Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program in the United States, 2001 (ICPSR 3688)
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program in the United States, 2002 (ICPSR 3815)
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program in the United States, 2003 (ICPSR 4020)
The Impact of Constitutional Carry Legislation Among Urban Settings in Kentucky and Oklahoma, 2010-2022 (ICPSR 39083)
Recently there has been an influx of changes in gun legislation in the United States. There is now a growing trend in states adopting "constitutional carry" laws, which allow citizens of legal age who have not been legislatively denied the right, to legally and publicly possess and carry a concealed firearm without a permit. As of April 2019, fifteen states have passed constitutional carry (i.e., permit-less) firearm legislation. Two additional states, Kentucky and Oklahoma, will become the 16th and 17th states to allow constitutional carry before the end of 2019, and additional states (e.g., Alabama) are currently considering adopting constitutional carry in the future. Though arguments for (e.g., deterrent effects) and against (e.g., increased exposure to firearms in public) the relaxation of concealed carry laws often cite the potential impact of such laws on public safety, a review of available research provides limited insight on the effects of constitutional carry legislation on crime, violence, and other outcomes. There is also little known about the impact of constitutional carry on changes in police-citizen encounters, officer safety, and changes in police training.
The proposed study seeks to fill this void in empirical knowledge through a multi-phase analytical approach using data gathered from three cities within two states that recently passed constitutional carry laws. Specifically, this study seeks to examine the impact of constitutional carry legislation on 1) firearm and offense counts in Lexington (KY), Oklahoma City (OK), and Tulsa (OK); 2) arrest reports related to firearm arrests; and (3) officer perceptions of safety, training, and police-citizen encounters. Each data source aligns with a specific analytic approach, including interrupted time series analysis and frequency/bivariate analyses
This study will contribute to the body of research using a strong multi-methodological approach, address a gap in rigorous empirical scholarship regarding the impact of gun legislation and crime and public/police safety.