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: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.Description: xii, 328 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
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  • HV6789 .N37 2004eb
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  • 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.

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