Policing Strategies
- The Crime Gun Intelligence Center Model: Case Studies of the Denver, Milwaukee, and Chicago Approaches to Investigating Gun Crime (2017)
- eTrace Quick Reference Guide for Law Enforcement Agencies (2016)
- Testing the Effects of People, Processess, and Technology on Ballistic Evidence Processing Productivity (2016)
- Study Identifies Ways to Improve ATF Ballistic Evidence Program (2014)
- Opening the Black Box of NIBIN: A Descriptive Process and Outcome Evaluation of the Use of NIBIN and Its Effects on Criminal Investigations (2013)
- Police Strategies to Reduce Illegal Possession and Carrying of Firearms -- Effects on Gun Crime (2012)
- What is Known About the Effectiveness of Police Practices in Reducing Crime and Disorder (2012)
- Evidence-Based Crime Policy -- Enhancing Effectiveness Through Research and Evaluation (2011)
- Project Safe Neighborhoods -- A National Program to Reduce Gun Crime (2009)
- Pulling Levers Focused Deterrence Strategies and The Prevention of Gun Homicide (2008)
- Identifying Effective Policing Strategies For Reducing Crime (2008)
- The Effectiveness of Policies and Programs That Attempt to Reduce Firearm Violence -- A Meta-Analysis (2008)
- Effects of Undercover Police Stings of Gun Dealers on the Supply of New Guns to Criminals (2006)
- An Essay on Evaluating the Impact of CEASEFIRE, COMSTAT, and EXILE (2005)
- Better Gun Enforcement, Less Crime (2005)
- Disrupting Illegal Firearms Markets in Boston -- The Effects of Operation CEASEFIRE on the Supply of New Handguns to Criminals (2005)
- Reducing Gun Violence -- The Boston Gun Project's Operation (2001)
Investigations
Buybacks
Latest News
Contra Costa Crime lab leaves no gun or shell casing behind
Posted: August 15, 2018
Law enforcement departments across the country have access to the same system that Contra Costa has been using to catch the people committing gun crimes on its streets. It's known as the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, NIBIN for short, and it's maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. But NIBIN only works if police assiduously log all the casings they recover, and do so quickly, before trails grow ...
As Canada faces rising gun violence, tighter laws are a tough sell
Posted: August 15, 2018
Rising violence in Canada has prompted calls for the federal government to tighten gun laws but tougher regulations could cause a political backlash in a country where 2 million people are licensed to own a firearm. ...
Man Charged Despite Florida ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws After Fatally Shooting Unarmed Man
Posted: August 15, 2018
Florida prosecutors filed a manslaughter charge on Monday against a white man who shot and killed an unarmed black man in a dispute over a parking space, three weeks after the local sheriff had refused to arrest the man, citing the state’s sweeping and controversial Stand Your Ground law. ...
The deadliest city: Behind Chicago’s segregated shooting sprees
Posted: August 14, 2018
While its homicide rate is not the highest in the U.S., Chicago has consistently had more total killings than any other U.S. city — with 27 people killed since the beginning of the month. Why it matters: Racial segregation, wealth inequality, gangs and the inability of law enforcement to solve crimes have fueled the gun violence epidemic — and a handful of minority, impoverished neighborhoods have received the brunt of the impact. ...
How red flag laws could help families grappling with guns and mental illness
Posted: August 9, 2018
While some states have ed flag laws that allow a judge to temporarily remove a mentally ill person's access to guns, it's not easy to balance their rights with the need for public safety. Special correspondent John Ferrugia of Rocky Mountain PBS reports on how families wish they could have been more empowered to help ailing loved ones and prevent deadly violence. ...
