A01=Committee on Law and Justice
A01=Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms
A01=Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
A01=National Research Council
Author_Committee on Law and Justice
Author_Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms
Author_Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Author_National Research Council
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Product details
- ISBN 9780309091244
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 13 Dec 2004
- Publisher: National Academies Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most contentious issues in American politics. For public authorities to make reasonable decisions on these matters, they must take into account facts about the relationship between guns and violence as well as conflicting constitutional claims and divided public opinion. In performing these tasks, legislators need adequate data and research to judge both the effects of firearms on violence and the effects of different violence control policies. Readers of the research literature on firearms may sometimes find themselves unable to distinguish scholarship from advocacy. Given the importance of this issue, there is a pressing need for a clear and unbiased assessment of the existing portfolio of data and research. Firearms and Violence uses conventional standards of science to examine three major themes - firearms and violence, the quality of research, and the quality of data available. The book assesses the strengths and limitations of current databases, examining current research studies on firearm use and the efforts to reduce unjustified firearm use and suggests ways in which they can be improved.
Charles F. Wellford, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, Editors, Committee on Law and Justice, National Research Council
