More guns, less crime : understanding crime and gun-control laws /
Lott, John R.
More guns, less crime : understanding crime and gun-control laws / John R. Lott, Jr. - 3rd ed. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010. - 472 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- How to test the effects of gun control -- Gun ownership, gun laws, and the data on crime -- Concealed-handgun laws and crime rates: the empirical evidence -- The victims and the benefits from protection -- What determines arrest rates and the passage of concealed-handgun laws? -- The political and academic debate -- Some final thoughts -- 1996 update -- A decade later: thirty years of data and nine more states -- Appendixes.
9780226493664 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226493660 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009036622
Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.
Firearms and crime--United States.
KF3941 / .L68 2010
344.7305/33
More guns, less crime : understanding crime and gun-control laws / John R. Lott, Jr. - 3rd ed. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010. - 472 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- How to test the effects of gun control -- Gun ownership, gun laws, and the data on crime -- Concealed-handgun laws and crime rates: the empirical evidence -- The victims and the benefits from protection -- What determines arrest rates and the passage of concealed-handgun laws? -- The political and academic debate -- Some final thoughts -- 1996 update -- A decade later: thirty years of data and nine more states -- Appendixes.
9780226493664 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226493660 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009036622
Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.
Firearms and crime--United States.
KF3941 / .L68 2010
344.7305/33