RAND Review: Vol. 27, No. 3, Fall 2003

Reducing Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol

How Youthful Offenders Perceive Gun Violence

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