Criminal gun violence
Learn more about criminal gun violence and violence related to gun possession, gun use, gun trafficking, gun control laws, violence prevention and legislation on firearms in the European Union. Including (where available) statistics and analyses on homicide and deaths caused by firearms.
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Research
- Novaković, P., De Schutter, A. & Duquet N. (2024), Firearms and Drugs: Partners in Transnational Crime, UNODC, Global Firearms Programme, Flemish Peace Institute.
- De Schutter, A. & Duquet, N. (2023), The nexus between drug markets and gun violence in the European Union, Flemish Peace Institute.
- Duquet, N. (ed.) (2022), Pulling the trigger: gun violence in Europe, Flemish Peace Institute.
- Duquet, N. & Vanden Auweele, D. (2021), Targeting gun violence and trafficking in Europe, Flemish Peace Institute.
- Krüsselmann, K., Aarten, P. & Liem, M. (2021), “Firearms and violence in Europe – A systematic review”, Plos One.
- Hradilova Selin, K. (2021), Gun homicide in Sweden and other European countries: A comparative study of levels, trends and homicide by other means – English summary of report 2021:8, Brottsförebyggande rådet (Brå).
- Hradilova Selin, K. (2021), Dödligt skjutvapenvåld i Sverige och andra europeiska länder: En jämförande studie av nivåer, trender och våldsmetoder [Gun homicide in Sweden and other European countries: A comparative study of levels, trends and homicide by other means], Brottsförebyggande rådet (Brå).
- Hellenbach, M., Elliott, S. & Bowen, E. (2017), “The detection and policing of gun crime: Challenges to the effective policing of gun crime in Europe”, European Journal of Criminology, 15 (2).
- Bowen, E. & Poole, H. (eds.) (2016), Examination of Firearms and Forensics in Europe and aCross Territories – EFFECT Project: Final report, Coventry University.
- Duquet, N. & Van Alstein, M. (2015), Firearms and Violent Deaths in Europe: An Exploratory Analysis of the Linkages Between Gun Ownership, Firearms Legislation and Violent Death, Flemish Peace Institute.
- European Commission (2013), Flash Eurobarometer 383 – Firearms in the European Union, European Commission.
- Killias M. & Markwalder, N. (2012), “Firearms and homicide in Europe”, in: Liem, M.C.A. & Pridemore, W.A. (eds.), Handbook of European homicide research, Springer, 261–72.
- Sagramoso, D. (2001), The proliferation of illegal small arms and light weapons in and around the European Union, Saferworld.
New Project Insight Research Reports
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Lethal and Non-lethal Firearm Violence in the European Union
A new Project Insight Research Report by Katharina Krüsselmann (Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University)
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Criminal Gun Violence in the European Union
A new Project Insight Research Report by Astrid De Schutter (Flemish Peace Institute)
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Types of firearms used in violence in the European Union
A new Project Insight Research Report by Andrea Edoardo Varisco (SIPRI)
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Privately Made Firearms in the European Union
A new Project Insight Research Report by Matt Schroeder, Nicolas Florquin, Anne-Séverine Fabre (Small Arms Survey), and Andrea Edoardo Varisco (SIPRI)
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Drug-related Violence and Firearms in the European Union
A new Project Insight Research Report by Marieke Liem (Leiden University)
