Daniel Webster

Research output

Research output per year 1986 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2022 2025

• 138 Article
• 11 Review article
• 10 Chapter
• 7 Editorial
• 17 More
  • 6 Comment/debate
  • 5 Letter
  • 4 Short survey
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Foreword/postscript

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Analyzing Fatal Police Shootings: The Roles of Social Vulnerability, Race, and Place in the U.S.

  Zare, H., Ponce, A. N., Valek, R., Masoudi, N., Webster, D., Thorpe, R. J., Spencer, M., Crifasi, C. & Gaskin, D., Jan 2025, In: American journal of preventive medicine. 68, 1, p. 126-136 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • USA 100%
  • Social Vulnerability 100%
  • Regression Model 100%
  • Police 63%
  • Police Shootings 25%
• 2024

  Deregulation of public civilian gun carrying and violent crimes: A longitudinal analysis 1981–2019

  Doucette, M. L., Crifasi, C. K., McCourt, A. D., Ward, J. A., Fix, R. L. & Webster, D. W., Nov 2024, In: Criminology and Public Policy. 23, 4, p. 833-861 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Deregulation 100%
  • Longitudinal Analysis 100%
  • Violent Crime 100%
  • Gun Carrying 100%
  • Concealed Carry 100%

• Firearm injury hospitalizations and handgun purchaser licensing laws: longitudinal evaluation of state-level purchaser licensure requirements on firearm violence, 2000–2016

  Doucette, M., Meyerson, N. S., Crifasi, C. K., Wagner, E. & Webster, D., Dec 2024, In: Injury Epidemiology. 11, 1, 39.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Law 100%
  • Homicide 12%
  • Licensing Effect 12%

• National Burden of Injury and Deaths From Shootings by Police in the United States, 2015-2020

  Ward, J. A., Cepeda, J., Jackson, D. B., Johnson, O., Webster, D. & Crifasi, C. K., Apr 2024, In: American journal of public health. 114, 4, p. 387-397 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • US Police 100%

• Social and policy characteristics associated with injurious shootings by police in US counties: A multilevel analysis, 2015–2020

  Ward, J. A., Johnson, O., Cepeda, J. A., Jackson, D. B., Webster, D. W. & Crifasi, C. K., Dec 2024, In: Social Science and Medicine. 362, 117460.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Regression Model 100%
  • Conceptual Framework 100%
  • Community Violence 100%
  • Multi-Level Modeling 100%
  • Firearms Licensing 50%
• 2023

  Differences in Perceptions of Gun-Related Safety by Race and Gun Ownership in the United States

  Ward, J. A., Uzzi, M., Hudson, T., Webster, D. W. & Crifasi, C. K., May 25 2023, In: Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics. 51, 1, p. 14-31 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • United States 100%
  • Differences in Perception 100%
  • Gun Ownership 100%
  • Gun Owner 66%
  • Hispanic 33%

• Doucette et al. Respond to "Concealed-Carry Firearm Policies"

  Doucette, M. L., McCourt, A. D., Crifasi, C. K. & Webster, D. W., Jul 1 2023, In: American journal of epidemiology. 192, 7, p. 1064-1065 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Effects of Comprehensive Background-Check Policies on Firearm Fatalities in 4 States

  Kagawa, R., Charbonneau, A., Mccort, C., Mccourt, A., Vernick, J., Webster, D. & Wintemute, G., Apr 1 2023, In: American journal of epidemiology. 192, 4, p. 539-548 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Oregon 100%
  • Control Group 100%
  • Natural Variation 100%
  • Homicide 100%
  • Background Check 100%

• Examining a Hypothesized Causal Chain for the Effects of the 2007 Repeal of the Permit-to-Purchase Licensing Law in Missouri: Homicide Guns Recovered in State and within a Year of Purchase

  Li, M., Small, D., Ye, T., Lin, Y. & Webster, D., Jun 2023, In: Journal of Urban Health. 100, 3, p. 425-430 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Homicide 100%
  • Firearms 100%
  • Missouri 100%
  • Causal Chain 100%
  • Permit-to-purchase 100%

• Impact of Changes to Concealed-Carry Weapons Laws on Fatal and Nonfatal Violent Crime, 1980-2019

  Doucette, M. L., McCourt, A. D., Crifasi, C. K. & Webster, D. W., Mar 1 2023, In: American journal of epidemiology. 192, 3, p. 342-355 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Legislation 100%
  • Violent Crime 100%
  • Shall-issue 100%
  • Weapons Law 100%
  • Homicide 37%

• The association between permit-to-purchase laws and shootings by police

  Crifasi, C. K., Ward, J., McCourt, A. D., Webster, D. & Doucette, M. L., Dec 2023, In: Injury Epidemiology. 10, 1, 28.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Demographic Characteristic 100%
  • Public Health 100%
  • Poisson Distribution 100%
  • Legislation 100%
  • Police 100%
• 2022

  Child Access Prevention (CAP) Laws

  Webster, D. W. & Carroll, W. F., Jan 1 2022, Guns in American Society: an Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law, Third Edition: Volume 1-3. CRC Press, Vol. 1. p. 171-174 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Community perspectives on gun violence and safety: The role of policing in Baltimore City

  Crifasi, C. K., Williams, R. G., Booty, M. D., Owens-Young, J. L., Webster, D. W. & Buggs, S. A. L., Nov 1 2022, In: Journal of Criminal Justice. 83, 101964.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Police 100%
  • Focus Group 100%
  • Mental Health 50%
  • Mixed Methods 50%
  • Descriptive Statistics 33%

• Gun violence research is surging to inform solutions to a devastating public health crisis

  South, E. C., Hemenway, D. & Webster, D. W., Dec 2022, In: Preventive Medicine. 165, 107325.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• National support for gun policies among U.S. adults in 2019 and 2021

  Stone, E. M., Crifasi, C. K., Ward, J. A., Vernick, J. S., Webster, D. W., McGinty, E. E. & Barry, C. L., Dec 2022, In: Preventive Medicine. 165, 107314.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • US Adults 100%
  • Gun Policy 100%
  • Legislation 100%
  • Gun Owner 66%
  • Ownership 50%

• National support for gun policies among U.S. adults in 2019 and 2021

  Stone, E. M., Crifasi, C. K., Ward, J. A., Vernick, J. S., Webster, D. W., McGinty, E. E. & Barry, C. L., Nov 2022, In: Preventive Medicine. 164, 107242.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • US Adults 100%
  • Gun Policy 100%
  • Legislation 100%
  • Gun Owner 66%
  • Ownership 50%

• Officer-Involved Shootings and Concealed Carry Weapons Permitting Laws: Analysis of Gun Violence Archive Data, 2014–2020

  Doucette, M. L., Ward, J. A., McCourt, A. D., Webster, D. & Crifasi, C. K., Jun 2022, In: Journal of Urban Health. 99, 3, p. 373-384 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Data Archive 100%
  • Law Analysis 100%
  • Adoption Law 33%
  • Augmented Synthetic Control 11%

• Public Health Approaches to Reducing Community Gun Violence

  Webster, D. W., Jan 1 2022, In: Daedalus. 151, 1, p. 38-48 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Public Health 100%
  • Risky Behavior 33%
  • Criminal Justice System 33%
  • High Risk Behavior 33%
  • Reforming System 33%

• Public opinion on laws regulating public gun carrying

  Crifasi, C. K., Ward, J. A., McGinty, E. E., Barry, C. L. & Webster, D. W., Jun 2022, In: Preventive Medicine. 159, 107067.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • National Surveys 100%
  • Social Justice 100%
  • Open Carry 20%

• Reimagining public safety: Public opinion on police reform and gun violence prevention by race and gun ownership in the United States

  Ward, J. A., McGinty, E. E., Hudson, T., Stone, E. M., Barry, C. L., Webster, D. W. & Crifasi, C. K., Dec 2022, In: Preventive Medicine. 165, 107180.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Mental Health 100%
  • Mental Illness 100%
  • Prevention Program 100%
  • Redirecting 100%
  • Ownership 100%

• Research on the Effects of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs: Observations and Recommendations

  Webster, D. W., Richardson, J., Meyerson, N., Vil, C. & Topazian, R., Nov 2022, In: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 704, 1, p. 137-157 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hospital-based Violence Intervention Programs 100%
  • Case Management 100%
  • Community Violence 100%
  • Intervention Program 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 50%

• The Supreme Court Expands Second Amendment Rights as the Nation Experiences Historic Levels of Firearms Violence

  Webster, D. W. & Gostin, L. O., Sep 27 2022, In: JAMA. 328, 12, p. 1187-1188 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

• Using synthetic control methodology to estimate effects of a Cure Violence intervention in Baltimore, Maryland

  Buggs, S. A., Webster, D. W. & Crifasi, C. K., Feb 1 2022, In: Injury Prevention. 28, 1, p. 61-67 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Baltimore 100%
  • Maryland 100%
  • Violence Intervention 100%
  • Firearm Violence 100%
  • Synthetic Control Method 100%
• 2021

  A new narrative on gun violence

  Hohl, B. C., Siegel, M. B. & Webster, D. W., Apr 22 2021, Community Resilience: Equitable Practices for an Uncertain Future. Oxford University Press, p. 30-45 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Gun Violence 100%
  • New Narrative 100%
  • Health Policy 100%
  • Narrative 100%
  • Public Health 100%

• Armed, Prohibited and Violent at Home: Implementation and Enforcement of Restrictions on Gun Possession by Domestic Violence Offenders in Four U.S. Localities

  Frattaroli, S., Zeoli, A. M. & Webster, D. W., Jul 2021, In: Journal of Family Violence. 36, 5, p. 573-586 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • Domestic Violence Prevention 25%
  1 Scopus citations

• Association between gun owner attitudes and their behavior in private firearm sales

  Merrill-Francis, M., McGinty, E. E., Barry, C. L., Webster, D. W. & Crifasi, C. K., Jun 2021, In: Preventive Medicine. 147, 106454.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sales 100%
  • Owner Attitudes 100%
  • Legislation 20%
  • Educational Programmes 20%
  • Communication Campaign 20%

• Gun purchasing behaviours during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, March to mid-July 2020

  Crifasi, C. K., Ward, J. A., McGinty, E. E., Webster, D. W. & Barry, C. L., 2021, In: International Review of Psychiatry. 33, 7, p. 593-597 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Behavior (Neuroscience) 100%
  • Pandemic 100%
  • 22 July 33%

• Public opinion on gun policy by race and gun ownership status

  Crifasi, C. K., Ward, J. A., McGinty, E. E., Webster, D. W. & Barry, C. L., Aug 2021, In: Preventive Medicine. 149, 106607.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Public Opinion 100%
  • Gun Policy 100%
  • Gun Ownership 100%
  • Gun Owner 100%
  • Ownership Status 100%

• Use of extreme risk protection orders to reduce gun violence in Oregon

  Zeoli, A. M., Paruk, J., Branas, C. C., Carter, P. M., Cunningham, R., Heinze, J. & Webster, D. W., May 2021, In: Criminology and Public Policy. 20, 2, p. 243-261 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Oregon 100%
  • Gun Violence 100%
  • Extreme Risk Protection Order 100%
  • Policy Implication 100%
  • Interpersonal Violence 100%

• Worth the risk? Gun carrying and perceived criminal justice responses in Baltimore

  Crifasi, C. K., Booty, M. D., Buggs, S. A., Webster, D. W. & Sherman, S. G., Jun 1 2021, In: Injury Prevention. 27, 3, p. 280-282 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Baltimore 100%
  • Criminal Justice System 100%
  • Gun Carrying 100%
  • Criminal Justice Responses 100%
  • System Response 50%
• 2020

  Baltimore's Underground Gun Market: Availability of and Access to Guns

  Crifasi, C. K., Buggs, S. A. L., Booty, M. D., Webster, D. W. & Sherman, S. G., Jun 2020, In: Violence and Gender. 7, 2, p. 78-83 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Baltimore 100%
  • Gun Markets 100%
  • Firearms 75%
  • Underground Market 75%
  • Selling 50%
  2 Scopus citations

• Differences in public support for handgun purchaser licensing

  Crifasi, C. K., Stone, E. M., McGinty, B., Vernick, J. S., Barry, C. L. & Webster, D. W., Feb 1 2020, In: Injury Prevention. 26, 1, p. 93-95 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Handgun 100%
  • Public Support 100%
  • Gun Owner 100%
  • Legislation 100%
  • Law 75%
  2 Scopus citations

• Evidence concerning the regulation of firearms design, sale, and carrying on fatal mass shootings in the United States

  Webster, D. W., McCourt, A. D., Crifasi, C. K., Booty, M. D. & Stuart, E. A., Feb 1 2020, In: Criminology and Public Policy. 19, 1, p. 171-212 42 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Assault Weapons Ban 100%
  15 Scopus citations

• Purchaser licensing, point-of-sale background check laws, and firearm homicide and suicide in 4 US States, 1985-2017

  McCourt, A. D., Crifasi, C. K., Stuart, E. A., Vernick, J. S., Kagawa, R. M. C., Wintemute, G. J. & Webster, D. W., Oct 2020, In: American journal of public health. 110, 10, p. 1546-1552 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Law 100%
  • Background Checks 100%
  • US States 100%
  • Point of Sale 100%
  • Firearm Homicide 100%
  6 Scopus citations

• Support for gun policies among young adults in the U.S., 2017–2019

  Stone, E. M., Barry, C. L., Crifasi, C. K., Webster, D. W., Vernick, J. S. & McGinty, E. E., Jun 2020, In: Preventive Medicine. 135, 106094.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Older Adults 100%
  • Gun Policy 100%
  • Safety Test 100%
  • Adult Age 33%
  • Gun Violence Prevention 33%
  1 Scopus citations

• The Legal and Empirical Case for Firearm Purchaser Licensing

  Abelow, H., Crifasi, C. & Webster, D., Dec 2020, In: Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics. 48, 4_suppl, p. 17-24 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Firearms 100%
  • State Government 100%
  • Gun Deaths 66%
  • Legal Framework 33%
  • Law 33%

• The violence prevention potential of reducing alcohol outlet access in Baltimore, Maryland

  Trangenstein, P. J., Eck, R. H., Lu, Y., Webster, D., Jennings, J. M., Latkin, C., Milam, A. J., Furr-Holden, D. & Jernigan, D. H., 2020, In: Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 81, 1, p. 24-33 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Baltimore 100%
  • Maryland 100%
  • Homicide 100%
  • Violence Prevention 100%
  • Alcohol Outlets 100%
  1 Scopus citations
• 2019

  California's comprehensive background check and misdemeanor violence prohibition policies and firearm mortality

  Castillo-Carniglia, A., Kagawa, R. M. C., Cerdá, M., Crifasi, C. K., Vernick, J. S., Webster, D. W. & Wintemute, G. J., Feb 2019, In: Annals of epidemiology. 30, p. 50-56 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Violence 100%
  • Background Checks 100%
  • Misdemeanors 100%
  • Firearm Mortality 100%
  • Homicide 100%
  13 Scopus citations

• Changes in the legal environment and enforcement of firearm transfer laws in Pennsylvania and Maryland

  Crifasi, C. K., Merrill-Francis, M., Webster, D. W., Wintemute, G. J. & Vernick, J. S., Sep 1 2019, In: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention. 25, p. i2-i4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Maryland 100%
  • Law 100%
  • Pennsylvania 100%
  • Background Checks 100%
  • Firearms 100%
  5 Scopus citations

• Describing a "mass shooting": The role of databases in understanding burden

  Booty, M., O'Dwyer, J., Webster, D., McCourt, A. & Crifasi, C., Dec 3 2019, In: Injury Epidemiology. 6, 1, 47.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Injury 100%
  • Fatality 100%
  • Collect Information 100%
  • Homicide 100%
  • Practice Guideline 50%
  7 Scopus citations

• Desirability of Personalized Guns Among Current Gun Owners

  Crifasi, C. K., O'Dwyer, J. K., McGinty, E. E., Webster, D. W. & Barry, C. L., Aug 2019, In: American journal of preventive medicine. 57, 2, p. 191-196 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Gun Owner 100%
  • Training Course 100%
  • Descriptive Statistics 100%
  • Online Survey 100%
  • Regression Model 100%
  1 Scopus citations

• Effect on background checks of newly-enacted comprehensive background check policies in Oregon and Washington: A synthetic control approach

  Castillo-Carniglia, A., Webster, D. W. & Wintemute, G. J., Nov 27 2019, In: Injury Epidemiology. 6, 1, 45.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Control Approach 100%
  • Background Check 100%
  • Control Group 100%
  • Firearm Acquisition 15%
  • Check System 7%
  4 Scopus citations

• Evaluating Missouri's Handgun Purchaser Law: A Bracketing Method for Addressing Concerns About History Interacting with Group

  Hasegawa, R. B., Webster, D. W. & Small, D. S., May 1 2019, In: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.). 30, 3, p. 371-379 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Law 100%
  • Handgun 100%
  • Missouri 100%
  • Firearm Homicide 100%
  • Bracketing Method 100%
  7 Scopus citations

• Firearm Policies That Work

  Zeoli, A. M. & Webster, D. W., Mar 12 2019, In: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 321, 10, p. 937-938 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

  Open Access
  5 Scopus citations

• Methods for Evaluating the Association Between Alcohol Outlet Density and Violent Crime

  Trangenstein, P. J., Curriero, F. C., Jennings, J. M., Webster, D., Latkin, C., Eck, R. H. & Jernigan, D., 2019, In: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 43, 8, p. 1714-1726 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Violent Crime 100%
  • Alcohol Outlet Density 100%
  • Population Research 100%
  • Mean Distance 80%
  • Spatial Access Methods 60%
  7 Scopus citations

• Trends in public opinion on us gun laws: Majorities of gun owners and non–gun owners support a range of measures

  Barry, C. L., Stone, E. M., Crifasi, C. K., Vernick, J. S., Webster, D. W. & McGinty, E. E., 2019, In: Health Affairs. 38, 10, p. 1727-1734 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Public Opinion 100%
  • Gun Policy 100%
  • Gun Laws 100%
  • Gun Owner 100%
  • Legislation 100%
  9 Scopus citations
• 2018

  Analysis of the Strength of Legal Firearms Restrictions for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Their Associations with Intimate Partner Homicide

  Zeoli, A. M., McCourt, A., Buggs, S., Frattaroli, S., Lilley, D. & Webster, D. W., Nov 1 2018, In: American journal of epidemiology. 187, 11, p. 2365-2371 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • Intimate Partner Homicide 100%
  • Firearm Restrictions 100%
  • Intimate Partner 100%
  • Homicide 100%
  17 Scopus citations

• Analysis of the Strength of Legal Firearms Restrictions for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Their Associations with Intimate Partner Homicide

  Zeoli, A. M., McCourt, A., Buggs, S., Frattaroli, S., Lilley, D. & Webster, D. W., Jul 1 2018, In: American journal of epidemiology. 187, 7, p. 1449-1455 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Domestic Violence 100%
  • Intimate Partner Homicide 100%
  • Firearm Restrictions 100%
  • Intimate Partner 100%
  • Homicide 100%
  35 Scopus citations

• An Integrated Public Health Approach to Interpersonal Violence and Suicide Prevention and Response

  Decker, M. R., Wilcox, H. C., Holliday, C. N. & Webster, D. W., Nov 1 2018, In: Public health reports. 133, p. 65S-79S

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Suicide 100%
  • Suicide Prevention 100%
  • Public Health Approach 100%
  • Violence Prevention 100%
  • Interpersonal Violence 100%
  10 Scopus citations

• Association between Firearm Laws and Homicide in Urban Counties

  Crifasi, C. K., Merrill-Francis, M., McCourt, A., Vernick, J. S., Wintemute, G. J. & Webster, D. W., Jun 1 2018, In: Journal of Urban Health. 95, 3, p. 383-390 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Concentrates 100%
  • Longitudinal Study 50%
  • Stand-your-ground Laws 10%
  21 Scopus citations