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Daniel webster

Bullet casings on a sidewalk beside police evidence markers
Policing+Community
A focused approach to policing could reduce gun violence
Published June 15, 2020
Survey of residents in areas of Baltimore most affected by gun violence finds that "stop-and-search" policing isn't effective, erodes community trust in police; New report outlines recommendations
Pistol illustration
Gun policy
Widespread support for safety proposals
Published May 17, 2018
Gun owners, non-gun owners agree on many policies that restrict or regulate firearms, survey finds
Daniel Webster
First Bloomberg Professor of American Health
Published Jan 18, 2018
Daniel Webster, director of Center for Gun Policy and Research, is a leading expert on gun violence prevention
Bullet casings lie on a street
Public Health
Hot spot policing effectively reduces Baltimore gun violence
Published Jan 11, 2018
Report evaluates effectiveness of deterrence programs used in city since 2003
Commentary
More guns won't make college campuses safer
Published Oct 24, 2016
Campus-carry laws will invite tragedies, not end them, Daniels and Webster write
Campus carry
Study: Guns on campuses won't deter shootings
Published Oct 24, 2016
Evidence suggests right-to-carry permissions on campus will likely lead to increase in gun violence, suicides
Handgun painted in colors of American flag
Issue in focus
Armed America
Published Oct 12, 2016
Facts, figures, and an up-close look at the gun reform debate
JHU President Ron Daniels speaks at podium
Police partnership
An evidence-based approach to fighting crime
Published Feb 22, 2016 Video
Hopkins researchers, Baltimore police to work together to study, reduce violent crime
Commentary
'Misguided debate'
Published Nov 3, 2015
U.S. gun control conversation derailed by misleading narrative that obscures true issues, gun policy expert says / U.S. News & World Report
Select company
Published Dec 16, 2013
JHU gun policy expert Daniel Webster one of five finalists for Baltimore Sun's 'Marylander of the Year'