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This book presents the first substantial analysis of the social and political reactions to events such as the Dunblane disaster in 1996 and also examines many of the wider issues relating to gun control in the United Kingdom.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Squires, Peter, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Temas:
1996
Gun control > Great Britain.
Firearms > Law and legislation > Great Britain.
Dunblane Massacre, Dunblane, Scotland, 1996.
Firearms and crime > Scotland > Dunblane.
Gun control > United States.
Firearms and crime > United States.
Massacres > Scotland > Dunblane.
Armes à feu > Contrôle > Grande-Bretagne.
Armes à feu > Droit > Grande-Bretagne.
Armes à feu et criminalité > Écosse > Dunblane.
Armes à feu > Contrôle > États-Unis.
Armes à feu et criminalité > États-Unis.
Massacres > Écosse > Dunblane.
Massacre de Dunblane, Dunblane, Écosse, 1996.
Massacres
Firearms and crime
Firearms > Law and legislation
Gun control
Gewalttätigkeit
Waffenbesitz
Waffenrecht
Geweldsdelicten.
Vuurwapens.
Acceptatie.
Great Britain
Scotland > Dunblane
United States
Großbritannien
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Introduction : why guns?; The gun question; Emerging issues; Opposing camps; Trends in firearm-related offending; Combat ready; The spectre of the gun : historical and cultural perspectives; Social and historical discourses; Civilisation, authority and violence; A conquest of violence or a new form of power?; Firearms and social control in the UK; The Bill of Rights; Concealed weapons and armed responses?; Civilian disarmament and social change; The making of the American 'gun culture'; Firearms and violence; The politics of guns.

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