- The gender gap among teen survey respondents: why are boys more likely to report a gun in the home than girls?
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Cook, P. J. / Sorenson, S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Ownership
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Child, Family Health, Household Gun, Parent
The authors analyzed data from the California Health Interview Survey of 2001 that includes over 4,000 marital households. Both a parent and adolescent child (12-17 years old) were asked whether there...
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- After the epidemic: Recent trends in youth violence in the United States
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Cook, P. J. / Laub, J. H.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Crime and Justice: a Review of Research
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Homicide, Public Health, U.S./National
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Epidemic, UNITED States, Youth Violence, trend
The authors examined the epidemic of US youth violence that peaked in the mid-90s and then has consistently dropped. They assess the validity of two types of explanations for this reversal in trends,...
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- The Costs of Gun Violence against Children
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Cook, P. J. / Ludwig, Jens
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Public Health, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Community, Firearms, Safety, Violence, child violence
This article is based on research published in Gun Violence: The Real Costs, a book that develops an estimate for the overall costs of gun violence, including criminal assault, suicide and unintentional...
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- Risk factors among handgun retailers for frequent and disproportionate sales of guns used in violent and firearm related crimes
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Wintemute, G. J. / Cook, P. J. / Wright, M. A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Crime, State, Supply
- Keywords:
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CRIME, California, PISTOLS, RETAIL trade, Violence
Licensed gun retailers in California selling at least 100 handguns annually between 1996 and 2000 accounted for 11.7% of all California retailers with handgun sales, 81.5% of handgun sales, and 85.5%...
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- Aiming for evidence-based gun policy
- Author:
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Cook, P. J. / Ludwig, J.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Prevention
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Evidence, PREVENTION, Social policy, Violence
The authors reviewed evidence that indicates the likely effectiveness of some initiatives designed to reduce gun violence. The most effective policies to reduce gun violence cannot be determined definitively,...
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- Underground gun markets
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Cook, P. J. / Ludwig, J. / Venkatesh, S. / Braga, A. A.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Economic Journal
- Topics:
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Crime, Local, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Chicago, Economics, Gun sales
The economics of illegal gun sales in Chicago are studied via interviews, surveys, and surveillance data. High transaction costs, such as illegal guns being priced higher than legal guns, increased difficulty...
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- Deaths from violence in North Carolina, 2004: how, deaths differ in females and males
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Sanford, C. / Marshall, S. W. / Martin, S. L. / Coyne-Beasley, I. / Waller, A. E. / Cook, P. J. / Norwood, T.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Gender, Homicide, State, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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CRIMINAL investigation, HOMICIDE, MENTAL health services, Suicide, Violence
The authors gathered data on 1,674 residents of North Carolina who died from violence in 2004 using the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System. For suicide and homicide, there were at least three...
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- Fact-free gun policy? Commentary
- Author:
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Cook, P. J. / Ludwig, C.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Social Science
- Keywords:
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commentary, cutlural worldview, empirical evidence
The authors commend on a paper by Kahan and Braman where they argued that only cultural worldviews, but not factual evidence on consequences, influence individuals’ perceptions of gun control measures...
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- The illegal supply of firearms
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Braga, A. A. / Cook, P. J. / Kennedy, D. M. / Moore, M. H.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Crime and Justice: a Review of Research
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Supply, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CRIMINALS, Firearms, Market, SUPPLY, Youth
The authors examined current literature detailing research on how firearms markets supplying youths and criminals are structured and operated and reviewed supply-side strategies to reduce the availability...
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- The benefits of reducing gun violence: Evidence from contingent-valuation survey data
- Author:
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Ludwig, J. / Cook, P. J.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
- Topics:
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Prevention
- Keywords:
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Crime Prevention, Survey, gun violence, violence prevetion
In 1998 the National Gun Policy Survey asked 1,204 adults across the US whether they would be willing to pay more in taxes to finance programs that would reduce gun violence by 30%. The authors used...
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- Smart guns: A technological fix for regulating the secondary market
- Author:
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Cook, P. J. / Leitzel, J. A.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Contemporary Economic Policy
- Topics:
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Social Science, Supply
- Keywords:
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Handgun, Market, Regulation, personalized
Using economic literature, the authors examine the potential impact of personalized handguns on the firearms market and on the misuse of guns by proscribed users in two scenarios: a) where personalized...
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