Confronting gun violence in America. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Gabor.
• Authors: Gabor, Thomas
• Contents: Part I. The Scale of America's Gun Problem -- Chapter 1. America's Gun Violence Problem -- Chapter 2. Gun Ownership in the United States -- Part II. Harms Associated with Firearms -- Chapter 3. Gun Deaths: The United States Versus the World -- Chapter 4. Homicide and the Instrumentality Effect -- Chapter 5. Mass Shootings: An Escalating Threat -- Chapter 6. Suicide: Impact of Lethal Methods -- Chapter 7. Unintentional Deaths: Unavoidable or Preventable? -- Chapter 8. The Deadliest States -- Part III. Guns as a Means of Self-Defense -- Chapter 9. Armed Self-Defense 1: The Number of Defensive Gun Uses -- Chapter 10. Armed Self-Defense II: Protection or Hazard? -- Part IV. Obstacles to Gun Violence Prevention Efforts -- Chapter 11. The Firearms Industry: Guns as a Business -- Chapter 12. The "Guns Everywhere" Movement -- Chapter 13. Public Opinion: An Impediment to Reform? -- Chapter 14. Slogans Relating to Gun Violence: Fact or Fiction? -- Chapter 15. The Second Amendment: Is Gun Regulation Compatible with the Constitution? -- Part V. Preventing Gun Violence -- Chapter 16. A National Strategy for Preventing Gun Violence.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 344.0533; Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States; Gun control -- United States; Violent crimes -- United States; Firearms and crime -- United States; LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology; Firearms and crime; Firearms -- Law and legislation; Gun control; Violent crimes; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319337234; 3319337238
• Related ISBNs: 9783319337227; 331933722X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 25, 2016).
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