Jay Szkola
jszkola.bsky.social
Jay Szkola
@jszkola.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. @Rowan, PhD from John Jay, spatial crime nerd, gun violence researcher, dad, husband. Scholarly interests are in community based violence prevention programs.
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Updated version. US handgun manufacturing and the Mexican Homicide Rate 1949-2020
March 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Call for papers:

The Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime - one of the best conferences in this area - will be held in Berlin, Sep 26-27.

** Deadline for paper submissions: May 2 **

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February 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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If you're a journalist downloading CDC data today, please consider filling out this form so we have a centralized guide to who has what. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Downloaded CDC Data And Where To Find It
Journalists and scientists are downloading a bunch of public health data they suspect might be at risk of deletion. Instead of all of us privately reinventing the wheel over and over, what if we share...
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January 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The House Oversight Committee is trying to haul Boston Mayor Michelle Wu in to answer for the city’s stance on immigrants. They say that sanctuary jurisdictions make “Americans less safe”.

Mind you, Boston is one of the safest cities in the whole country.

Let’s examine that a bit. 1/
January 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Just got this email from the NIJ, cancelling ALL posted notices of funding. This is THE main agency for criminology/criminal justice research in the country.

Funding for research on gun violence, violence against women, improving forensic science, and hate crimes ALL removed from the site.
January 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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November 14, 2024 at 11:50 AM