Research Catalog
Private guns, public health
- Title
- Private guns, public health / David Hemenway.
- Author
- Hemenway, David.
- Publication
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 326 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-300) and indexes.
- Contents
- The scope of the gun problem -- The facts about gun ownership -- What public health means in practice -- The scientific basis of injury control -- The wrong medicine: "good guys" and "bad guys" -- Gun accidents -- Suicides -- Homicides -- Other gun-related crimes -- The myth and reality of deterrence -- How common is self-defense gun use? -- Is more better? -- How effective is self-defense gun use? -- Guns in the home -- Guns in schools -- Guns in public -- Young children -- Adolescents and young adults -- Women -- African Americans -- Manufacturers -- Licensed dealers -- The unregulated market -- The second amendment -- Public opinion -- Evaluating regulation -- The wrong arguments -- Lessons from other products -- Lessons from other countries -- International effects of our permissive policies -- A brief history of firearms law -- Reasonable policies -- Public health surveillance.
- Call Number
- JFE 04-5064
- ISBN
- 0472114050 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003024583
- OCLC
- 53435440
- Author
- Hemenway, David.
- Title
- Private guns, public health / David Hemenway.
- Imprint
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-300) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 04-5064