Gun violence prevention

Editorial: Gun Violence--Risk, Consequences, and Prevention.

Firearm injury is one of the leading causes of death in the United States (1). Firearm-related homicide was the leading cause of death for blackmen aged15–34years in 2012,whereas firearm-related suicide was the second leading cause of death for white males aged 10–34 years (1). In 2013, there were 32,888 individuals in the United States who died from a firearm-related injury, including 21,175 s...

Can Big Media Data Revolutionarize Gun Violence Prevention?

The scientific method drives improvements in public health, but a strategy of obstructionism has impeded scientists from gathering even a minimal amount of information to address America’s gun violence epidemic. We argue that in spite of a lack of federal investment, large amounts of publicly available data offer scientists an opportunity to measure a range of firearm-related behaviors. Given t...

Commentary: evidence to guide gun violence prevention in America.

Gun violence is a major threat to the public's health and safety in the United States. The articles in this volume's symposium on gun violence reveal the scope of the problem and new trends in mortality rates from gunfire. Leading scholars synthesize research evidence that demonstrates the ability of numerous policies and programs-each consistent with lessons learned from successful efforts to ...

Public health approach to the prevention of gun violence.

Violence and gun crime.

The headlines about gun crime and violent crime in the United Kingdom are tragic and alarming—seven deaths of young people by October 2007 from gun crime and an apparent increase in violent crime generally. When combined with other news of gun related incidents, such as the shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes by a police officer in a London underground station, anxiety about the danger of guns ...