ArticleJournal of criminal justice
When COVID-19 and guns meet: A rise in shootings.
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- Analysis of Firearm Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US.JAMA network open · 2022Pooled it
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- Effects of the Communities that Care (CTC) Prevention System on Youth Violence Outcomes in Two Violence-Impacted Denver Communities.American journal of criminal justice : AJCJ · 2026Article
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- The Incidence and Characteristics of U.K. Stranger Sex Offenses Fluctuated With Public Health Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Psychology of violence · 2025Article
- The Recent Rise in Homicide: An Analysis of Weekly Mortality Data, United States, 2018-2022.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Carjacking and homicide in Minneapolis after the police killing of George Floyd: Evidence from an interrupted time series analysis.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
- Predicting Short Time-to-Crime Guns: a Machine Learning Analysis of California Transaction Records (2010-2021).Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024Article
- Mental Health Care Resource Utilization of Victims of Interpersonal Violence in the Novel Coronavirus Era.The Journal of surgical research · 2024Article
- The Evolution of Excess Deaths in the United States During the First 2 Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic.American journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Exploring changes in violence across two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Richmond, VA.Aggressive behavior · 2023Article
- Trends and Sources of Crime Guns in California: 2010-2021.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Article
- COVID-19 and Gun Violence: Keeping Unknown Shocks and Volatility in Perspective.Criminal justice review · 2023Article
- Changes in ambulance departures for assault calls during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.Aggressive behavior · 2023Article
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- Disentangling the Impact of Covid-19: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Crime in New York City.American journal of criminal justice : AJCJ · 2023Article
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- The Effect of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence and Assaults.Criminal justice review · 2022Article
- Preventing Urban Firearm Homicides during COVID-19: Preliminary Results from Three Cities with the Advance Peace Program.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study examines the impact of the COVID-19 stay-at-home order on gun violence in Buffalo, New York: fatal shootings, all non-fatal shootings, non-fatal shootings with injury, and non-fatal shootings without injury. It also estimated its impact on gang and non-gang related shootings.
methodsWeekly crime data are analyzed at the city level using ARIMA and poisson models. Forecasting is used to verify the validity of both ARIMA and poisson models.
resultsThe effect of the pandemic was conditional upon the types of gun violence and impact models of intervention. The pandemic caused a temporary increase in fatal shootings while leading to a long-term increase in all non-fatal shootings, non-fatal shootings with injury, non-fatal shootings without injury, and gang related shootings.
conclusionsThe pandemic has changed the volume of gun violence possibly due to increased strain and/or changed routine activities. This study not only promotes further research but also has policy implications for public health and safety. From a public policy perspective, criminal justice agencies should focus more attention and resources on gun violence resulting from a sense of strain and fear among individuals during the pandemic.
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