+ Gun Availability and Violent Crime: New Evidence from the National Incident-Based Reporting System
- Author:
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Stolzenberg, L. / D’Alessio, S.J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Social Forces
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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GUN control, VIOLENT crimes, Youth, firearm availability, gun crimes
Using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System for South Carolina from 1991 to 1994, the authors explore how gun availability is related to violent crime, gun crime, youth gun crime and...
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+ Disrupting Illegal Firearms Markets in Boston: The Effects of Operation Ceasefire on the Supply of New Handguns to Criminals
- Author:
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Pierce, Glenn L. / Braga, Anthony A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Criminology & Public Policy
- Topics:
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Crime, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Local, Supply, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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CRIMINALS, PREVENTION, Supply Reduction, Violence, gun crime
In 1995, the Boston Gun Project began and, on May 15, 1996, “Operation Ceasefire” was implemented. One of the two main elements of the Ceasefire initiative was a direct law-enforcement...
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+ The impact of gun laws: A model of crime and self-defense
- Author:
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Mialon, H. M. / Wiseman, T.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Economics Letters
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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2nd Amendment, Deterrence, GUN control, Theoretical Model
The authors create a theoretical model in which there are only two groups: criminals and victims. Criminals and victims are either armed with guns or unarmed. In confrontations, those with guns always...
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+ Using Placebo Laws to Test "More Guns, Less Crime
- Author:
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Helland E / Tabarrok A
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, Public Health, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Gun carrying, Statistics, methodology, permit
The authors examine a study on the effect of shall-issue gun permit laws on crime. They review a controversial paper authored by Lott and critique it on its statistical assumptions, particularly regarding...
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+ Shooting Down the 'More Guns, Less Crime' Hypothesis
- Author:
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Ayres, Ian / Donohue Iii, John J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Stanford Law Review
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Prevention
- Keywords:
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CRIME, gun, law, methodology, regression model
The authors examine the “more guns, less crime” hypothesis and argue that the evidence in favor of the hypothesis is limited, sporadic, and extraordinarily fragile; changes in methodological techniques...
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+ Research fraud, public policy, and gun control
- Author:
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Smith, C. G.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Science
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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gun permit, law
The author replies to a Science Editorial about research fraud in gun research that cast doubt on the authenticity of Lott’s work. The author notes that the editor did not mention that even an anti-gun...
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+ 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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+ Relationship between Illegal Use of Handguns and Handgun Sales Volume
- Author:
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Wintemute, G. J.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- The Journal of the American Medical Association
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, State, Supply, Surveillance / Data Collection.
- Keywords:
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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...
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+ Safe-Storage Gun Laws: Accidental Deaths, Suicides, and Crime
- Author:
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Lott, John R., Jr. / Whitley, John E.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Law and Economics, vol. 44, no. 2, October 2001, pp. 659-89
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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Suicide, crime rates, firearm accidents, gun laws, gun storage
The authors examine the hypothesis that laws that hold gun owners responsible if a child gains access to a gun that was stored unsafely (e.g., unlocked and loaded) may have the unintended effect of increasing...
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+ Gun Policy, Opinion, Tragedy, and Blame Attribution: The Conditional Influence of Issue Frames
- Author:
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Haider-Markel, Donald P. / Joslyn, Mark R.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Politics
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, Public Opinion
- Keywords:
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Policy Making, Public Opinion, gun policy, mass murder, policitcal processes
The authors explore the effect of “framing” on public opinion about gun policies and “blame” for the school shooting in Columbine, Colorado. In the first study, the authors use a survey of adults to explore...
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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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