Blog | Jason Gravel

Philadelphia hits record homicides as rates rise across U.S.

"These are long term problems, that require long term solution, that require long term commitments--real commitments"

How Philadelphia Police Plans to Improve Officers' Mental Health

"It might be a culture thing, where officer are not comfortable to seek help for stress and anxiety"

Philadelphia on track to surpass 500 homicides in 2021

"What the pandemic did in some communities is that exacerbated conditions that were already there"

‘Losing Life Even When People Don't Die': In Philly, Nondeadly Shootings Rising

“Policing is not a long-term solution to this. It's just not. If that was the case, we would know about this by now,” Gravel said.

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Geotagged Parler video posts in Washington, D.C. on January 6th, 2021

What is fueling the gun violence in Philadelphia?

"It's an incredibly complex problem. There is not one cause. There is not one person responsible and there is not one agency that can fix it

Spiking Gun Violence May Be Fueled by the Pandemic, Experts Say

Still, Gravel said, gun violence research and determining exact causes for gun violence trends remains hampered by the lack of laws

Review of Gisela Bichler's Understanding Criminal Networks: A Research Guide

"An introduction to SNA for criminologists by a criminologist" ...but also so much more! I was recently asked by the journal Social...

Viz of the week - Open and Concealed Carry laws in the US

For the last few months, I've been working on different grant proposals and papers that deal with gun laws in the United States....