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National report shows each deadly shooting in Louisville costs nearly $1M

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A report by the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reporting shows that gun violence in Louisville is emotional and expensive. With 91 homicides to date, Louisville is on pace for a fourth year of triple-digit murders and another record year of nonfatal shootings. Read the Full Article

Each fatal shooting costs D.C. more than $1.5 million, study says

A report commissioned by Peace for D.C. found gun violence in the city cost taxpayers $1 billion in 2021 alone Every time a trigger is pulled and a victim is shot dead in D.C., the city pays at least $1.53 million in response, according to a new report commissioned by local nonprofit Peace for D.C. […]

Cost of Gun Violence: Report Shows Each Shooting Injury Costs DC Taxpayers $783K

An analysis from the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) shows just how much shootings might be costing taxpayers in the District. “We’re trying to have the everyday resident understand that they are paying for the cost of gun violence,” NICJR Executive Director David Muhammad told the News4 I-Team. “To show people that even if […]

Opinion: President Biden is listening to communities on violence prevention. Congress should, too.

Fatimah Loren Dreier is executive director of the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention. David Muhammad is executive director of the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform. On a warm June evening in New York, 20-year-old Nyric was hanging out on a friend’s stoop when, without warning, the crack of nearby gunfire punctured the night air. […]

Cost of gun violence in Fresno finally has a price tag. It’s higher than you think

At 10 p.m. Tuesday in east central Fresno, a gunman approached an occupied car near Shaw and Marks avenues and started shooting. Two people, a man and a woman, were struck by bullets and hospitalized… Read the Full Article

Each gun homicide in one California city costs taxpayers $2.3 million, study says

The cost to taxpayers for each gun homicide in San Bernardino is $2.3 million, a criminal justice reform group working with the city said in a study made to find solutions. Homicides went up more than 15% year-over-year in April, while San Bernardino’s overall crime rate fell by 14%… Read the Full Article – The […]

NICJR Presents Stockton Cost of Gun Violence report to the City Council – KCRA-NBC

https://www.kcra.com/article/report-each-homicide-costs-stockton-dollar25-million/31106893#

NICJR Presents Stockton Cost of Gun Violence report to the City Council – ABC 10

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/homicide-cost-stockton/103-b4f7b5eb-96d8-4259-b74d-e8667a9a5319

Detroit homicide prosecutions cost society $1.6M per shooting, report says

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/06/29/report-details-financial-costs-gun-violence-detroit/1605977001/

Violence as a Public Health Issue

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/special-reports/milwaukee-violence/2019/09/25/public-health-how-cure-violence-interrupts-shootings/2390180001/

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Cycles of Violence

https://projects.jsonline.com/news/2019/9/25/milwaukee-gun-violence-411-life-interrupts-cycle-stopping-shootings-public-health-approach.html

Brady United: Effects of Gun Violence

https://www.bradyunited.org/issue/effects-of-gun-violence

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