Guns in America: What Everyone Needs to Know takes readers on a tour of the issues that Americans debate when they talk about guns. The volume includes information on gun control pertaining to U.S. history, jurisprudence, cultural beliefs, political agendas, epidemiologcal data, criminology, law and regulation, and policy effectiveness.
Guns in America: What Everyone Needs to Know takes readers on a tour of the issues that Americans debate when they talk about guns. The volume includes information on gun control pertaining to U.S. history, jurisprudence, cultural beliefs, political agendas, epidemiologcal data, criminology, law and regulation, and policy effectiveness.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Philip J. Cook is ITT/Sanford Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics and Sociology at Duke University; author of Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control, (Princeton University Press, 2007), Gun Violence: The Real Costs (Oxford University Press, 2000), Evaluating Gun Policy (Brookings Institution Press, 2003), with Charles Clotfelter Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America, (Harvard University Press, 1989), and with Robert H. Frank The Winner-Take-All Society, (The Free Press, 1995). Kristin A Goss is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University; author of Disarmed: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America (Princeton University Press, 2006, 2009), and The Paradox of Gender Equality: How American Women's Groups Gained and Lost Their Public Voice (forthcoming from the University of Michigan Press)
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Introduction 1. America and Its Guns 2. Reasons for Owning a Firearm 3. The Value of Guns for Safety and Protection 4. The Costs of Gun Violence 5. Causes of Gun Violence 6. Manufacture and Marketing of Guns 7. How America Regulates Firearms 8. Effectiveness of Firearms Policy 9. Guns and Gun Control in History 10. Public Opinion and Political Party Positions on Guns 11. The Gun Rights Movement 12. The Gun Control Movement 13. Gun Policy Going Forward Bibliography Index
Introduction 1. America and Its Guns 2. Reasons for Owning a Firearm 3. The Value of Guns for Safety and Protection 4. The Costs of Gun Violence 5. Causes of Gun Violence 6. Manufacture and Marketing of Guns 7. How America Regulates Firearms 8. Effectiveness of Firearms Policy 9. Guns and Gun Control in History 10. Public Opinion and Political Party Positions on Guns 11. The Gun Rights Movement 12. The Gun Control Movement 13. Gun Policy Going Forward Bibliography Index
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