Reducing Violence, Building Trust: A New Report on Enforcement of Gun Laws in Baltimore

Reducing Violence, Building Trust: A New Report on Enforcement of Gun Laws in Baltimore

In June 2020, The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research released a report that found that communities most impacted by gun violence in Baltimore want a more accountable and focused approach to reducing gun violence. The report, Reducing Violence, Building Trust: Data to Guide Enforcement of Gun Laws in Baltimore, offers a series of evidence-based findings and recommendations for approaches to enforcing gun laws that are constitutional, respectful of community concerns, focused, and effective. As the country continues conversations about police violence and calls for deep reforms in policing it is more important than ever to provide strategies to improve police accountability.  Join Dr. Cassandra Crifasi, PhD, MPH, deputy director of the Center and co-author on the report as she describes how we can effectively reduce Baltimore’s record-high homicide rate and be responsive to community demands for fair and effective policing by presenting the data, findings, and recommendations of the new report.

Cassandra Crifasi is an assistant professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her primary research interests focus broadly on public safety including injury epidemiology and prevention, gun violence prevention and policy, attitudes and behaviors of gun owners, and underground gun markets. Crifasi teaches courses in research and evaluation methods and serves as Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins-Baltimore Collaborative for Violence Reduction. She earned her PhD in Health Policy and Management from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2014 and an MPH in Environmental and Occupational Health from the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University in 2010.