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Does allowing people to own or carry guns deter violent crime? Or does it simply cause more citizens to harm each other? Directly challenging common perceptions about gun control, legal scholar John Lott presents the most rigorously comprehensive data analysis ever done on crime statistics and... read more
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- John Donohue
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- Gumm
- Gary Kleck
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- Hawkins
- David Mustard
- Mr. Smith
- Zimring
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- Mr. Kanakidis
- Dan Nagin
- Woodham
- Johnson
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First Sentence edit
American culture is a gun culture-not merely in the sense that 75 to 86 million people own a total of about 200 to 240 million guns, but in the broader sense that pervade our debates on crime and are constantly present in movies and the news.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
One Introduction
Two How to Test the Effects of Gun Control
Three Gun Ownership, Gun Laws, and the Data on Crime
Four Concealed-Handgun Laws and Crime Rates: The Empirical Evidence
Five The Victims and the Benefits from Protection
Six What Determines Arrest Rates and the Passge of Concealed-Handgun Laws?
Seven The Political and Academic Debate
Eight Some Final Thoughts
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- John R. Lott (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0-226-49363-6
Page Count: 225
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0-226-49363-6
Page Count: 225
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- Dewey: 344.730533
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- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Practical Politics
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Civil Rights & Liberties
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › U.S.
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Arms Control
- Books › Nonfiction › Crime & Criminals › Criminology
- Books › Law
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