+ The Rise and Decline of Homicide – and Why
- Author:
-
Blumstein, A. / Rivara, F.P. / Rosenfeld R.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Annual Review of Public Health
- Topics:
-
Age Group, Crime, Domestic Violence, Ethnicity, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
-
CRIME, Cocaine, Firearms, Violence, drugs
The authors review the homicide trends in the U.S. from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, noting that homicide rates increased dramatically in the latter half of the 1980s, peaked in the 1990s and then...
read more >
+ An Effective Response to Teenage Crime is Possible - and Cities Are Showing the Way.
- Author:
-
Levin, J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Law-Related Educational
- Topics:
-
Age Group, Crime, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Students
- Keywords:
-
Firearms, Schools, Weapons, Youth Violence, homicide prevention
Against the backdrop of a violent shooting on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School, in which 12 students and a teacher were killed and 24 others injured, the author reviews trends in homicide rates...
read more >
+ A Public Health Approach to Regulating Firearms as Consumer Products
- Author:
-
Vernick, J.S. / Teret, S.P. / Hall, A.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review
- Topics:
-
Crime, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
-
Consumer-product regulation, Firearms, public health approach
The authors highlight the similarities and differences between firearms and other consumer products, noting that firearms are specifically designed to injure or kill. The authors point out that while...
read more >
+ Relationship between Illegal Use of Handguns and Handgun Sales Volume
- Author:
-
Wintemute, G. J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- The Journal of the American Medical Association
- Topics:
-
Crime, Legislation and Policy, State, Supply, Surveillance / Data Collection.
- Keywords:
-
firearms sales volume, illegal gun use
To determine if the number of illegally used handguns traced to a federally licensed firearms dealer is a reflection of the dealer’s sales volume, the author examined U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and...
read more >
+ Federal Sentencing for Violent and Drug Trafficking Crimes Involving Firearms: Recent Changes and Prospects for Improvement
- Author:
-
Hofer, P.J. .
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- American Criminal Law Review
- Topics:
-
Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
-
Drug trafficking, Firearms, VIOLENT crimes, sentencing
The author, after examining data collected by the U.S. Sentencing Commission in the 1990s and reviewing several studies of firearm sentence enhancements (FSEs) laws, which require judges to impose increased...
read more >
