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Firearms and violence : 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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Firearms and crime--United States.
- Firearms and crime.
- Research.
- United States.
- Firearms and crime--Research--United States.
- Firearms ownership--United States.
- Firearms ownership.
- Violence--United States.
- Violence.
- Violence--United States--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Data for measuring firearms violence and ownership
- Patterns of firearm-related violence
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0309091241
- 0309546400
- OCLC:
- 56755776
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