Research Catalog
- Title
- Private guns, public health / David Hemenway ; with a new afterword.
- Author
- Hemenway, David.
- Publication
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2006.
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| Text | Request in advance | RD96.3 .H45 2006x | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 360 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "A detailed, sober account of the effect of guns on society...[Hemenway] compares the public health problems created by firearms with those of tobacco and alcohol...[and] calls for a public health approach to firearms that 'is not about banning guns but is about creating policies that will prevent violence and injuries." (New York Times).
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-334).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0472031627 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007275405
- OCLC
- 80767551
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library