Targeting guns : firearms and their control / Gary Kleck.
Targeting guns : firearms and their control / Gary Kleck.
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New York : Aldine de Gruyter, c1997.
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N363.330973/4
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 450 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Illegitimate Practices in Summarizing Research on Guns and Violence -- 3. The Ownership and Acquisition of Guns -- 4. Searching for "Bad" Guns: The Focus on Special Gun Types -- 5. Guns and Self-Defense -- 6. Carrying Guns for Self-Protection -- 7. Guns and Violent Crime -- 8....
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Publisher
New York : Aldine de Gruyter, c1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
This new paperback comprehensively reviews the research evidence on the links between guns, violence, and gun control, and reports results of the author's own research as well. In Targeting Guns, Kleck follows the line of argument and careful statistical inference of his earlier, prizewinning volume, Point Blank, while updating the literature revie...
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Targeting guns : firearms and their control / Gary Kleck.
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Social institutions and social change.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-429) and indexes.
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c1997.
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N363.330973/4
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74VvDy0gBkey
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvDy0gBkey
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ISBN
0202305694 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780202305691 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
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363.330973
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991005078969702626
