#  "Urban building demolitions, firearm violence and drug crime" featured in Newsweek 

 





August 05, 2019

 

 

A study by Jonathan Jay, Luke Miratrix, Charles C. Branas, Mark A Zimmerman, and David Hemenway, has been published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine. The study, entitled ["Urban building demolitions, firearm violence, and drug crime"](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-019-00031-6), looked at a large-scale demolition project in Detriot, MI, and the findings suggest that vacant building demolitions may affect gun violence. The study is featured in a Newsweek article, which can be found [here](https://www.newsweek.com/abandoned-buildings-lower-gun-violence-detroit-study-1451675).