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criminology research
Defensive Gun
Defensive Gun Ownership
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empirical studies on firearms and violence
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Fatal Gun Accident
firearm policy analysis
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Gun Accidents
Gun Acquisition
Gun Carrying
Gun Control
Gun Control Measures
Gun Laws
Gun Owners
Gun Ownership Levels
Gun Suicide
Gun Suicide Rates
Handgun Ownership
Household Gun Ownership
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legislative evaluation
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Protective Gun Ownership
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public health impact
Purchase Permits
Saturday Night Specials
Semiautomatic
Semiautomatic Pistols
sociological perspectives
softlaunch
Total Homicide Rate
Total Suicide
Total Suicide Rates
violence prevention strategies
Violence Rates
Weapons Arrests
Product details
- ISBN 9781138529984
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 12 Oct 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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By 1990 there were approximately 200 million guns in private hands in the United States, and around half of American households contained a gun. Over 30,000 people a year are killed with guns in suicides, homicides, and accidents, and Americans use guns for defensive purposes as many as a million times a year. There is little doubt that gun violence and control are issues of vital importance, and they continue to inspire national debate. It is doubtful, however, that most gun debates are worth listening to. Not surprisingly, they generally leave their participants exactly where they began, with their biases intact, and onlookers perplexed. Written deliberately to counter an atmosphere of hysteria and extremism, Point Blank, now in paperback, offers logical argument supported by empirical information. It confronts fundamental questions head-on. On its initial publication in 1993, Point Black won the Michael J. Hindelang Award of the American Society of Criminology for the book that "made the most outstanding contribution to criminology," Point Blank reports both original research and assesses existing evidence drawn from a wide variety of academic disciplines, including criminology, sociology, law, and medicine.
