Gary Kleck

Targeting Guns

Firearms and Their Control

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 826g
• ISBN-13: 9781138533837
• ISBN-10: 1138533831
• Artikelnr.: 49208197

Autorenporträt

Kleck, Gary

Inhaltsangabe

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