+ The gender gap among teen survey respondents: why are boys more likely to report a gun in the home than girls?
- Author:
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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
- Keywords:
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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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+ Serious youth gun offenders and the epidemic of youth violence in Boston
- Author:
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Braga, A. A.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Local
- Keywords:
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Boston, Epidemic, Violence, Youth, offender
The author analyzed criminal history data of a sample of 720 gun assault and gun possession offenders younger than 24 years old, arrested between 1984 and 1995 in Boston, to examine whether the criminal...
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+ The Impact of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapon Ban on Gun Violence Outcomes: An Assessment of Multiple Outcome Measures and Some Lessons for Policy Evaluation
- Author:
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Koper, Christopher S. / Roth, Jeffrey A.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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Gunshot Wounds, gun homicides, large-capacity magazine, semiautomatic assault weapon, statistical power
This study uses data from national and local sources to examine the impact of a law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1994 that bans a group of military-style semiautomatic firearms and ammunition magazines...
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+ Measurement error in county-level UCR data
- Author:
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Lott, J. R. / Whitley, J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Criminology, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Social Science, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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UCR, county level crime data, measurement error, systematic biases
The authors respond to an article by two other scholars who analyzed Lott’s county-level crime data and concluded that the measurement errors in the dataset bring his gun law research based on this data...
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+ Measurement and Other Errors in County-Level UCR Data: A Reply to Lott and Whitley
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Maltz, Michael D. / Targonski, Joseph
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Criminology, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Social Science, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Uniform Crime Reports, concealed weapon, county-level crime data, gun, measurement error
The authors respond to Lott and Whitley’s critique of their analyses of errors in county-level Uniform Crime Reports data that Lott has used in his research supporting the “more guns, less crime” hypothesis...
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+ A Seeded Sample of Concealed-Carry Permit Holders
- Author:
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Smith, Tom W.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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concealed carry, gun, permit
A larger telephone survey included a validation study of some 300 known concealed carry permit holders. Interviewers were blinded, not even aware of this purpose of the survey. 94% of the respondents...
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+ The Impact of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban on Gun Markets: An Assessment of Short-Term Primary and Secondary Market Effects
- Author:
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Koper, Christopher S. / Roth, Jeffrey A.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Supply
- Keywords:
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FIREARMS & crime, GUN control, UNITED States, assault weapon, gun markets
The authors assessed the short-term impact of the federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which banned assault weapons, on gun markets. They examined trends in prices and production...
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+ A Priori Assertions Versus Empirical Inquiry: A Reply to Kleck
- Author:
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Koper, Christopher S. / Roth, Jeffrey A.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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ASSAULT weapons, FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, Firearm ban
The authors respond to Gary Kleck’s critique of their 2001 article, in which they state that homicide rates in 1995 fell 6.7% due in part to the 1994 federal ban on assault weapons and large-capacity...
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+ Measuring Civilian Defensive Firearm Use: A Methodological Experiment
- Author:
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McDowall, D / Loftin, C. / Presser, S.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Crossover designs, Firearms, defensive gun use, experimental designs, survey research.
The aim of this study was to examine why estimates of the incidence of defensive gun use in the United States from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) are consistently lower than those from...
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+ State and Local Prevalence of Firearms Ownership Measurement, Structure, and Trends
- Author:
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Azrael D / Cook PJ / Miller M
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Social Science, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Suicide, gun use, measure, proxy
The authors examine the usefulness of the percentage of suicides that are committed with a gun (FS/S) as a proxy for the prevalence of gun use in criminal violence and suicide. They analyze this proxy...
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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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