Fame through surprise: How fame-seeking mass shooters diversify their attacks
Until now, it has been believed that the main factor contributing to media coverage and mass shooters’ fame was the…
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A dynamic factor model to predict firearm homicides in the U.S.
Predicting the number of homicides with firearms is an important step toward improved and reactive policy in public health. In…
Engineering Safer Cities – conference photos
September 12 meeting “Engineering Safer Cities: the American Firearm Ecosystem” was the first of a planned series of events aiming…
Two latest studies on firearm acquisition featured by media outlets
Our two newest research studies modeling trends related to firearm prevalence and gun violence, “Spatio-temporal patterns of firearm acquisition in…
Patterns of firearm acquisition in the U.S. in different presidential terms
Do people in different states in the U.S. purchase firearms at the same time? This was the question that the…
Firearm Ownership in the U.S. – a spatiotemporal model
Firearm violence is a major public health crisis in the United States. Despite this, scientific research on firearm-related harms is…