The NSPOF used a list-assisted random-digit-dial sampling method in which each telephone household has essentially equal likelihood of being selected; a total of 2,568 adults were interviewed. Since those who refused to participate in the survey may be different from...
The Boston Gun Project Working Group began meeting in January 1995, and by the fall of that year, the project’s basic problem assessment had been completed and the elements of what is now known as the Operation Ceasefire intervention mapped out; implementation...
Questionnaires were voluntarily and anonymously completed by 835 male serious offenders incarcerated in six juvenile correctional facilities in four States. A total of 758 male students in 10 inner-city high schools near the correctional facilities also completed the...
Between July 1992 and January 1993, police patrols were increased in gun crime “hot spots” in the target area, an area with a homicide rate 20 times higher than the national average. The population in the target area was almost entirely nonwhite, with more...
The Bartley-Fox Law, enacted in Massachusetts in April, 1975, was intended to reduce the incidence of gun related crimes and illicit carrying of firearms. Investigation of crime statistics to assess the effect of the law requires the isolation of exogenous factors and...
