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