Firearms and violence
Subtitle: a critical review
By: Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms ; Charles F. Wellford, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, editors ; Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.
Contributors: Wellford, Charles F.; Pepper, John, 1964-; Petrie, Carol.; National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Law and Justice.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Firearms and crime -- United States; Firearms and crime -- Research -- United States; Firearms ownership -- United States; Violence -- United States; Violence -- United States -- Prevention
Description: "Firearms and Violence uses conventional standards of science to examine three major themes - firearms and violence, the quality of research, and the quality of data available. This book assesses the strengths and limitations of current databases, examines current research studies on firearm use and the efforts to reduce unjustified firearm use, and suggests ways in which they can be improved."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also available in electronic form on the National Academies Press Web site.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Data for measuring firearms violence and ownership; title: Patterns of firearm-related violence; title: Interventions aimed at illegal firearm acquisition; title: The use of guns to defend against criminals; title: Right-to-carry laws; title: Firearms and suicide; title: Firearm injury prevention programs; title: Criminal justice interventions to reduce firearm-related violence.