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Brian Wiersema

Taxman, F., Young, D.W., Wiersema, B., Rhodes, A. and Mitchell, S. (2007), "The National Criminal Justice Treatment Practices Survey: Multilevel Survey Methods and Procedures", Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 32 (3): 225-238 [Link]

Breiding, M. J., and Wiersema, B. (2006), "Variability of Undetermined Manner-of-Death Classification in the United States", Injury Prevention, 12 : ii49-ii54

McDowall, D., Loftin, C. and Wiersema, B. (2005), "A Comparative Study of the Preventive Effects of Mandatory Sentencing for Gun Crimes", Quantitative Methods in Criminology, International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology, :

Serpi, T.L., B. Wiersema, H. Hackman, L. Ortega, B.J. Jacquemin, K.S. Weintraub, M. Kohn, L. Millet, L.P. Carter, M.A. Weis, K.E. Head, V. Powell, M. Mueller, L.J. Paulozzi, D. White, and G. Ryan (2005), "Homicide and Suicide Rate for 2003 from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS); Six U.S. States", Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 54 (15): 377-380 [Link]

Wiersema, B. (2004), "Exploring Misclassification and Underreporting Errors in Violent Death Data Systems", In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Measuring the Burden of Injury, Baden bei Wien, Austria, : 25-27

Loftin, C., B. Wiersema, D. McDowall, and A. Dobrin (2003), "Underreporting of Justifiable Homicides by Police Officers in the United States, 1976-1998", American Journal of Public Health, 93 (7): 1117-1121

Wiersema, B. (2002), "National Data Sources on Firearm-Related Injuries, Deaths, Risk Factors and Behaviors", , :

NVISS Working Group (2002), "Uniform Data Elements: National Violent Injury Statistics System (NVISS), Release 2.0", , :

Farrell, G., A. Tseloni, B. Wiersema, and K. Pease (2001), "Victim Careers and `Career Victims`?: Towards a Research Agenda", in Repeat Victimization Crime Prevention Studies, G. Farrell & K. Pease, 241-254

Lynch, J. P. and B. Wiersema (2001), "The Role of Individual, Household and Areal Characteristics in Domestic Violence", 2000 Proceedings of the Section on Government Statistics and Section on Social Statistics, : 1-9

Wiersema, B., Loftin, C., & McDowall, D. (2000), "A Comparison of Supplementary Homicide Reports and National Vital Statistics System Homicide Estimates for U.S. Counties", Homicide Studies, 4 (4): 317-340

McDowall, D., C. Loftin, and B. Wiersema (2000), "The Impact of Curfew Laws on Juvenile Crime Rates", Crime and Delinquency, 46 (1): 76-91

NFFIRS Work Group (2000), "Uniform Data Elements for the National Fatal Firearm Injury Reporting System", , :

Wiersema, B. (1999), "Area-Identified National Crime Victimization Survey Data: A Resource Available Through the National Consortium on Violence Research", , NCOVR Census Center Paper No. 1 :

Wiersema, B., C. Loftin, R. C. Mullen, E. M. Daub, M. A. Sheppard, J. E. Smialek, and D. McDowall (1998), "Fatal Firearm-Related Injury Surveillance in Maryland", American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 15 (3S): 46-56 [Link]

Wiersema, B., C. Loftin, E. M. Daub, M. A. Sheppard, and J. E. Smialek (1997), "Firearm-Related Mortality in Maryland, 1976-1996", , :

Dobrin, A., McDowall, D., Loftin, C., & Wiersema, B. (1996), , Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ

Miller, T. R., M. A. Cohen, and B. Wiersema (1996), "Victim Costs and Consequences: A New Look", , NCJ-155281 :

Miller, T. R., M. A. Cohen, and B. Wiersema (1996), "Extent and Costs of Crime Victimization: A New Look", , :

McDowall, D., C. Loftin, and B. Wiersema (1996), "Using Quasi-Experiments to Evaluate Firearm Laws: Comment on Britt et al.`s Reassessment of the D.C. Gun Law", Law and Society Review, 30 (2): 381-391

Wiersema, B., R. C. Mullen, C. Loftin, E. Daub, and M. Sheppard (1996), "Evaluation of the Maryland Firearms-Related Mortality Surveillance System", , :

Wiersema, B., Loftin, C., & McDowall, D. (1996), "ATF/Justice Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative: Pre Study Site Scan", , :

Wiersema, B. (1996), "Community Structure and Patterns of Criminal Homicide: Exploring the Weekend Effect", , :

McDowall, D., Loftin, C., & Wiersema, B. (1995), "Easing Concealed Firearm Laws: Effects on Homicide in Three States", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 86 (1): 193-206

McDowall, D., Loftin, C., & Wiersema, B. (1995), "Additional Discussion About Easing Concealed Firearm Laws: Reply to D. D. Polsby", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 86 (1): 221-226

McDowall, D., C. Loftin, and B. Wiersema (1995), "Concealed Anger", Police, : 11-12

McDowall, D. and B. Wiersema (1994), "The Incidence of Defensive Firearm Use by U.S. Crime Victims, 1987 through 1990", American Journal of Public Health, 84 (12): 1982-1984

Wiersema, B., C. Loftin, and D. McDowall (1994), "Drugs and Homicide in Maryland: The Baltimore City and Prince George`s Country Experience", , Violence Research Group Technical Report 4 :

Chanhatasilpa, C., C. Loftin, and B. Wiersema (1994), "Homicide in Baltimore", , Violence Research Group Discussion Paper 14 :

Wiersema, B. and C. Loftin (1994), "Estimates of Assault by Intimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey, 1987", , Violence Research Group Technical Report 3 :

Loftin, C., D. McDowall, and B. Wiersema (1993), "Evaluating Effects of Changes in Gun Laws", American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 9 (3): 39-43

Loftin, C., B. Wiersema, A. Pattavina, P. Mazerolle, and A. Dobrin (1993), "Maryland System for Homicide Attribute Coding", , :

Wiersema, B. and A. Pattavina (1993), "Identifying and Classifying Drug-Related Homicides: A Maryland Case Study", , Violence Research Group Discussion Paper 12 :

McDowall, D., C. Loftin, and B. Wiersema (1992), "Preventive Effects of Mandatory Sentencing Laws for Gun Crimes", Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association, : 87-94

Loftin, C., D. McDowall, and B. Wiersema (1992), "Economic Risk Factors for Infant Homicide", Proceedings for the 1991 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics, DHHS Pub.No. (PHS) 92-1214 : 273-276

Loftin, C., D. McDowall, B. Wiersema, and T. J. Cottey (1992), "Firearms and the Killing Threshold", New England Journal of Medicine, 326 (17): 1160

McDowall, D., Loftin, C., & Wiersema, B. (1992), "A Comparative Study of the Preventive Effects of Mandatory Sentencing Laws for Gun Crimes", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 83 (2): 378-394

Loftin, C., D. McDowall, B. Wiersema, and T. J. Cottey (1991), "Effects of Restrictive Licensing of Handguns on Homicide and Suicide in the District of Columbia", New England Journal of Medicine, 325 (23): 1615-1620

McDowall, D., A. J. Lizotte, and B. Wiersema (1991), "General Deterrence Through Civilian Gun Ownership: An Evaluation of the Quasi-Experimental Evidence", Criminology, 29 (4): 541-559

O'Carroll, P. W., C. Loftin, J. B. Waller, D. McDowall, A. Bukoff, R. O. Scott, J. A. Mercy, and B. Wiersema (1991), "Preventing Homicide: An Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Detroit Gun Ordinance", American Journal of Public Health, 81 (5): 576-581

Loftin, C. and B. Wiersema (1991), "Lifetime Risk of Violent Victimization from Homicide", Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, :

Wiersema, B., W. S. W. Huang, and C. Loftin (1990), "Data Resources of the National Institute of Justice, Fourth Edition", , NCJ-122224 :

Schneider, V. W. and B. Wiersema (1990), "Limits and Use of the Uniform Crime Reports", in Measuring Crime: Large-Scale, Long-Range Efforts, D.L. MacKenzie, P.J. Baunach, & R.R. Roberg, 21-48

McDowall, D., B. Wiersema, and C. Loftin (1989), "Did Mandatory Firearm Ownership in Kennesaw Really Prevent Burglaries?", Sociology and Social Research, 74 (1): 48-51

Wiersema, B., W. S. W. Huang, and C. Loftin (1988), "Data Resources of the National Institute of Justice, Third Edition", , NCJ-122224 :

Wiersema, B., C. Loftin, S. L. Miller, R. Paternoster, and R. Triplett (1987), "Data Resources of the National Institute of Justice, Second Edition", , NCJ-122224 :

Loftin, C., Kindley, K., Norris, S. L., & Wiersema, B. (1987), "An Attribute Approach to Relationships Between Offenders and Victims in Homicide", Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 78 (2): 259-271

Wiersema, B. and C. Loftin (1985), "Data Resources of the National Institute of Justice, First Edition", , NCJ-122224 :

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