Piloting a Gun Violence Prevention Training Curriculum for School Nurses and...
Objective:In 2019, the Massachusetts General Center for Gun Violence Prevention (CGVP) was launched with a mission focusing on clinical care and education, research, and...
Identifying Optimal Messengers to Prevent Firearm-Related Suicide: Delivery of Lethal Means...
Objective:In a study of 6,200 US residents, Anestis et al. found that individuals in first responder roles – in particular, law enforcement, current military...
Examining Characteristics and Experiences of LGBTQ Firearm Owners
Objective:Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) people represent a unique group of firearm owners that little is known about. Limited extant work provides...
Permitless Carry Legislation and Police Officer Firearm Injury in the United...
Objective:Police in the United States are fatally shot at a rate 1.6 times higher than non-police, and non-fatally shot at a rate 6.25 times...
Examining the link between gun storage practices and attitudes, masculine gender...
Objective:This novel study will identify current gun storage practices and attitudes among currently employed U.S. uniformed law enforcement officers (ULEO), test the relations between...
NJ School Emergency Preparedness and Built Environment Aspects Related to Gun...
Objective:In accordance with New Jersey (NJ) state administrative code, the NJ Safe Schools Program (NJSS) reviews safety and health (S&H) plans regarding environmental health...
The Lived Experience of Gun Ownership
Objective:Over 17.25 million U.S. citizens hold a legal license to carry a handgun. Why do Americans carry guns? What are the psychological consequences of...
The Extremist: From Cambodia’s Killing Fields to Charlottesville
Objective:In March 2016, Professor Alex Hinton faced off with a genocidal extremist, Pol Pot’s “Brother Number Two,” while serving as an expert witness at...
State Mental Health Agency Expenditures and Violent Crime: Implications for Public...
Objective:To investigate whether state mental health agency spending is associated with reductions in violent crime rates, with an emphasis on crimes committed with firearms.
Methods:Findings...
The Effect of Community Violence on Threat Processing in Low-SES Adults
Objective:The major goal of this application is to investigate the relationship between community violence and responses to threat among adults living in higher risk...