COVID-19 and Gun Violence: Explaining the Rise in Gun Homicides During the Pandemic

• In Event: Policymaking and Pandemics

Brief Overview

This paper seeks to explain the rise in gun homicides—but not suicides—that took place during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among young Black men.

Authors

• Jacob Forrest Harrison Smith, Fordham University

• Jonathan Joseph Spiegler, Michigan State University