+ The life cycle of crime guns: a description based on guns recovered from young people in California
- Author:
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Wintemute GJ / Romero MP / Wright MA / Grassel KM
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Ann Emerg Med
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Ownership, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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gun life cycle, gun trafficking, time to crime
The authors examine the cycle of crime guns recovered from people younger than 25 years between manufacture and use, in this cross-sectional study using gun ownership tracing data from the Bureau of Alcohol,...
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+ Youth, Guns, and Violent Crime
- Author:
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Blumstein, Alfred
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Gun Carrying, Homicide, Law Enforcement, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Youth Violence, guns, juvenile delinquency, violent crime
The author examines the trends of homicide and robbery violence in the United States during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He notes that the increase in violence over that period was mostly because of...
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+ The crime drop in America: an exploration of some recent crime trends
- Author:
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Blumstein, Alfred
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology & Crime Prevention
- Topics:
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Crime, Gun Carrying, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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DRUG traffic, GUN control, IMPRISONMENT, MURDER, ROBBERY
The author examined data from the annual Federal Bureau of Investigation annual volume Crime in the United States, a compilation based on crimes reported by the police. Between 1993 and 2000 the United...
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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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