Thinking about gun violence. Issue 4 (11th September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cook, Philip J.
• Is Part Of: Criminology & public policy. Volume 19:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 1371
• Page End: 1393
• Publication Date: 2020-09-11
• Subjects: clearance rates -- costs of crime -- Firearms -- gun violence -- instrumentality -- underground markets; Criminology -- Periodicals; Criminologie -- Périodiques; Web sites; Electronic journals; 364
• DOI: 10.1111/1745-9133.12519
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1538-6473

Abstract

Abstract: The Stockholm Prize for 2020 was awarded for research on gun violence and its prevention, and recognizes the growing depth and scope of this field. I am honored to be a co‐recipient, together with Franklin E. Zimring. This essay focuses on three of the topics that have been on my agenda over the course of the last 45 years: how best to conceptualize and measure the problem of gun violence; the availability of guns to violent offenders; and how and why to improve police investigations of criminal shooting incidents, including assaults and homicides.