The Individual, Situational, and Contextual Risk Factors for Violent Firearm Injury and Firearm Homicide: A Comparative, Policy-Focused Approach

While deaths from gun violence are well studied, there is a limited amount of research related to non-lethal gun violence. This study will investigate and measure different types of gun violence, including physically non-injurious (brandishing a gun), injurious but non-lethal, and lethal gun violence incidents. The study will also examine how different individual, situational, and contextual risk factors impact the likelihood of each type of gun violence and explore the overall association between state gun policies and different types of gun violence.

Findings from this project will aid scholars, policy makers, and the public on issues related to lethal and non-lethal gun violence, including implications for mental health, physical health, and mortality risk and prevention for gun crimes.

Contacts

Principal Investigator: Brendan Lantz, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator: Marin R. Wenger, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator: Emma Fridel, Ph.D.

Dates: 2021-2024

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health 

Funding Amount: $490,436

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