Private guns, public health
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Natura: | Elettronico eBook |
Lingua: | inglese |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
2006.
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Edizione: | Paperback ed. |
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Accesso online: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Sommario:
- The scope of the gun problem
- The facts about gun ownership
- What public health means in practice
- The scientific basis of injury control
- The wrong medicine: "good guys" and "bad guys"
- Gun accidents
- Suicides
- Homicides
- Other gun-related crimes
- The myth and reality of deterrence
- How common is self-defense gun use?
- Is more better?
- How effective is self-defense gun use?
- Guns in the home
- Guns in schools
- Guns in public
- Young children
- Adolescents and young adults
- Women
- African Americans
- Manufacturers
- Licensed dealers
- The unregulated market
- The second amendment
- Public opinion
- Evaluating regulation
- The wrong arguments
- Lessons from other products
- Lessons from other countries
- International effects of our permissive policies
- A brief history of firearms law
- Reasonable policies
- Public health surveillance.