Firearms and violence [electronic resource] : a critical review / 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.

By: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on FirearmsContributor(s): Wellford, Charles F | Pepper, John, 1964- | Petrie, Carol | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004Description: xii, 328 pISBN: 0309546400 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Firearms and crime -- United States | Firearms and crime -- Research -- United States | Firearms ownership -- United States | Violence -- United States | Violence -- United States -- PreventionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.2 LOC classification: HV6789 | .N37 2004Online resources: Click to View Also available in electronic form on the National Academies Press Web site.
Contents:
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.
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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.

Also available in electronic form on the National Academies Press Web site.

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

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