One Guide to Rule Them All: Research Station

Essay research looking at reasonable ways to mitigate gun violence in America. 

Research Starter...

• Gun violence references how people suffer and die because of firearms. Some types of gun violence, such as homicide, assault, attempted assault, and some types of firearm-related negligence, are considered criminal. Other types of gun violence, such as suicide and attempted suicide, may be criminal in some locations but are not always considered as such (read more). 

Databases...

In the Stanley Library Collection...

• [eBook] Reducing Gun Violence - To assess whether an initiative to reduce gun violence that had been successful in Boston could be adapted for use elsewhere, researchers selected an East Los Angeles area for a similar intervention that was to include both law enforcement and social service components. Although the latter component was not widely available when the intervention began, researchers found that the intervention helped reduce violent and gang crime in the targeted districts and that crime also decreased in surrounding communities.