I honestly haven’t been keeping close tabs on what some people are saying is an increase in knife violence in New York City, which they attribute to the very strict gun control laws there. But the buzz surrounding this reminded me of a presentation I went to at the annual meeting of the American Society … Continue reading
As noted previously, I recently served as a discussant on a panel on gun violence at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting. Among the three papers was a very interesting one by Gary Kleck on large-capacity magazines and mass shootings. In my discussion of the papers I began by reflecting on the concept of … Continue reading
As noted previously, one of the three papers on the recent American Society of Criminology panel for which I was the discussant was by the distinguished criminologist Gary Kleck. Every time there is a mass shooting in America, some people look to ban large-capacity magazines in order to prevent similar tragedies from happening in the … Continue reading
Although I am certainly no expert on “gun violence” (recognizing the term itself it problematic, as I will discuss in my next post), I was asked to serve as a “discussant” for a panel on the topic at the recent meeting of the American Society of Criminology (see session #292 in the on-line program of … Continue reading
Despite some concerns about traveling recently, to the District of Columbia in particular, I have made it back safely from my trip to attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. This year is the third year I have attended the meetings. I began attending these meetings when I started studying guns not … Continue reading
As I was writing up my (promised, forthcoming!) analysis of a recent article on nonfatal gunshot injuries that was treated dismissively on the Gun Free Zone blog, Miguel published a follow-up, Again (and final) on the Yale study. I could see that he had tired of discussing the issue on his blog, so decided to … Continue reading
At the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco last week, I saw a number of presentations based on research undertaken with funding from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) – motto: “Strengthen Science, Advance Justice.” On November 30 and December 1, 2011 (note: pre-Sandy Hook), the convened a group of … Continue reading
