+ The Impact of Poverty, Fear of Crime, and Crime Victimization on Keeping Firearms for Protection and Unsafe Gun-storage Practices - A Review and Analysis with Policy Recommendations
- Author:
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Vacha, E. F. / McLaughlin, T.F.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Urban Education
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Self-defense Gun Use/ Deterrence, Storage
- Keywords:
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CRIME, POVERTY, crime victimization, gun storage, policy
The authors review the literature on firearm accidents among low income, urban children younger than 13, noting that the tendency of low-income families to keep unsecured protection guns may contribute...
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