Media
CNN: Gun violence surging in the US since the start of the pandemic. What can be done to address it?
CBS12: Sheriffs, researcher weigh in on increase in gun violence
The Hill: How to apply COVID-19 lessons to outbreak of gun violence
By Jonathan Jay and Amber Goodwin, Opinion Contributors
Outside the headlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, America’s long-running gun violence epidemic gained strength last year. Media coverage of mass shootings may have slowed, but the number of Americans fatally assaulted with firearms increased by 35 percent in U.S. cities. A surge of this magnitude has no modern precedent. It comprises thousands of deaths, each one a calamity for the family and community that suffer the loss. [Read more]
BU Today: Why Has Gun Violence Increased in the United States? Three Questions for BU’s Jonathan Jay
Why Has Gun Violence Increased in the United States? Three Questions for BU’s Jonathan Jay
TRADEOFFS: A New Era of Gun Violence Research
KATU: Multnomah County leaders consider ways to invest in communities impacted by gun violence
The Intercept: What Drove the Historically Large Murder Spike in 2020?
https://theintercept.com/2021/02/21/2020-murder-homicide-rate-causes/
The New York Times: The Virus Is Devastating the U.S., and Leaving an Uneven Toll
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/us/covid-united-states-surge.html
Weather.com: Social Distancing Policies Not Effective Enough
Solver Partnership Case Study: Revamping Urban Spaces to Reduce Gun Violence