Resources

Prevent Gun Violence: Research, Empowerment, Strategies & Solutions (PROGRESS)

Using a a research methodology that draws on multiple kinds of data, including public health and criminal justice/legal, PROGRESS is dedicated to utilizing translational science to inform the development and implementation of gun violence reduction and prevention efforts.

Please select "Data Sources" or "Organizations & Groups" below for select links to publicly accessible information related to gun violence reduction and prevention. Under "Articles of Interest", please find additional select articles with relevant information for research purposes.

For any suggestions or inquiries regarding the resources listed on this page, please send us a message at progress@umd.edu.

Click here to find a list of UMD groups dedicated to violence intervention, prevention, and research.

Ambulatory Health Care Data

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/index.htm

dataMontgomery

Source: Montgomery County
Type: Local Goverment
Link: https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/Public-Safety/Crime/icn6-v9z3/about_data

DC Firearm Injury Surveillance Dashboard (Firearm Injury Emergency Room Visits)

Source: DC Health, Center for Policy, Planning and Evaluation
Type: DC Government
Link: https://dchealth.dc.gov/dc_faster

District Gun Violence Dashboards

Source: DC Office of Gun Violence Prevention
Type: DC Government
Link: https://www.buildingblocks.dc.gov/data

Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST)

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data-collection/firearm-inquiry-statistics-fist-program

Gun Violence Archive

Source: Gun Violence Archive (GVA)
Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/

Maryland National Incident Based Reporting (NIBRS) Crime Dashboard

Source: Maryland State Police
Type: State Government
Link: https://mdsp.maryland.gov/Pages/Dashboards/NIBRSCrimeDashboard.aspx

GVPedia Data Visualization Tool

Source: The Gun Violence Archive
Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://dataviz.gvpedia.org/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

National Center for Health Statistics

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/index.htm

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://bjs.ojp.gov/programs/ncvs

National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/index.htm

National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP)

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/nssp/index.html

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/datasources/nvdrs/index.html

National Vital Statistics System (NVSS)

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/index.htm

ShotSpotter

Source: SoundThinking
Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.soundthinking.com/law-enforcement/leading-gunshot-detection-system/ (download data for select cities here)

Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI)

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://bjs.ojp.gov/data-collection/survey-prison-inmates-spi

The Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report

Source: U.S Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.atf.gov/file/142946/

The Federal Firearms Licensee Statistics Theft/Loss Reports

Source: U.S Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.atf.gov/file/142186/download

The Firearms Commerce Report

Source: U.S Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/docs/report/2019-firearms-commerce-report/

The Firearms Trace Data

Source: U.S Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/national-tracing-center

The Listing of Federal Firearms Licensees

Source: U.S Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.atf.gov/firearms/listing-federal-firearms-licensees

Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program

Source: The Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

Violence Prevention Index Report

Source: Community Justice
Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://thecommunityjustice.net/violence-prevention-index

Violence Reduction Dashboard

Source: City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor
Type: City Government
Link: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/vrd/home.html

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Type: Federal Government
Link: https://nccd.cdc.gov/Youthonline/App/Default.aspx

120 Initiative on Gun Violence Prevention

Type: Academic
Link: https://consortium.org/120-initiative-gun-violence-prevention/

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.bradyunited.org/

CDC Resources for Action

Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/communicationresources/pub/resource-for-action.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fviolenceprevention%2Fcommunicationresources%2Fpub%2Ftechnical-packages.html

Center for American Progress

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.americanprogress.org/topic/gvp/

Center for Injury Prevention and Policy, University of Maryland Medical Center

Type: Healthcare/Public Health
Link: https://www.umms.org/ummc/health-services/shock-trauma/center-injury-prevention-policy

Center for the Study and Practice of Violence Reduction (VRC) at UMD

Type: Academic
Link: https://vrc.umd.edu/

Center for Victim Research

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://victimresearch.org/about/

Community Justice Action Fund

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.cjactionfund.org/

Crime and Justice Policy Lab at the University of Pennsylvania

Type: Academic
Link: https://crimejusticelab.org/

Everytown for Gun Safety

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.everytown.org/

Giffords Center for Violence Intervention

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://giffords.org/

Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

Type: Academic
Link: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-gun-violence-solutions

Kaiser Permanente Center for Gun Violence Research and Education

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.kpcenterforgunviolenceresearch.org/

Maryland Crime Research and Innovation Center at UMD

Type: Academic
Link: https://bsos.umd.edu/MCRIC

Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services

Type: State Government
Link: https://goccp.maryland.gov/

Maryland Statistical Analysis Center (Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy)

Type: State Government
Link: https://goccp.maryland.gov/crime-statistics/

Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://mdpgv.org/

Maryland Violence Prevention Coalition

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://mdpgv.org/coalition/

Moms Demand Action

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://momsdemandaction.org/

National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research (NCGVR)

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.ncgvr.org/

National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center, The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions

Type: Academic
Link: https://erpo.org/

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

Type: Federal Government
Link: https://nij.ojp.gov/

New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center (NJGVRC) at Rutgers University

Type: Academic
Link: https://gunviolenceresearchcenter.rutgers.edu/

Newtown Action Alliance

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.newtownactionalliance.org/

Research Society for the Prevention of Firearm-Related Harms

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.firearmresearchsociety.org

Roca

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://rocainc.org/

The Injury and Violence Prevention Program at the VCU Health Trauma Center

Type: Healthcare/Public Health
Link: https://www.vcuhealth.org/services/injury-and-violence-prevention

The Black and Brown Collective

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.bbpodcollective.com

The Trace: The only newsroom dedicated to covering gun violence

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://www.thetrace.org/about-the-trace/

UMB Center for Violence Prevention

Type: Academic
Link: https://www.umaryland.edu/violence-prevention/

Violence Policy Center

Type: Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Link: https://vpc.org/

White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

Type: Federal Government
Link: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ogvp/

"Maryland’s new approach to gun violence is all about the data"

Date Published: April 12, 2024
Source: The Baltimore Banner
Link: https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/opinion/column/wes-moore-center-for-firearm-violence-prevention-public-health-anne-arundel-LGIVRM4RHRFNRBJPVQBZKTCDIE/

"Legislative Wrap-Up 2024"

Date Published: April 2024
Source: Marylanders to Prevent Gun Violence
Link: https://mdpgv.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Legislative-Wrap-Up-2024.pdf

"A new VCU project seeks to reduce gun violence with the help of virtual reality"

Date Published: November 10, 2023
Source: VCU News
Link: https://news.vcu.edu/article/2023/11/a-new-vcu-project-seeks-to-reduce-gun-violence-with-the-help-of-virtual-reality