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Firearms and violence a critical review / [electronic resource] : Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms ; Charles F. Wellford, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, editors ; Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. - Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004. - xii, 328 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Data for measuring firearms violence and ownership -- Firearms, injury, and crime -- Interventions aimed at illegal firearm acquisition -- The use of guns to defend against criminals -- Right-to-carry laws -- Firearms and suicide -- Firearm injury prevention programs -- Criminal justice interventions to reduce gun violence.




Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 0309546400 (electronic bk.)

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Firearms and crime--United States.
Firearms and crime--Research--United States.
Firearms ownership--United States.
Violence--United States.
Violence--Prevention.--United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV6789 / .N37 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 364.2