Evaluating Gun Policy: Effects on Crime and Violence

✍ Scribed by Jens Ludwig, Philip J. Cook

Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Leaves: 481
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

During the past 50 years the US has reduced the death rate from automobile accidents by one-third, yet the rate at which Americans are killed by gunfire has actually increased. Policymakers have tried to combat gun-related violence and crime in various ways, including imposing more severe sentences, restricting access and banning certain models and designs of guns. This book examines what works by presenting empirical evaluations of a variety of contemporary policies. Among the issues examined are: the relationship between the number of guns in circulation and the suicide rate; the deterrent and "inducement" effects of gun ownership on residential burglary; the impact on domestic homicides of restricting gun possession; and the consequences of more permissive gun-carrying laws. In the overview, Ludwig and Cook conclude that the problem of gun violence in America is not hopeless - indeed, violence rates have declined dramatically during the last decade. Continued success may require a pragmatic mix of new regulations and enhanced law enforcement efforts, guided by ongoing evaluation supported by new and better data systems.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
1 Pragmatic Gun Policy......Page 12
PART I Gun Prevalence......Page 50
2 Guns and Suicide......Page 52
Comments: John Mullahy......Page 79
Karen Norberg......Page 81
3 Guns and Burglary......Page 85
Comments: Bruce Sacerdote......Page 118
David B. Kopel......Page 120
PART II Regulating Ownership......Page 130
4 Australia: A Massive Buyback of Low-Risk Guns......Page 132
Comments: Anne Morrison Piehl......Page 153
Jim Leitzel......Page 156
5 Disarming Batterers: The Impact of Domestic Violence Firearm Laws......Page 168
Comments: John H. Laub......Page 212
Garen J. Wintemute......Page 215
Brian A. Jacob......Page 219
PART III Restricting Gun Carrying......Page 226
6 Policing Crime Guns......Page 228
Comments: Lawrence W. Sherman......Page 251
Jeffrey Fagan......Page 254
7 Prison Sentence Enhancements: The Case of Project Exile......Page 262
Comments: Steven D. Levitt......Page 288
Peter Greenwood......Page 291
8 The Impact of Concealed-Carry Laws......Page 298
Comments: David B. Mustard......Page 336
Willard Manning......Page 342
PART IV Facilitating Research......Page 354
9 State and Federal Gun Laws: Trends for 1970–99......Page 356
Comments: Franklin E. Zimring......Page 414
Mark A. R. Kleiman......Page 415
10 Data on Violent Injury......Page 423
Comments: Alfred Blumstein......Page 441
David McDowall......Page 443
PART V The Policy Process......Page 450
11 Continuity and Change in the American Gun Debate......Page 452
Contributors......Page 466
A......Page 468
B......Page 469
C......Page 470
D......Page 471
G......Page 472
I......Page 473
L......Page 474
N......Page 475
O......Page 476
P......Page 477
S......Page 478
T......Page 479
Z......Page 480

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