Background Homicide contributes substantially to the burden of death in the US and remains a key contributor to the gap in white-black life expectancy. It has been hypothesized that “broken-windows” policing is associated with lower homicide rates and that...
Objectives We assessed whether New York City’s gun-related homicide rates in the 1990s were associated with a range of social determinants of homicide rates. Methods We used cross-sectional time-series data for 74 New York City police precincts from 1990...
Objectives To estimate the number of lives saved from firearms suicide with expansions of gun restrictions based on mental health compared with the number who would be unnecessarily restricted. Methods Agent-based models simulated effects on suicide mortality...
Fatal and nonfatal injuries resulting from gun violence remain a persistent problem in the United States. The available research suggests that gun violence diffuses among people and across places through social relationships. Understanding the relationship between gun...
