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UNINA9910780493503321 |
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Titolo |
Evaluating gun policy [[electronic resource] ] : effects on crime and violence / / Jens Ludwig, Philip J. Cook, editors |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2003 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (480 p.) |
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Collana |
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James A. Johnson Metro Series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LudwigJens |
CookPhilip J. <1946-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gun control - United States |
Violent crimes - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; 1 Pragmatic Gun Policy; Part I Gun Prevalence; 2 Guns and Suicide; 3 Guns and Burglary; Part II Regulating Ownership; 4 Australia: A Massive Buyback of Low- Risk Guns; 5 Disarming Batterers: The Impact of Domestic Violence Firearm Laws; Part III Restricting Gun Carrying; 6 Policing Crime Guns; 7 Prison Sentence Enhancements: The Case of Project Exile; 8 The Impact of Concealed- Carry Laws; Part IV Facilitating Research; 9 State and Federal Gun Laws: Trends for 1970 99; 10 Data on Violent Injury; Part V The Policy Process |
11 Continuity and Change in the American Gun DebateContributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Compared with other developed nations, the United States is unique in its high rates of both gun ownership and murder. Although widespread gun ownership does not have much effect on the overall crime rate, gun use does make criminal violence more lethal and has a unique capacity to terrorize the public. Gun crime accounts for most of the costs of gun violence in the United States, which are on the order of 100 billion per year. But that is not the whole story. Guns also provide recreational benefits and sometimes are used virtuously in fending off or forestalling criminal attacks. Given that g |
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