@Consortium_RBFP

The Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy. We are researchers, practitioners, & advocates working to advance evidence-based gun violence prevention policies.

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To stay up-to-date on our research, check out our website, where you'll find our latest newsletters: riskbasedfirearmpolicy.org/o…

Our Newsletters | The Consortium

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One in three individuals who committed homicide with a firearm had been heavily drinking when they murdered their victims, according to our new report on alcohol use as a risk factor for gun violence. Learn more from the full report: publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/ne…

New Report Offers Policy Recommendations to Address Alcohol Use as Risk Factor for Gun Violence |...

Alcohol plays an outsize role in firearm fatalities: An estimated one in three individuals who committed homicide with a firearm had been heavily drinking when they killed their victims.

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Halfway there! The Ed Fund needs your vote by March 31st. CREDO Mobile selected the Ed Fund to be one of its March Donations Program recipients. How much we receive is based on how many votes we get! Be sure to vote for the Ed Fund before March 31st! credodonations.com
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"This REIA instrument creates a space and a structured opportunity for those long-overdue conversations to occur,” says the Consortium's @jeffswansonduke. Check out the full report: efsgv.org/racialequity/
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"A public health approach has three important parts. The first is that it's based on science. The second is it's focused on prevention. And the third is that it's collaborative by nature." Wise words from Dr. Mark Rosenberg on @npratc. Check it out: npr.org/2022/02/05/107854654…

What it would take to treat gun violence as a public health crisis

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mark Rosenberg, founding director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, about gun violence prevention and the CDC funding research on it.

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5 Key Challenges and Solutions around firearms and gender-based violence in the U.S. Read More from @amprog: americanprogress.org/article…

Guns and Violence Against Women: A Summary of Key Challenges and Solutions

This fact sheet summarizes a recent Center for American Progress report on violence against women in the United States.

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"As many as two out of every three Californians have been exposed indirectly to gun violence in the course of their normal daily activities..." Read more about the latest work from @ucdavis Firearm Violence Research Center. thecrimereport.org/2022/01/1…
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"Gunshot-related spinal cord injuries have serious social and economic consequences in adulthood well beyond physical disability...” New study in @JSpinalCordMed: labblog.uofmhealth.org/body-…

Education and earnings: cost of childhood spinal cord injuries from gunshot wounds

Researchers say pediatric injury prevention needs to be more of a public health focus.

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.@EFSGV released their analysis of @CDCgov research on gun violence in 2020, which reveals a sharp rise in gun deaths and massive racial disparities among the victims. Read more: efsgv.org/press/efsgv-analys…
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“Every city suffering from high rates of violent crime should have a permanent unit dedicated to violence reduction operating inside the mayor’s office, with its leadership reporting directly to the mayor.“ Read the latest from @CouncilonCJ's #VCWG here: counciloncj.org/meeting-bull…

Meeting Bulletin #7: Integrating Local Violence Reduction Efforts; State and Federal Support -...

At two meetings in November, Working Group outlines the importance of strong local leadership to a successful anti-violence strategy, and what the state and federal governments should do to provide...

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"Talking about firearm injury prevention, suicide and community violence can be difficult, and the language we use matters in how messages are received..." An important study from @EmmyBetz and colleagues: coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu/r…
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Good news from Pennsylvania as @GovernorTomWolf announces a $15 million investment in grassroots violence intervention programs across the commonwealth. abc27.com/news/pennsylvania/…

Wolf administration announces $15 million in grassroots funding to combat gun violence

A look at the headlines from across the country and across the state would lead you to the conclusion that violent crime and gun violence is on the rise. On Wednesday, the state took what it hopes …

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"Emergency physician risk of occupational mortality: A scoping review" by Craig Goolsby of @USUhealthsci & @NCDMPH, with Vidya Lala, Riley Gebner, Nicole Dacuyan-Faucher, Nathan Charlton and Keke Schuler in @JACEPOpen doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12554
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"Gun homicide research: What we know and where we need to go" by @shanib44 of @JohnsHopkinsSPH/ @JHU_GVP and @AprilZeoli of @msu_scj in @HomicideStudies doi.org/10.1177/108876792110…
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📆 December 10 @ 12p ET: the @JoyceFdn 's Lunch & Learn series presents new research from the Violence Prevention Research Program at @UCDavisHealth led by @Julia_Schleimer eventbrite.com/e/research-on…

Research on racial & socioeconomic disparities in violence during pandemic

This webinar is part of a monthly LUNCH & LEARN series by the Joyce Foundation which aims to highlight emerging research on gun violence.

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"Stolen Firearms in Missouri Are Linked to the Repeal of Its Permit-to-Purchase Law" by Eugenio Weigend Vargas of @amprog: americanprogress.org/article…

Stolen Firearms in Missouri Are Linked to the Repeal of Its Permit-to-Purchase Law

Data show that the repeal of Missouri’s permit-to-purchase law is linked to higher levels of gun theft—a problem state officials must correct.

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Grant opportunity: Under the W.E.B. DuBois Program, the @OJPNIJ seeks applications for funding investigator-initiated research examining how observed racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system might be reduced through public policy interventions. nij.ojp.gov/funding/current

Current Funding Opportunities | National Institute of Justice

Questions on open notices of funding opportunityBecause most notices of funding opportunity are competitive, we cannot have individual conversations concerning the notices with prospective applicants.

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📆 December 6–7: @amprog's 7th Annual Gun Violence Prevention Conference rsvp.americanprogress.org/pa…
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"Mass murder in America: Trends, characteristics, explanations, and policy response" by Jack Levin of @Northeastern @NUCSSH in @HomicideStudies doi.org/10.1177/108876792110…

Mass Murder in America: Trends, Characteristics, Explanations, and Policy Response - James Alan...

Mass murder, especially involving a firearm, has been a subject of increasing interest among criminologists over the past decade. Lacking an existing and reliab...

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"Restrictive state-level firearm policies are associated with less movement of firearms to other states, but with more movement of firearms from outside states. The effectiveness of state-level firearm-restricting laws is complicated by a network of interstate firearm movement."
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"Firearm laws and the network of firearm movement among US states" by Sae Takada, @kristenrchoi, @shaw_natsui, @AltafSaadiMD, Liza Buchbinder, Molly Easterlin & @Zimmermanfred in @BMC_series #PublicHealth doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-1…

Firearm laws and the network of firearm movement among US states

BMC Public Health - The movement of firearm across state lines may decrease the effectiveness of state-level firearm laws. Yet, how state-level firearm policies affect cross-state movement have not...

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