Safety in Numbers
Everytown Research & Policy’s Safety in Numbers blog series invites leading experts in the growing field of injury and safety prevention to present their rigorous research in clear, user-friendly language.

Dr. Archie Bleyer: The Fallacy of Blaming Gun Violence on Mental Health

David Riedman: Using “First Principles” Thinking to Decrease School Shootings by 10x

Dr. Cathy Buerger: Dangerous Speech and Gun Violence

GVPedia’s Devin Hughes: Countering the Gun Lobby’s “Firehose of Falsehood”

Dr. Chris Knoepke: ERPO Implementation and Effectiveness

Prof. Kristin Henning: Black Adolescence and the School to Prison Pipeline

Dr. Joseph Simonetti: Tools for Veteran Suicide Prevention

Dr. Jill Messing: Understanding Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Homicide

Audacia Ray and Somjen Frazer: Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Violence Incidents

Alex Sheldon: Gender-Affirming Care and Suicide Prevention

Dr. Harel Shapira: How Attitudes About Guns Develop Over Time

Dr. Joel Fein: Taking a Trauma-Informed Approach Through Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs

Dr. Michael Siegel: Dispelling Common Myths About Gun Ownership & Gun Culture

Dr. Marisa Ross: Using Social Network Science to Prevent Gun Violence in Chicago

Dr. Linda Teplin and Nicholas Meyerson: Studying Successful Community Reentry for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

Dr. Maeve Wallace: Preventing Pregnant Women from Intimate Partner Gun Violence

Dr. Sonali Rajan: Guiding School Safety Strategies with Rigorous Scientific Research

Dr. David K. Humphreys: Examining the Effects of Stand Your Ground Laws on Public Safety

Dr. Joseph Richardson Jr.: Using Storytelling to Explore Gun Violence and Trauma

Drs. Campbell, Messing, and Pizarro: Preventing Intimate Partner Homicide

Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar: Examining the Effectiveness of Extreme Risk Laws
