Translational Criminology - Spring 2025 - Evidence-Based Crime Policy Issue

Sep 18, 2026

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Translational Criminology (Spring 2025) presents evidence-based research and practice-oriented strategies for preventing gun violence and strengthening criminal justice policy. The issue features articles on gun crime trends and data infrastructure, focused deterrence approaches, crime gun intelligence centers, and reducing illegal firearm supply. It also covers street outreach conflict mediation, congressional briefings, extreme risk protection orders, domestic violence and firearm violence, high-risk intervention before mass shootings, and evidence on background check policies, grounded in research-practice collaboration.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages36

Reading Time1 h 31 min

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From the Special Issue Editor

Gun Crime Trends and Challenges with America’s Gun Violence Data Infrastructure

Focused Deterrence Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence

From Local Innovation to Best Practice - Crime Gun Intelligence Centers

Reducing the Illegal Supply of Firearms

Street Outreach Conflict Mediation Strategies: What the Research Suggests (So Far)

Congressional Briefing—Preventing Gun Violence

Extreme Risk Protection Orders to Reduce Mass Shootings and Other Firearm Violence

Domestic Violence Laws and Firearm Violence

Intervening with Persons at High-risk for Gun Violence and Mass Shootings

Evidence on Background Check Policies and Gun Crime

THE CENTER FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CRIME POLICY I GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SPRING 2025 Translational Criminology Promoting knowledge exchange to shape criminal justice research, practice, and policy FEATURING Gun Crime Trends and Challenges with America’s Gun Violence Data Infrastructure Focused Deterrence Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence From Local Innovation to Best Practice– Crime Gun Intelligence Centers Reducing the Illegal Supply of Firearms Street Outreach Conflict Mediation Strategies: What the Research Suggests (So Far) Congressional Briefing—Preventing Gun Violence Extreme Risk Protection Orders to Reduce Mass Shootings and Other Firearm Violence Domestic Violence Laws and Firearm Violence Intervening with Persons at High-risk for Gun Violence and Mass Shootings Evidence on Background Check Policies and Gun Crime CEBCP MISSION STATEMENT The Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP), housed within the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University, seeks to make scientific research a key component in decisions about crime and justice policies by advancing rigorous studies in criminal justice and criminology through research–practice collaborations and proactively serving as an informational link to practitioners and the policy community. Translational Criminology advances this mission by illustrating examples of how research is converted into criminal justice practice. Translational Criminology Editorial Team Editor in Chief: Cynthia Lum Senior Editors: Henry Brownstein, Preeti Chauhan, Charlotte Gill, Christopher Koper, Anthony Petrosino, David Wilson Managing Editor: Catherine Kimbrell Design and Layout Services: Anne Schulte CEBCP Faculty, Staff, and Students Executive Director: David Weisburd Director: Cynthia Lum Deputy Director: Charlotte Gill Principal Fellow: Christopher Koper Executive Assistant and Office Manager: Naida Kuruvilla Senior Fellows: Jeff Beeson, Henry Brownstein, James Bueermann, James Burch, Tom Carr, Preeti Chauhan, Guoqing Diao, Beidi Dong, Yasemin Irvin-Erickson, Tal Jonathan-Zamir, Jin R. Lee, Stephen Mastrofski, Linda Merola, Anthony Petrosino, Allison Redlich, Laurie Robinson, Cody Telep, Nigel Waters, James Willis, David Wilson, Sue-Ming Yang Senior Research Associate: Catherine Kimbrell Post-Doctoral Fellow: Taryn Zastrow Research Assistants: Gretchen Baas, Brianna Camero, Ben Carleton, Clayton Drummond, Sydney (Boone) Fay, Kristen Fite, Hailey Khatchatourian, Hyunji Lee, Wei-Gin Lee, Hannah De Wolf, Bhavishya Yarlagadda, Xiaotian (Timo) Zheng Research Programs and Other Initiatives Crime and Place Evidence-Based Policing Systematic Reviews Criminal Justice Policy Washington/Baltimore (WB) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) International Summer School for Policing Scholars Advisory Board Chair: Peter Neyroud, Cambridge University Robert Boruch, University of Pennsylvania James Bueermann, Police Futurists International Edward Flynn,(retired) Chief, Milwaukee Police Department Cathy Lanier, National Football League Jerry Lee, Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania Friedrich Lösel, Emeritus, Cambridge University Bernard Melekian, National Police Foundation Daniel Nagin, Carnegie Mellon University Kathleen O’Toole Denise O’Donnell, Leadership for Justice Innovation Laurie O. Robinson, George Mason University Lawrence Sherman, University of Maryland and Cambridge University Christy Visher, University of Delaware Translational Criminology SPRING 2025 From the Special Issue Editor ................................ 1 Gun Crime Trends and Challenges with America’s Gun Violence Data Infrastructure .................... 2 Focused Deterrence Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence ............................................. 5 From Local Innovation to Best Practice– Crime Gun Intelligence Centers .............................. 8 Reducing the I

FAQs

What is the purpose of Translational Criminology in this issue?

It advances the CEBCP mission by showing how scientific research is converted into criminal justice practice, with articles based on presentations and policy-focused work.

Which topics are covered regarding gun violence prevention?

The issue covers gun crime trends and data infrastructure, focused deterrence, crime gun intelligence centers, illegal firearm supply reduction, and multiple prevention policies including extreme risk protection orders and background check evidence.

How does the issue relate to the Congressional Briefing?

Several essays are based on presentations given at the Congressional Briefing on Preventing Gun Violence organized at the U.S. Capitol by CEBCP and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation on February 25, 2025.

Sep 18, 2026

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