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: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms.
Contributor(s): Wellford, Charles F | Pepper, John | Petrie, Carol | ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004Description: xii, 328 p.Subject(s): Firearms and crime -- United States | Firearms and crime -- Research -- United States | Firearms ownership -- United States | Violence -- United States | Violence -- United States -- PreventionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.2 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Also available in electronic form on the National Academies Press Web site.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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.
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Also available in electronic form on the National Academies Press Web site.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.