Course: Reducing Gun Violence in America: Evidence for Change
Modules:
Welcome and Introduction of Lead Instructors, Introduction to Guns and Gun Violence in America, The Impact of Gun Violence in the United States, Trends in Gun Ownership and Use, Defensive Gun Use, Gun Access, and Implications for Public Safety, Understanding Legal and Illegal Gun Markets, Firearm Ownership & Risk for Lethal Violence, Firearms & Suicide Risk: Background, Firearms and Suicide: Empirical Studies, Firearms and Suicide: Are We Acting on What We Already Know?, Wrap-Up of Guns and Gun Violence in America
Introduction to Legal Issues Relevant to Preventing Gun Violence, Federal, State, and Local Powers, The Second Amendment and Gun Policy, Present & Future of the 2nd Amendment, Interview with Brian Frosh, Attorney General of Maryland, Litigation as a Public Health Strategy, Obstacles to Research, Policy Advancement, and Data Transparency, Evidence for Age-Related Firearm Restrictions from Developmental Science, Child Access Prevention Laws, The Intersections of Gun Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, and Gun Policy, Violent Misdemeanors, Alcohol, & Drugs, Wrap-Up of Legal Issues Relevant to Preventing Gun Violence
Introduction to Evidence-Based Policies to Prevent Gun Violence, How Mental Illness and Violence are Related (and Not Related) and Why It Matters, Firearm Restrictions Affecting People with Mental Illness: Are the Laws Effective, and What Other Approaches are Needed?, Case Study – Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy, Background Checks, Purchaser Licensing, Waiting Periods, Reducing the Diversion of Guns to Criminals through Effective Regulation and Oversight of Gun Dealers, Wrap-Up of Evidence-Based Policies to Prevent Gun Violence
Introduction to Guns in Public Places, Schools, and Homes, Standards for Civilian Gun Carrying, "Right to Carry" Laws, "Stand Your Ground” Laws: Justifiable Use of Lethal Force, Threat Assessment & School-based Interventions: Impact of School Shootings, Threat Assessment & School-based Interventions: Prevalence of Shootings in Schools, Threat Assessment and Response in School Settings: Threat Assessment as a Violence Prevention Strategy, Gun-Free Zones, Campus Carry, Safe Gun Storage, Safe Gun Storage in Practice, Wrap-Up of Guns in Public Places, Schools, and Homes
Introduction to Regulating Gun Design, Enforcing Gun Laws, and Reducing Police-Involved Shootings, Assault Weapons & Large-Capacity Magazines, Personalized Guns, Utilizing Microstamping Technology to Make Communities Safer, Ballistic Identification and National Integrated Ballistic Information (NIBIN), Policing Illegal Gun Carrying in Hot Spots for Shootings, Focused Deterrence: A Law Enforcement Strategy to Reduce Gun Violence, Domestic Violence Dispossession, Armed & Prohibited, Police Involved Shootings, Wrap-Up of Regulating Gun Design, Enforcing Gun Laws, and Reducing Police-Involved Shootings
Introduction to Community and Clinical Interventions to Prevent Gun Violence and Public Support for Gun Policy, Street Outreach and Violence Interruption to Prevent Urban Gun Violence, Cure Violence in Practice: Comparing New York City & Baltimore Applications, Clinician Perspective on Gun Violence & Strategic Approaches in the Medical Field, Role of Gun Shops & Safe Storage in Preventing Suicide, Understanding Place-Based Interventions in a Public Health Context, Evidence & Benefits of Place-Based Interventions, Public Opinion and Support for Gun Policy, Takeaways from the Course: Where Do We Go from Here, Now What?, Wrap-Up of Community and Clinical Interventions to Prevent Gun Violence and Public Support for Gun Policy, Conclusion of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence for Change