Mass shooters frequently share their plans, creating opportunities to intervene. Experts from the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program provide an overview of the research on mass shootings and the “red flag” laws or extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) designed to stop them.
Read MoreA new study from the Violence Prevention Research Program shows that California’s “red flag” law was utilized for 58 threatened mass shootings during the first three years after it was implemented. The majority of GVROs (96.5%) were filed by law enforcement officers to prevent threatened violence.
Read MoreGaren Wintemute, an emergency department physician and director of the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program, and Amy Barnhorst, an associate professor of psychiatry and vice chair for clinical services, took up the question of gun violence on UC Davis LIVE April 19.
Read MoreShani Buggs, an assistant professor with the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program, attended a White House ceremony as a representative of the Fund Peace coalition. The event marked new rules cracking down on untraceable “DIY” firearms known as ghost guns.
Read MoreThe sharp rise in unemployment during the first five months of the pandemic was associated with an increase in firearm violence and homicide in 16 major American cities. That was the finding of a new study from the Violence Prevention Research Program.
Read MoreResearchers at UC Davis Health have shown millions of Californians are indirectly impacted by violence. While relatively few experience violent acts, 64% of surveyed Californians heard gunshots, passed sidewalk memorials or learned about violence through their social networks.
Read MoreResearchers at UC Davis Health have shown that handgun owners charged with intimate partner violence were more likely to reoffend and commit other violent crimes, including murder, rape and aggravated assault.
Read MoreLow-income communities of color experienced significantly greater increases in firearm violence, homicides and assaults compared to more affluent communities during the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from the Violence Prevention Research Program.
Read MoreRacial bias may play a role in DUI convictions of Latino and Hispanic men in California, according to a new study from the Violence Prevention Research Program. The study compared alcohol-related crashes and DUI convictions.
Read MoreGaren Wintemute, one of the foremost experts on firearm violence in the U.S., is sounding the alarm that increases in gun purchases, violence and political extremism are putting the United States at risk for disaster in the coming months.
Read MoreA new study from the Violence Prevention Research Program finds that California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order law has been hampered by a lack of funding to support local implementation efforts, leading to inconsistent practices and confusion.
Read MoreNew research from the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program finds that legal handgun purchasers with a history of alcohol charges, such as DUIs, have more than twice the risk of suicide. Access to firearms is a strong risk factor for suicide.
Read MoreRundown neighborhoods may not be slated to go into steep declines. A study of Detroit from the California Firearm Violence Research Center shows the tipping point into violence is not as inevitable as the landmark “broken windows” theory would suggest.
Read MoreFirearm injuries are among the leading causes of death for children and adolescents in the U.S., but a new study finds two-thirds of firearm-owning adults in California who live with children do not store their guns safely, locked up and unloaded.
Read MoreFirearm purchases and firearm violence surged during the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Firearm purchases increased by 85% and interpersonal firearm injuries increased by 27%. Approximately 9.3 million firearms were purchased during this period.
Read MoreA new study shows that two-thirds of Californians don’t know about a law designed to prevent a person at risk of hurting themselves or others from possessing or purchasing firearms or ammunition. More than 80% of survey participants were supportive once they read about this law.
Read MoreA survey of Californians finds that exposure to violence has pervasive social and emotional impacts on people, especially when firearms are involved.
Read MoreStudy finds that people in California are more worried about violence during COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreFirearm prevention and research experts at UC Davis Health have launched a web site designed for health care providers. The goal is to help them work with patients to prevent firearm-related harm.
Read MoreOwning a gun or living in a house with a gun linked to a lower perception of risk for gun violence.
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