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Private guns, public health / David Hemenway.
UMPEBC University of Michigan Press eBooks Available online
UMPEBC University of Michigan Press eBooks- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hemenway, David, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gunshot wounds--United States--Prevention.
- Gunshot wounds.
- Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.
- Firearms.
- Firearms--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Gun control--United States.
- Gun control.
- Medical policy--United States.
- Medical policy.
- Firearms ownership--United States.
- Firearms ownership.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- New edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [Ann Arbor, Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- On an average day in the United States, guns are used to kill over ninety people and wound about three hundred more; yet such facts are accepted as a natural consequence of supposedly high American rates of violence. Private Guns, Public Health reveals the advantages of treating gun violence as a consumer safety and public health problem- an approach that emphasizes prevention over punishment and that has successfully reduced the rates of injury and death from infectious disease, car accidents, and tobacco consumption. Hemenway fair-mindedly and authoritatively outlines a policy course that would significantly reduce gun-related injury and death, pointing us toward a solution. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Guns and american society
- The scope of the gun problem
- The facts about gun ownership
- The public health approach
- What public health means in practice
- The scientific basis of injury control
- The wrong medicine : good guys and bad guys
- Gun-related injury and death
- Gun accidents
- Suicides
- Homicides
- Other gun-related crimes
- Self-defense use of guns
- The myth and reality of deterrence
- How common is self-defense gun use?
- Is more better?
- How effective is self-defense gun use?
- Location
- Guns in the home
- Guns in schools
- Guns in public.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472037018
- 9780472123254
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.9725179
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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