Targeting Guns - Firearms and Their Control

This new paperback comprehensively reviews the research evidence on the links between guns, violence, and gun control, and reports results of the author's own research as well. In Targeting Guns, Kleck follows the line of argument and careful statistical inference of his earlier prizewinning volume, Point Blank, while updating the literature reviews and statistical information, and adding two chapters.

Table des matières

Abbreviations Frequently Used in the Book, Preface, 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 ILLEGITIMATE PRACTICES IN SUMMARIZING RESEARCH ON GUNS AND VIOLENCE, 3 THE OWNERSHIP AND ACQUISITION OF GUNS, 4 SEARCHING FOR BAD GUNS: The Focus on Special Gun Types, 5 GUNS AND SELF-DEFENSE, 6 CARRYING GUNS FOR SELF-PROTECTION, 7 GUNS AND VIOLENT CRIME, 8 GUNS AND SUICIDE, 9 FIREARMS ACCIDENTS, 10 PUBLIC OPINION AND THE BASES OF SUPPORT FOR GUN CONTROL, 11 THE IMPACT OF GUN CONTROL ON VIOLENCE RATES, 12 CONCLUSIONS, References, Name Index, Subject Index

A propos de l'auteur

Kleck, Gary

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Gary Kleck
• Collaboration: Gary Kleck (Editeur), Kleck Gary (Editeur)
• Edition: Transaction Publishers
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.12.1997
• EAN: 9780202305691
• ISBN: 978-0-202-30569-1
• Pages: 450
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Thème: Social Institutions and Social Change Series
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit pénal, droit de procédure pénale, criminologie; LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Political structure & processes, Police & security services, Social Law, Causes & Prevention Of Crime, Political structure and processes, Police and security services, Causes and prevention of crime, Social law and Medical law