Author
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms.
Title
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.
Published
Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2005.
Format
Book
Description
328 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Additional Form
Also available in electronic form on the National Academies Press Web site.
ISBN
0309091241 (hardcover)
Subject
Firearms and crime -- United States.
Firearms and crime -- Research -- United States.
Firearms ownership -- United States.
Violence -- United States.
Violence -- United States -- Prevention.
Add.Entry
Wellford, Charles F.
Pepper, John, 1964-
Petrie, Carol.
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