More guns, less crime : understanding crime and gun-control laws /
Lott, John R.
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references 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 by 1998 -- Some final thoughts (1998) -- Updating the results in 2000 -- A decade later: nine more years of data and nine more states -- Appendixes.
Firearms
Firearms and crime