Ryan Larson, assistant professor in the criminology and forensic science department, is the lead author on a new research article entitled "" in Spatial and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology. Dr. Larson and his coauthors contextualize the rise in gun assault injury in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd, finding that this increase was concentrated in disadvantaged, historically Black communities. They also find that these spatiotemporal changes were not the simple byproduct of changes in policing or COVID-19 policy, suggesting that the murder of Mr. Floyd had a destabilizing impact on social life above and beyond policing behavioral changes and the pandemic.
Larson Publishes Research on Gun Violence
Written by Staff
August 14, 2023
