Your First Five Crime Studies of March 27

All of today's research relates to guns

I'm Aaron Jacklin, and this is Explaining Crime, an independent newsletter that helps you explain crime to your audience.

Your First Five is a daily series (M-F) that publishes a curated selection of recent research related to crime and justice. Each post contains links to new studies (each related to a single topic) that I hope will enhance your work explaining crime. The publication schedule is in flux for the moment.

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These new studies related to criminology and criminal justice were published recently by journals I monitor:

1. Missing the Mark? A Typology of Lethal and Non-Lethal Firearm Violence in the Netherlands, published in Crime & Delinquency. (Open access)

2. Exposure to Neighborhood Violence and Gun Carrying Among Adolescents in the United States: Findings From A Population-Based Study, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Open access)

3. Disparities Among Pediatric Firearm Suicides in the United States: An Analysis of the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2014 to 2018, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Restricted access)

4. Involvement of Guns in Nonfatal Conflict Between Adult Children and Their Parents, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Restricted access)

5. Examining Associations Between School Connectedness, Social Support, Violence, and Firearm Carrying, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence. (Restricted access)

I might cover some of these studies further in Understanding Crime. If one sounds interesting or important, let me know in the comments.

Right now, I'm considering number 1. The following passage caught my eye:

The analysis results show five distinct types: urban lethal shootings, urban injurious shootings, and urban non-injurious shootings, as well as suburban and rural shootings. Those categories differ mainly in the lethality, urbanity, context, and location of the shootings.