Harvard Injury Control Research Center
Our mission is to reduce the societal burden of injury and violence through surveillance, research, intervention, evaluation, outreach, dissemination, and training.
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Self-defense gun use article
Data come from the National Crime Victimization Survey 2007-2011. Self-defense gun use occurred in fewer than 1% of all contact crimes reported. Males and rural dwellers were most likely to…
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Who should be given a carry permit? Survey of police in a may-issue state.
For public safety, whom would you like to decide who can legally carry a concealed firearm–a federal computer or your local police chief? We conducted a survey of police chiefs…
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LA Times Op-ed discusses our firearm researcher surveys
This article discusses the rationale and findings from our monthly surveys of scientists who have recently published articles in peer reviewed journals on firearms. “Scientific consensus isn’t always right, but…
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Rolling Stone Magazine publicizes results of our firearm researcher survey.
Results posted on our website (“Firearm Researcher Surveys”) were highlighted by Rolling Stone in an article provocatively entitled “New Harvard Research Debunks the NRA’s Favorite Talking Points.” The article reports…
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Mass Public Shootings have tripled since 2011.
HICRC researchers Amy P. Cohen, Deborah Azrael and Matthew Miller reported in Mother Jones that the United States has entered a new period in which mass shootings in public places are occurring…
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Monthly Survey of Gun Researchers
HICRC has begun sponsoring very short monthly surveys of gun researchers. The first survey found that a large majority agreed with the statement “In the United States, having a gun…
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Boston Bicycle Crash Map Released
HICRC’s own Dahianna Lopez has been a driving force in working with multiple agencies to assemble a useful database of bicycle crashes in Boston. A comprehensive report was released this…