+ A game theoretic analysis of interactions between law abiding citizens and criminals with respect to ownership of guns
- Author:
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Correa, Hector
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Crime, Ownership, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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CRIMINALS, EQUILIBRIUM, FIREARMS ownership, GAME theory, SOCIETIES
The author conducted a theoretical analysis of interactions between law abiding citizens (LACs) and criminals, assuming these are mutually exclusive categories. LACs will increase their ownership of guns...
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+ 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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+ State-level homicide victimization rates in the US in relation to survey measures of household firearm ownership, 2001-2003
- Author:
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Miller, Matthew / Hemenway, David / Azrael, Deborah
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Social Science & Medicine
- Topics:
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Crime, Homicide, Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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Household firearm ownership
The authors examined the relationship between household firearm ownership and homicide across the 50 US states, by age and gender, using nationally representative survey-based estimates of household firearm...
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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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+ Shall-issue policy and criminal activity among applicants for permits to carry concealed firearms
- Author:
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Romero, M. / Wintemute, G. / Wright, M. / Parham, C.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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concealed firearm, criminal activity, shall-issue
The authors examine the effects of a shall-issue policy in the Sacramento County town of Isleton for permits to carry concealed firearms in public. They compared the incidence of criminal activity of...
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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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