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NCJ Number: 89686 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: Under the Gun - Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America
Author(s): J D Wright; P H Rossi; K Daly
Date Published: 1983
Annotation: This book analyzes both published and unpublished data on weapons, crime, and violence to determine whether criminal violence, especially homicide, occurs because firearms are readily at hand.
Abstract: The text looks at the number of guns in private hands and their use (household demand, sport and recreation demand), as well as police weapons use and policy. Fear of crime and popular sentiment against gun ownership are also surveyed. The book explores the characteristics of private weapons owners by region and city size, social status (class, religion, race, and sex), personality, and other factors. The text also looks at violent crime trends, the number of firearms used in crime, criminal motivations, gun control policies (Federal, State, and local regulations), and the effects of gun control legislation on violent crime. The study finds that high crime rates could be caused by widespread gun ownership but that widespread gun ownership may help keep crime rates well below what they might be otherwise. There is no good evidence anywhere that would allow a researcher to choose decisively between these possibilities. Data tables, footnotes, over 200 references, and an index are supplied.
Index Term(s): Fear of crime; Gun Control; Gun control legislation; Homicide; Illicit firearms
Grant Number: 78-NI-AX-0120
Sponsoring Agency: Aldine Publishing Co
Chicago, IL 60608
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Washington, DC 20531
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01002
US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
Washington, DC 20531
Corporate Author: University of Massachusetts
Social and Demographic Research Institute
United States of America
Sale Source: Aldine Publishing Co
Publicity Manager
1323 West 18th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
United States of America
Page Count: 348
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: Previously published as a research report entitled 'Weapons, Crime and Violence in America - A Literature Review and Research Agenda.'
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