Firearm Deaths in the Mountain West, 2020

Authors

Lana Kojoian, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Annie Vong, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Caitlin J. Saladino, Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy InstituteFollow
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain WestFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

9-12-2023

Publication Title

Criminal Justice Fact Sheet No. 9

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

3

Abstract

This fact sheet examines data from the RAND Corporation report “Understanding Firearm Deaths by State—and How to Reduce Them,” which provides data on state and national rates of firearm related deaths, including suicides and homicides for 2020 This fact sheet includes firearm death data for five Mountain West states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.

Keywords

Firearms; Guns; Suicides; Homicides; Nevada; Gender; Age; Race; Ethnicity

Disciplines

Criminology and Criminal Justice | Health Policy | Public Affairs | Race and Ethnicity | Second Amendment

File Format

pdf

File Size

125 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Kojoian, L., Vong, A., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2023). Firearm Deaths in the Mountain West, 2020. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. Criminal Justice Fact Sheet No. 9, 1-3.

Repository Citation

Kojoian, L., Vong, A., Saladino, C. J., Brown, W. E. (2023). Firearm Deaths in the Mountain West, 2020. Criminal Justice Fact Sheet No. 9 1-3.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_cj/9