Reducing gun violence in America : informing policy with evidence and analysis

Reducing gun violence in America : informing policy with evidence and analysis / edited by Daniel W. Webster and Jon S. Vernick.

"The staggering toll of gun violence, which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year, is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response. The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world's leading experts on gun violence and policy to summari...

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Other Authors: Webster, Daniel W., 1960- (Editor), Vernick, Jon S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Gun violence > United States.
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States.
Social control.
Public health & preventive medicine.
Social control
Firearms > Law and legislation
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Gun policy lessons from the United States : keeping guns from high-risk individuals
  • Making gun laws enforceable
  • Gun policy lessons from the United States : high-risk guns
  • International case studies of responses to gun violence
  • Second amendment
  • Public opinion on gun policy.

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