Jhacova Williams

This report, now in its third edition, synthesizes available scientific evidence for the effects of various firearm policies on firearm deaths, violent crime, suicides, the gun industry, defensive gun use, and other outcomes. The authors highlight policies whose effects are more rigorously and reliably demonstrated by current research, as well as areas where better information could contribute to establishing fair and effective gun policies.

Although the existence of racial disparities within the Department of the Air Force military justice system has been well established, the causes of these disparities have not yet been determined. This report uses a mixed methods approach to identify how disparities in the military justice system can arise, at what stages of the system the disparities occur, and what factors can explain the disparities.

To explore lessons learned from nondeclared-disaster events, researchers explain six case studies from diverse community contexts, considering innovations that support recovery in underserved communities and metrics for assessing nonprofits' role in socioeconomic recovery. Recommendations address data limitations with near- and longer-term efforts to capture nonprofits' activities and roles through systematic qualitative and quantitative methods.