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- Visual abstracts are graphical summaries of research articles' main findings, implications, and key takeaways. This archive contains visual abstracts and fact sheets for select papers published by the Centers for Violence Prevention from 2023-2026.
Visual abstracts are available for the following papers:
Aubel AJ, Bruns A, Zhang X, Buggs S, Kravitz-Wirtz N. Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents. Injury Epidemiology. 2023 Jun 9;10(1):24.
Aubel AJ, Wintemute GJ, Kravitz-Wirtz N. Anticipatory concerns about violence within social networks: prevalence and implications for prevention. Preventive medicine. 2023 Feb 1;167:107421.
Aubel AJ, Wintemute GJ, Shev AB, Kravitz-Wirtz N. Optimism bias among gun owners: Associations with firearm injury prevention practices and policy support. Health Education & Behavior. 2025 Jun;52(3):266-77.
Ivey AS, Dawson MK, Buggs S. Community violence intervention & prevention strategies: Mitigating variations in school and neighborhood violence. Theory, Research, and Action in Urban Education. 2024 Fall;9(1).
Kagawa R, Charbonneau A, McCort C, McCourt A, Vernick J, Webster D, Wintemute G. Effects of comprehensive background-check policies on firearm fatalities in 4 states. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2023 Apr;192(4):539-48.
Laqueur HS, Copus RW. An algorithmic assessment of parole decisions. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 2024 Mar;40(1):151-88.
Laqueur HS, Smirniotis C. Identifying high‐risk firearms dealers: A machine learning study of rapidly diverted firearm sales in California. Criminology & Public Policy. 2025 Aug;24(3):363-403.
Laqueur HS, Smirniotis C, McCort C. Predicting short time-to-crime guns: A machine learning analysis of California transaction records (2010–2021). Journal of Urban Health. 2024 Oct;101(5):955-67.
Lund JJ, Aubel AJ, Ivey AS, Buggs SA. Community-based violence intervention in the aftermath of homicide: Community violence prevention specialists’ proximity to and perspectives on community safety and healing. Homicide Studies. 2025 Feb;29(1):83-110.
Lund JJ, Tomsich E, Schleimer JP, Pear VA. Changes in suicide in California from 2017 to 2021: A population-based study. Injury Epidemiology. 2023 Mar 27;10(1):19.
Pear VA, De Biasi A, Charbonneau A. Law enforcement officer knowledge of, attitudes toward, and willingness to use extreme risk protection orders. JAMA Network Open. 2023 Oct 19;6(10):e2338455.
Pear VA, Schleimer JP, Aubel AJ, Buggs S, Knoepke CE, Pallin R, Shev AB, Tomsich E, Wintemute GJ, Kravitz-Wirtz N. Extreme risk protection orders, race/ethnicity, and equity: Evidence from California. Preventive Medicine. 2022 Dec 1;165:107181.
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Pear VA, Wintemute GJ, Jewell NP, Ahern J. The role of firearm and alcohol availability in firearm suicide: A population-based weighted case-control study. Health & Place. 2023 Jan 1;79:102969.
Pear VA, Wintemute GJ, Jewell NP, Cerdá M, Ahern J. Community-level risk factors for firearm assault and homicide: The role of local firearm dealers and alcohol outlets. Epidemiology. 2023 Nov 1;34(6):798-806.
Reeping PM, Morrison CN, Gobaud AN, Rajan S, Wiebe DJ, Branas CC. Gun-free zones and active shootings in the United States: A matched case-control study. The Lancet Regional Health–Americas. 2024 Sep 1;37.
Reeping PM, Wintemute GJ, Robinson SL, Crawford A, Tomsich EA, Pear VA. Replacement thinking, status threat, and the endorsement of political violence among non-hispanic white individuals in the US: A cross-sectional study. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2024 Sep 1;45:102851.
Robinson SL, McCort CD, Smirniotis C, Wintemute GJ, Laqueur HS. Purchaser, firearm, and retailer characteristics associated with crime gun recovery: a longitudinal analysis of firearms sold in California from 1996 to 2021. Injury Epidemiology. 2024 Feb 26;11(1):8.
Schleimer JP, Kagawa RM, Laqueur HS. Association of medical conditions and firearm suicide among legal handgun purchasers in California: A case–control study. Injury Epidemiology. 2023 Jun 16;10(1):26.
Tomsich EA, Crawford A, McCort CD, Wintemute GJ, Laqueur HS. Firearm acquisition patterns and characteristics of California mass and active shooters. Journal of Criminal Justice. 2023 May 1;86:102047.
Tomsich EA, Pear VA, Schleimer JP, Wintemute GJ. The origins of California’s gun violence restraining order law: a case study using Kingdon’s multiple streams framework. BMC public health. 2023 Jun 30;23(1):1275.
Tomsich EA, Schleimer JP, McCort CD, Wintemute GJ. Trends in Domestic Violence and Firearm Domestic Violence During COVID-19 in Five US Cities. Journal of Family Violence. 2025 May;40(4):663-72.
Wintemute GJ, Crawford A, Robinson A, Schleimer JP, Tomsich EA, Pear VA. Party affiliation, political ideology, views of American democracy and society, and support for political violence: Findings from a nationwide population-representative survey. SocArXiv. 2022 Oct 20.
Wintemute GJ, Crawford A, Tomsich EA, Pear VA. Trends in views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA, 2022–2024: findings from a nationally representative survey. Injury Epidemiology. 2025 Jan 17;12(1):4.
Wintemute GJ, Li Y, Velasquez B, Crawford A, Reeping PM, Tomsich EA. Expectations of and perceived need for civil war in the USA: Findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey. Injury Epidemiology. 2024 Aug 29;11(1):40.
Wintemute GJ, Li Y, Wright MA, Crawford A, Tomsich EA. Public opinion on civil war in the USA as of mid-2024: findings from a nationally representative survey. Injury Epidemiology. 2025 Jul 3;12(1):36.
Wintemute GJ, Crawford A, Robinson SL, Tomsich EA, Reeping PM, Schleimer JP, Pear VA. Firearm ownership and support for political violence in the United States. JAMA Network Open. 2024 Apr 9;7(4):e243623.
Wintemute GJ, Robinson SL, Crawford A, Tancredi D, Schleimer JP, Tomsich EA, Reeping PM, Shev AB, Pear VA. Views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA: Findings from a nationally representative survey. Injury Epidemiology. 2023 Dec;10(1):45.
Wintemute GJ, Robinson SL, Crawford A, Tomsich EA, Reeping PM, Shev AB, Velasquez B, Tancredi D. Single-year change in views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA: Findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey. Injury epidemiology. 2024 May 21;11(1):20.
Wintemute GJ, Robinson SL, Crawford A, Tomsich EA, Wright MA, Pear VA, Shev AB. Life events and change in support for political violence in the United States: findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey. Peer reviewed version subsequently published in Injury Epidemiology. 2026 Dec;13(1):9.
View the visual abstract prepared for the preprint published on SocArXiv Aug 9 2025.
Wintemute GJ, Robinson SL, Tomsich EA, Tancredi DJ. MAGA Republicans’ views of American democracy and society and support for political violence in the United States: Findings from a nationwide population-representative survey. PLoS one. 2024 Jan 3;19(1):e0295747.
Wintemute GJ, Velasquez B, Li Y, Tomsich EA, Reeping PM, Robinson SL. Racist and pro-violence beliefs, approval of extreme right-wing political organizations and movements, and support for political violence in the United States. Center for Open Science; 2023 Dec 4.
Wintemute GJ, Velasquez B, Robinson SL, Tomsich EA, Wright MA, Shev AB. The MAGA movement and political violence in 2024: findings from a nationally representative survey. Injury Epidemiology. 2025 Dec;12(1):78.
View the visual abstract prepared for the preprint published on SocArXiv June 21 2025.
Wintemute GJ, Velasquez B, Shev AB, Tomsich EA, Wright MA, Reeping PM, Robinson SL, Tancredi DJ, Pear VA. Fear, loathing, and support for political violence in the United States: findings from a nationally representative survey. The Lancet Regional Health–Americas. 2025 Nov 1;51.