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.

Contributor:

Wellford, Charles F.

Pepper, John, 1964-

Petrie, Carol.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Law and Justice.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Firearms and crime--United States.

Firearms and crime.

Firearms and crime--Research--United States.

Firearms ownership--United States.

Firearms ownership.

Violence--United States.

Violence.

Violence--United States--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most contentious issues in American politics. For public authorities to make reasonable decisions on these matters, they must take into account facts about the relationship between guns and violence as well as conflicting constitutional claims and divided public opinion. In performing these tasks, legislators need adequate data and research to judge both the effects of firearms on violence and the effects of different violence control policies. Readers of the research literature on firearms may sometimes find themselves unable to distinguish scholarship from advocacy. Given the importance of this issue, there is a pressing need for a clear and unbiased assessment of the existing portfolio of data and research. Firearms and Violence uses conventional standards of science to examine three major themes - firearms and violence, the quality of research, and the quality of data available. The book assesses the strengths and limitations of current databases, examining current research studies on firearm use and the efforts to reduce unjustified firearm use and suggests ways in which they can be improved.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610176557

9780309133326

0309133327

9781280176555

1280176555

9780309546409

0309546400

OCLC:

70753933