+ 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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+ Gun threats against and self-defense gun use by California adolescents
- Author:
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Hemenway D / Miller M
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
- Topics:
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Age Group, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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Adolescents, California, gun threat, self-defense
The authors analyzed data from a telephone survey of 5,800 California adolescents aged 12-17, which asked questions about gun threats against, and self-defense gun use by these young people. The data...
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+ Driving-induced Stress in Urban College Students
- Author:
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Rasmussen, C / Knapp, T.J. / Garner, L.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gun Carrying, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Driving-induced stress, guns, urban college students
Four hundred seven (407) urban college student commuters enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas were surveyed about their experiences with stress induced by driving. 23.6% of participants reported...
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+ The Impact of "Shall-Issue" Concealed Handgun Laws on Violent Crime Rates: Evidence From Panel Data for Large Urban Cities
- Author:
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Kovandzic, Tomislav V. / Marvell, Thomas B. / Vieraitis, Lynne M.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Homicide Studies
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, Local, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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CRIME, CRIMINAL law, SAFETY regulations, UNITED States, shall issue laws
The authors examine the effects of shall issue laws on violent crime rates, 1980-2000, in US cities with populations greater than 100,000 (i.e., the effect of making it easier for residents to obtain...
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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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+ Self-defense With guns: the Consequences
- Author:
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Southwick Jr, L.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Crime, Gun Carrying, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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CRIME, Victim, guns, self-defense
In this study, uses data from the National Crime Victimization Study to explore the costs and benefits of being armed to criminals and potential victims. The results show that victims who have and use...
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+ Reducing firearm violence: a research agenda
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Weiner, Janet / Wiebe, Douglas J. / Richmond, Therese S. / Beam, Kristen / Berman, Alan L. / Branas, Charles C. / Cheney, Rose A. / Coyne-Beasley, Tamera / Firman, John / Fishbein, Martin
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Criminology, Legislation and Policy, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence, Suicide, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Data quality, Violence
The National Research Collaborative on Firearm Violence was formed in 2005 to review the findings of a report on firearms and violence from the National Academy of Sciences and create a research plan...
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+ Willingness to shoot: Public attitudes toward defensive gun use
- Author:
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Cao, Liqun / Cullen, Francis T. / Barton, Shannon M. / Blevins, Kristie R.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- American Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Ethnicity, Gender, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence, State
- Keywords:
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defensive gun use, guns, public attitudes, willingness to shoot
The authors used survey data of 539 Cincinnati residents to evaluate how likely they would be to use firearms for self-defense against crime. They found that both owners and non-owners of firearms were...
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+ An Examination of the Impact of Victim, Offender, and Situational Attributes on the Deterrent Effect of Gun Use: A Research Note
- Author:
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Schnebly, Stephen M.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- JQ: Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
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Gender, Gun Carrying, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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DEFENSIVENESS (Psychology), FIREARMS & crime
The author used robbery and assault data from the 1992-99 National Crime Victimization Survey to evaluate the effect of defensive gun use (DGU) with regards to the characteristics of the situation, victim,...
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+ How Many Doctors Own Guns?
- Author:
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Guglielmo, W. J. / .
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Medical Economics
- Topics:
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Gender, Ownership, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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Firearms, PHYSICIANS, hunting, polls and surveys, self defense
This study, a survey assessing ownership of guns by doctors, revealed that nearly one-third of the physicians who participated in the survey owned a gun. Male doctors were more than twice as likely as...
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+ Prisonization and accounts of gun carrying
- Author:
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Stretesky, P. B. / Pogrebin, M. / Unnithan, N. P. / Venor, G.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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Gun carrying, Inmate, Violence
The authors interviewed seventy-three inmates incarcerated for gun-related violent crimes in Colorado, and asked them why they thought others carried guns. The two principal reasons given were self-protection...
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