Evaluating Gun Policy: Effects on Crime and Violence - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jens Ludwig (Editor), Philip J. Cook (Editor)Series:James A. Johnson MetroPublish date:2003-02-21Pages:469
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rlpg/GalleysISBN-13:9780815753117ISBN-10:081575311XUPC:9780815753117Book Category:Political Science, LawBook Subcategory:American Government, Constitutional, Public PolicyBook Topic:Social PolicySize:9.16 x 6.02 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.422Product ID:SCFVD0AFM4
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Compared with other developed nations, the United States is unique in its high rates of both gun ownership and murder. Although widespread gun ownership does not have much effect on the overall crime rate, gun use does make criminal violence more lethal and has a unique capacity to terrorize the public. Gun crime accounts for most of the costs of gun violence in the United States, which are on...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rlpg/GalleysISBN-13:9780815753117ISBN-10:081575311XUPC:9780815753117Book Category:Political Science, LawBook Subcategory:American Government, Constitutional, Public PolicyBook Topic:Social PolicySize:9.16 x 6.02 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.422Product ID:SCFVD0AFM4
Jens Ludwig is associate professor of public policy at Georgetown University and formerly the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution and a visiting scholar at the Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research. Philip J. Cook is the ITT/Sanford Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Cook and Jens Ludwig coauthored Gun...
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