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Maryland Population Research Center
2003-2004 Seminar Series

SPEAKER:	Brian Wiersema Senior Research Specialist, Violence Research Group, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland
TITLE:	"Comparing Measurement Characteristics of Multiple Violence-Related Mortality Data Sources"
DATE:	Fri. Dec 5, 2003
TIME:	12:00 Noon
PLACE:	1101 Art-Sociology University of Maryland, College Park Campus
Brian Wiersema is a senior research specialist in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland and a member of the Violence Research Group. His interests include various aspects of violence and social control (e.g., effects of firearms laws), measurement and data quality, and computing methods. Much of his work has involved understanding, manipulating, and analyzing large-scale data sets such as the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the Uniform Crime Reports, and the National Vital Statistics System's Mortality Detail Files. He has collaborated in research that has appeared in leading journals of criminology, public health, and medicine. At present, he directs the Maryland Firearm Injury Statistics System and conducts research on the NCVS for the National Consortium on Violence Research.

Co-Sponsored with Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Please join us for this brown bag event. For the series schedule, please refer to http://www.popcenter.umd.edu/events/fall2003.shtml