Firearms and violence
a critical review
National Research Council (U.S.)
Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms.
creator
Wellford, Charles F.
Pepper, John
1964-
Petrie, Carol.
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Electronic books.
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Washington, DC
National Academies Press
c2004
2004
monographic
eng
xii, 328 p.
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.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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