+ 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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+ Rates of Household Firearm Ownership and Homicide across US Regions and States, 1988-1997
- Author:
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Miller, M. / Azrael, D. / Hemenway, D.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Local, Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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FIREARMS ownership, HOMICIDE, OFFENSES against the person, UNITED States, VIOLENT crimes
The authors used cross-sectional time series data from the National Center for Health Statistics and General Social Survey for the period 1988-1997 to examine the association between household firearm...
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+ 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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+ Federal Sentencing for Violent and Drug Trafficking Crimes Involving Firearms: Recent Changes and Prospects for Improvement
- Author:
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Hofer, P.J. .
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- American Criminal Law Review
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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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...
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