Note for TV and radio: The University of Pennsylvania has a satellite uplink facility with live-shot capability and an ISDN line.
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The legality of "stop-and-frisk"
Stephanos Bibas
Professor Bibas of the Penn Law School is an ex-prosecutor whose focus includes federal firearms prosecutions and mandatory sentences for crimes involving guns. He can discuss legal issues surrounding gun violence, including "stop and frisk."
Contact: Jeanne Leong, 215-573-8151, jleong@pobox.upenn.edu
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Gun and alcohol study
Dr. Charles Branas
Dr. Branas is the lead epidemiologist for the Firearm and Injury Center at Penn and can discuss the geographical correlation between take-out alcohol stores and gun violence.
Contact: Marc Kaplan, 215-349-5660, marc.kaplan@uphs.upenn.edu
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Gun-violence survivors
Dr. Rose Cheney
Dr. Cheney, executive director of the Firearm and Injury Center at Penn, is a demographer studying gun violence and community interventions. She leads research and advisory teams to inform the Pennsylvania Injury Reporting and Intervention System.
Contact: Marc Kaplan, 215-349-5660, marc.kaplan@uphs.upenn.edu
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Domestic and family violence
Dr. Richard Gelles
Dr. Gelles is an expert in all aspects of family and domestic violence, including violence against spouses, partners and children. He is also an expert on foster-care systems. He is the dean of Penn's School of Social Policy and Practice.
Contact: Jill DiSanto-Haines, 215-898-4820, jdisanto@pobox.upenn.edu
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Psychological impact of firearm violence
Dr. Therese Richmond
Dr. Richmond of the Penn School of Nursing, research director of the Firearm and Injury Center at Penn, can discuss mental illness, rehabilitation and depression following firearm violence.
Contact: Jill DiSanto-Haines,215-898-4820,jdisanto@pobox.upenn.edu or
Joy McIntyre, 215-898-5074, joymc@nursing.upenn.edu
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Advances in rapid trauma care
Dr. C. William Schwab
Dr. Schwab is chief of traumatology and surgical critical care and director of the Firearm and Injury Center at Penn. He can discuss advances in trauma treatment and their effects on firearm-violence mortality.
Contact: Marc Kaplan, 215-349-5660, marc.kaplan@uphs.upenn.edu
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Policing practices
Dr. Lawrence Sherman
Dr. Sherman is a professor of criminology and director of Penn's Jerry Lee Center of Criminology. He is an expert on the deterrent effect of police crackdowns in gun-crime hot spots.
Contact: Jacquie Posey, 215-898-6460, jposey@pobox.upenn.edu
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Youth violence
Dr. Duane Thomas
Dr. Thomas of the Penn Graduate School of Education, co-investigator for the Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center, studies effective violence-prevention programs for youth.
Contact: Jill DiSanto-Haines, 215-898-4820, jdisanto@pobox.upenn.edu
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Gun policy and violence prevention
Dr. Susan SorensonDr. Sorenson of the Penn School of Social Policy and Practice studies public-health approaches to prevention of violence, including homicide, suicide, sexual assault, child abuse and firearms.
Contact: Jill DiSanto-Haines, 215-898-4820, jdisanto@upenn.edu
