Promising Strategies To Reduce Gun Violence

• NCJ Number: 173950
• Author(s): David Sheppard
• Date Published: February 1999
• Length: 262 pages
• Agencies: OJJDP
• Publication Type: Issue Overview

Annotation

This report describes successful community approaches to dealing with the problem of gun violence.

Abstract

Individual sections of this report address the following: (1) Gun Violence in the United States (nature of the problem and current trends); (2) Solving the Problem (developing a comprehensive strategy); (3) Comprehensive Reduction Strategies (overview, 9 program profiles); (4) Strategies To Interrupt Sources of Illegal Guns (overview, gun tracing, inspection and investigation of Federal firearms licensees, 6 program profiles); (5) Strategies To Deter Illegal Gun Possession and Carrying (21 program profiles); (6) Strategies To Respond to Illegal Gun Use (10 program profiles); (7) Education Initiatives and Alternative Prevention Strategies (changing attitudes toward guns and violence, youth violence and gang prevention, 15 program profiles); and (8) Research, Technical Assistance and Education (14 program profiles). References, appendixes, tables, figures, notes