- Right-to-carry concealed weapon laws and homicide in large U.S. counties: The effect on weapon types, victim characteristics, and victim-offender relationships
- Author:
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Olson, D. E. / Maltz, M. D.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Law & Economics
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Homicide, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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"Shall issue" laws, concealed firearms, concealed weapon carrying, firearm laws, right-to-carry laws
Analyzing data from the FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports, the authors test a previous study’s assertion that laws allowing concealed handguns (“shall-issue” or “right-to-carry” laws) led to a decrease...
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- A Note on the Use of County-Level UCR Data
- Author:
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Maltz, M. D. / Targonski, J.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Social Science, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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UCR, concealed weapons, county-level crime data, crime statistics, guns
The authors describe inconsistencies and weaknesses in the estimation techniques used to fill missing information on county-level crime data, which may affect studies that use Uniform Crime Reporting...
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