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Data on Gun Violence: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?

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Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence in the United States

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In this chapter, we review the main sources of federal data on guns and gun violence and identify some of the fundamental gaps in available data. We also make recommendations for filling data gaps that can inform gun violence prevention.

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  1. National Center for Health Statistics (1996–2013), Hyattsville, MD, USA

    Edward J. Sondik

  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Edward J. Sondik

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Marie Crandall

  2. Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA

    Stephanie Bonne

  3. NRI, Falls Church, VA, USA

    Jennifer Bronson

  4. School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USA

    Woodie Kessel

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Sondik, E.J. (2021). Data on Gun Violence: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?. In: Crandall, M., Bonne, S., Bronson, J., Kessel, W. (eds) Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence in the United States. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55513-9_3

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