+ Systematic Measurement Error with State-Level Crime Data: Evidence from the 'More Guns, Less Crime' Debate
- Author:
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Martin, Robert A., Jr. / Legault, Richard L.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
- Topics:
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Crime, Gun Carrying, State
- Keywords:
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Statistical Data, concealed carry weapon, crime data, error, uniform crime report
The authors find large errors in the state data used by Lott & Mustard (“More Guns Less Crime”) in their analyses. They find that the majority of the state-level findings “are mere artifacts of reporting...
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+ Investigating the connections between race, illicit drug markets, and lethal violence, 1984-1997
- Author:
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Ousey GC / Lee MR
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
- Topics:
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Criminology, Ethnicity, Homicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Market, Race, drug
The authors examine the relationship between trends of homicide rates in the 1980s and 1990s and the changes in illegal drug markets and law enforcement attempts to regulate these markets, using information...
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+ Measures of Gun Ownership Levels for Macro-Level Crime and Violence Research
- Author:
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Kleck G
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
- Topics:
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Social Science, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Ownership, measure, proxy
The author evaluates the validity of several proxy measures that have been suggested as indicators of gun prevalence, using city, state, cross-national, and time series data. Most proposed measures have...
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