HSPH’s David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center and the Youth Violence Prevention Center, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune op-ed (July 9, 2010) which argues against Chicago’s new handgun ordinance. The article cites research by Hemenway and colleagues on firearms and suicide risk.
More information:
Majority of Young Victims of Unintentional Shootings Shot by Another Youth (HSPH press release)
Harvard Injury Control Research Center