Twenty-five Years of NIJ-Sponsored Firearms Research

• In Event: NIJ: Research and Evaluation on Firearms

Abstract

From 1990 through 2015, the National Institute of Justice has sponsored a broad range of social science research and evaluation projects related to firearms and firearms violence. This presentation provides a review and analysis of those studies, including major findings and ongoing challenges.

Authors

• Barbara Combs, National Institute of Justice

• Phelan Wyrick, National Institute of Justice