New Findings on Firearms Violence in the United States

Michelle Degli Esposti: County-Level Variation in Firearm Homicide Rates: Changing Trends and Spatial Patterns

Michelle Degli Esposti is a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Michigan. Dr Degli Esposti’s research focuses on understanding the distribution and determinants of violence at the population level, drawing methods from both descriptive and causal epidemiology. She has published a series of papers mapping out temporal changes in the nature and spatial distribution of firearm-related mortality across the US.

Hannah Laqueur: Trends and Sources of Crime Guns

Hannah Laqueur is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and core faculty in the Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP) and UC Center for Firearm Violence Research (UCFC). She holds a Ph.D. from Berkeley Law’s doctoral program in Jurisprudence & Social Policy, a Master’s degree in Biostatistics from Berkeley, and a Master’s in Public Policy & Administration from Columbia University. Her research includes work on gun purchasing and criminal gun markets, placed-based firearm carrying restrictions, and risk assessment and decision making in the criminal justice system.

Bruce Taylor: Prevalence and Correlates of Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers in the United States: A National Portrait

Bruce Taylor is a Senior Fellow for NORC at the University of Chicago with over 25 years of experience in applied research and evaluation. His research explores the intersecting areas of violence, health and criminal justice and has conducted studies on violence prevention, victimization, substance use, police use-of-force and officer health issues. Dr. Taylor was a Co-Principal Investigator on three NCGVR-funded studies on police officers use of force (UOF) and violence against officers (VAO). He was also Principal Investigator on U.S. Department of Justice funded studies on police UOF and VAO.