Another School Shooting Prompts Renewed Focus on Ending Gun Violence
School shootings have effects that linger long after the event.
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The Expense of Community Violence
2016: Community violence cost the U.S. healthcare system $2.7 billion
Extremism and Gun Violence: The Situation in Nevada
“The blunt fact is that, in the past 50 years, firearms in the hands of domestic extremists have killed far more Americans than have bombs, blades, chemical or biological weapons, or any other type of weapon.”
National Institute of Justice Hosts Seminar on Preventing Gun Violence
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is hosting a seminar titled “Preventing Gun Violence: Understanding Law Enforcement Responses and Improving Multi-disciplinary Partnership for Peace” on Wednesday, August 24th in Washington DC. The NIJ periodically organizes seminars that feature research pertaining to current policies and practices. The seminar will feature four...
New Report on School Crime and Safety
The Institute for Education Sciences, the National Center for Education Statistics, the US Department of Education, and the US Department of Justice have released their 18th annual Indicators of School Crime and Safety. This 2015 edition provides statistics of criminal acts of violence in schools and how they relate to...