The dissertation will be available open access shortly, but all empirical studies included in it have already been published open access.

But not to worry: you will still see the odd posts about firearms and violence, open science and teaching as well 😉

4. A typology of lethal and non-lethal shootings in the Netherland, which indicates that firearm homicides should not be used as an indicator for firearm violence overall

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3. An empirical test of weapon-related hypotheses, using Dutch homicide data. Spoiler alert: the assumptions mostly do not hold up in a context in which firearms are not widely available

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2. A comparison of the prevalence and characteristics of firearm homicides and non-firearm homicides across five European countries

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The empirical parts of my dissertation are all available open access, in the form of articles.

1. A systematic review of the (lack of) correlation between firearm availability and firearm homicides in Europe

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We discussed the activities from last year and possibilities for next year. In short: if you want to contribute to the website, the organisation in general or be a contactperson on open science in your area, let the co-chairs know!

I am sure that the detailed minutes will be shared shortly 😉

Interested? Read the full report now here gunviolence.eu/wp-content/u...

To fully understand firearm violence as a broader phenomenon that goes beyond firearm homicides, systematic and reliable registration of detailed data on non-lethal forms of firearm violence is an absolute necessity.

Focusing too much on firearm homicide carries the risk of not recognising trends in non-lethal forms of firearm violence and to wrongly evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives that combat firearm violence which are often evaluated based on their effects on firearm homicides