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.