Peter Squires

Gebundenes Buch

Gender and Firearms

My Body, My Choice, My Gun

Beschreibung

Private gun ownership for self-defence remains a major issue in the US, driven by concerns about crime, vulnerability and ideological factors including race and gender. This book explores the changing gendered aspects of gun ownership.

Autor

Peter Squires is Professor (Emeritus) of criminology and public policy at the University of Brighton, United Kingdom. His research interests include gun crime and gun control; youth crime and disorder; anti-social behaviour; weapons, crime, and violence; community safety; crime prevention; surveillance and policing. He is the author of Gun Culture or Gun Control: Firearms, Violence and Society (Routledge, 2000) and Gun Crime in Global Contexts (Routledge, 2014), Rethinking Knife Crime (2021) and the co-author of Shooting to Kill: Policing Firearms and Armed Response (2010) and several other books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9781472460431
• ISBN-10: 147246043X
• Artikelnr.: 69898084