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.
The Everytown Evidence Engine: Harnessing AI To Identify Gun Safety Policy Solutions
Every year, nearly 47,000 people in the United States are killed with guns and nearly 97,000 more are shot and wounded. The scale of this…
The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Firearm Threats: Explicit and Implicit Threats in the Lives of IPV Victims
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