Funded Research

Racial Differences in the Relationship between Legal Firearm Availability and Gun...

Objective: Research suggests that greater access to firearms increases the risk for gun violence. However, few studies have examined how legal firearm availability within...

A Machine Learning Approach to Enhancing Policing Effectiveness During Critical Incidents...

Objective:The current project will perform an exploratory analysis of the NIBRS and LEOKA datasets with the goal of identifying factors that have significant correlations...

Exploring Risk Factors for Gun-related Death in New Jersey

Objective:Nationally, more than 300,000 persons died from gun-related violence from 2003-2012. The estimated cost of gun related injuries were $174.1 billion in 2010. The...