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More guns, less crime : understanding crime and gun-control laws / John R. Lott, Jr.

By: Publication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: 472 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780226493664 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0226493660 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.7305/33 22
LOC classification:
  • KF3941 .L68 2010
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks KF3941 .L68 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001079135

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.

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