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- Private Guns, Public Health, New Ed.
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
summary
On an average day in the United States, guns are used to kill over ninety people and wound about three hundred more; yet such facts are accepted as a natural consequence of supposedly high American rates of violence. Private Guns, Public Health reveals the advantages of treating gun violence as a consumer safety and public health problem—an approach that emphasizes prevention over punishment and that has successfully reduced the rates of injury and death from infectious disease, car accidents, and tobacco consumption.
Hemenway fair-mindedly and authoritatively outlines a policy course that would significantly reduce gun-related injury and death, pointing us toward a solution.
Hemenway fair-mindedly and authoritatively outlines a policy course that would significantly reduce gun-related injury and death, pointing us toward a solution.
Table of Contents
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- Preface to the New Edition
- pp. xi-xxiv
- Preface to the 2004 Edition
- pp. xxv-xxviii
- Chapter 4. Self-Defense Use of Guns
- pp. 64-78
- Chapter 5. Location
- pp. 79-106
- Chapter 6. Demography
- pp. 107-129
- Chapter 7. Supply
- pp. 130-151
- Chapter 8. Policy Background
- pp. 152-176
- Chapter 9. Policy Lessons
- pp. 177-208
- Chapter 10. Policy Actions
- pp. 209-223
- Conclusion
- pp. 224-226
- Afterword (2006)
- pp. 227-260
- Appendix A. Methodology
- pp. 261-286
- Bibliography
- pp. 289-340
- Name Index
- pp. 341-350
- Place Index
- pp. 351-354
- General Index
- pp. 355-366
Additional Information
ISBN
9780472123254
Related ISBN(s)
9780472037018
MARC Record
OCLC
1001372353
Pages
394
Launched on MUSE
2017-08-23
Language
English
Open Access
No