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More guns, less crime : understanding crime and gun-control laws / John R. Lott, Jr.
Publication details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2010.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xii, 442 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780226493664 (pbk.) :
- 0226493660 (pbk.) :
- KF3941 .L68 2010
Contents:
Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- How to test the effects of gun control -- Gun ownership, gun laws, and the data on crime -- Concealed-handgun laws and crime rates: the empirical evidence -- The victims and the benefits from protection -- What determines arrest rates and the passage of concealed-handgun laws? -- The political and academic debate -- Some final thoughts -- 1996 update -- A decade later: thirty years of data and nine more states -- Appendixes.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | KF 3941 .L68 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5144649 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-434) and index.
Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- How to test the effects of gun control -- Gun ownership, gun laws, and the data on crime -- Concealed-handgun laws and crime rates: the empirical evidence -- The victims and the benefits from protection -- What determines arrest rates and the passage of concealed-handgun laws? -- The political and academic debate -- Some final thoughts -- 1996 update -- A decade later: thirty years of data and nine more states -- Appendixes.
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