Crime Reports

Many agencies and organizations publish information related to gun crime, use of firearms, and other topics of interest to Project Safe Neighborhoods programs. The publications available here are organized in the following topic areas:

Firearms Trafficking
Firearms Policy & Strategies
Firearms & Juveniles
Firearms Statistics
Firearms Laws and Regulations
Firearms & Technology
Firearm Sales
Firearms, Domestic Violence & Victims
National Integrated Ballistics Imaging Network
Firearms – General

You can also search the NCJRS library online through the NCJRS Abstracts Database. Using keywords, the Abstracts Database search engine will search for pertinent abstracts of publications from the NCJRS Library, which contains over 180,000 articles of justice-related literature. See Obtaining Documents section for instructions on how to acquisition publications from the NCJRS Library.

Publications from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives may be viewed online on their web site . For further information or print copies of reports, please contact ATF’s Office of Liaison and Public Information at (202) 927-8500.

Firearms Trafficking

The BJA Firearms Trafficking Program: Demonstrating Effective Strategies To Control Violent Crime
Bureau of Justice Assistance, 1997
PDF

Commerce in Firearms in the United States
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, 2000
PDF

Reducing Illegal Firearms Trafficking: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned
Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2000.
PDF

Safety and Security Information for Federal Firearms Licensees
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1998
HTML

Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative for 17 Communities
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1997
HTML

Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative for 27 Communities
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1998
HTML

Firearms Policy & Strategies

Combating Gun Violence: An In-Depth Look at Richmond’s Project Exile
American Prosecutors Research Association, 2001
PDF

Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group Meetings 1992-2003
University of Michigan
HTML

Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999
PDF

Reducing Gun Violence: The Boston Gun Project’s Operation Ceasefire
National Institute of Justice, 2001
PDF

Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999
PDF

Firearms & Juveniles

The Detroit Handgun Intervention Program: A Court-Based Program for Youthful Handgun Offenders
National Institute of Justice, 1998
PDF

Gun Crime in the Age Group 18-20
Department of the Treasury, 1999
PDF

Gun Shows: Brady Checks and Crime Gun Traces
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1999
PDF

Gun Violence Among Serious Young Offenders
Community Oriented Policing Services, 2004
PDF

Hands Without Guns
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999
PDF

High School Youths, Weapons, and Violence: A National Survey
National Institute of Justice, 1998
PDF

Kids and Guns
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000
PDF

National Evaluation of the Youth Firearms Violence Initiative
National Institute of Justice, 2000
PDF

Seattle’s Effective Strategy for Prosecuting Juvenile Firearm Offenders
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000
PDF

Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative for 27 Communities 1998
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1998
HTML

Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative for 17 Communities 1997
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1997
HTML

Youth Handgun Safety Act Notice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1998
PDF

Juvenile Gun Courts: Promoting Accountability and Providing Treatment, May 2002
This bulletin from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention describes juvenile gun courts, including their goals and program and planning issues. The Jefferson County Juvenile Gun Court in Birmingham, Alabama, is detailed.

PDF

Firearms Statistics

Federal Firearm Offenders, 1992-1998
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000
PDF

Firearm Injury and Death from Crime, 1993-97
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000
PDF

Firearm Use Among Denver Arrestees in 2003
Division of Criminal Justice, July 2004
PDF

Firearms Laws and Regulations

Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide 2000
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 2000
HTML

Implementation of the Brady Law 1999
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1999
PDF

Quick Reference to Federal Firearms Laws
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
PDF

State Laws and Published Ordinances – Firearms (22nd Edition)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 2000
HTML

State Laws and Published Ordinances (1998)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1998
HTML

Firearms & Technology

Mapping Crime: Principle and Practice
National Institute of Justice, 1999
PDF

Random Gunfire Problems and Gunshot Detection Systems
National Institute of Justice, 1999
PDF

Using Gunshot Technology in High-Crime Areas
National Institute of Justice, 1998
PDF

Firearm Sales

Background Checks for Firearm Transfers
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000
PDF

Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 1999
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000
PDF

Commerce in Firearms in the United States
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 2000
PDF

Gun Shows: Brady Checks and Crime Gun Traces
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1999
PDF

Predicting Criminal Behavior Among Authorized Purchasers of Handguns
National Institute of Justice, 1998
PDF

Presale Handgun Checks
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997
PDF

Presale Handgun Checks, the Brady Interim Period 1994-98.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1999
PDF

Safety and Security Information for Federal Firearms Licensees
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1998
PDF

Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997
PDF

Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearms Sales, Midyear 2000.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2001
PDF

Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 1999.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2000
PDF

Firearms, Domestic Violence & Victims

Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence: A Law Enforcement Guide to Enforcing Orders of Protection Nationwide
International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2000
PDF

Protection Orders and Federal Firearms Prohibitions
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 2001
PDF

Working With Victims of Gun Violence
Office for Victims of Crime, 2001
PDF

National Integrated Ballistics Imaging Network (NIBIN)

The Missing Link: Ballistics Technology That Helps Solve Crimes
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,2001
HTML

Firearms – General

Criminal Victimization 2003
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2004
PDF

Department of the Treasury Study on the Sporting Suitability of Modified Semiautomatic Assault Rifles
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 1998
HTML

Impacts of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban: 1994-96
National Institute of Justice, 1999
PDF

Perspectives on Crime and Justice: 1999-2000 Lecture Series
National Institute of Justice, 2001
PDF

Prosecuting Gang Cases: What Local Prosecutors Need to Know
Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2004
PDF

Weed and Seed Guide to Federal Resources.
Office of Weed and Seed. 2004, NCJ 204808.
PDF

Weed & Seed Best Practices: Evaluation-based Series, Volume 2. Office of Weed and Seed. 2004, NCJ 202524.
PDF