+ The Costs of Gun Violence against Children
- Author:
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Cook, P. J. / Ludwig, Jens
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Public Health, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Community, Firearms, Safety, Violence, child violence
This article is based on research published in Gun Violence: The Real Costs, a book that develops an estimate for the overall costs of gun violence, including criminal assault, suicide and unintentional...
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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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+ Rethinking the Political Participation Paradigm: The Case of Women and Gun Control
- Author:
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Goss, Kristin A.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Women & Politics
- Topics:
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Gender, Legislation and Policy, Public Health, Public Opinion, Social Science
- Keywords:
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GUN control, Million Mom March, activism, protest
The author examines the Million Mom March, a protest march for stricter gun control laws held in 2000, that aimed to recruit American women into gun control activism and to demonstrate the enormous support...
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+ Neighborhood predictors of concealed firearm carrying among children and adolescents - Results from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
- Author:
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Molnar BE / Miller MJ / Azrael D / Buka SL
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Public Health, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Chicago, Neighborhood, concealed firearms
The authors examined the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and carrying of concealed firearms by Chicago youth aged 9 to 19 years, using data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago...
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+ The Evolving Gun Culture in America
- Author:
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Utter, G.H / True, J.L.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of American and Comparative Cultures
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Public Health, Public Opinion, Social Science, U.S. / National
- Keywords:
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Gun culture, pro-control forces, pro-gun forces
The authors examine the arguments for and against the control of firearms in the U.S. and noted how pro-gun control and anti-gun control groups have always disagreed with each other, with each group claiming...
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+ The Natural History of Neighborhood Violence
- Author:
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Fagan J / Davies G
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Local, Public Health, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Neighborhood, New York City, Violence
The authors examined the effect of neighborhood disadvantage on the rates of violence over time, using data from New York City from 1985 to 2000. A pattern of violence emerged, which suggested an epidemic,...
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