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Updated Evidence and Policy Developments on Reducing Gun Violence in America /

"In 2013--in the wake of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School--Johns Hopkins University Press published Reducing Gun Violence in America, a collection of essays written by the world's leading experts on gun violence. Updated Evidence and Policy Developments on Reducing Gun V...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Vernick, Jon S. (Editor ), Webster, Daniel W. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Daniel W. Webster and Jon S. Vernick
  • Update : thinking differently about mental illness, violence risk, and gun rights / Jeffrey W. Swanson and Allison G. Robertson
  • Update : enactment of legislation to protect victims of domestic violence : a story of state successes / April M. Zeoli and Shannon Frattaroli
  • Update : broadening denial criteria : new developments / Garen J. Wintemute
  • Update : comprehensive background checks : new evidence and rethinking "comprehensive" / Garen J. Wintemute
  • Update : preventing the diversion of guns to criminals through effective firearm sales laws / Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick, Emma E. McGinty, and Ted Alcorn
  • Update : adequate oversight of licensed firearm dealers remains a problem / Jon S. Vernick and Daniel W. Webster
  • Update : enforcing federal laws against firearms traffickers : policy and legislative progress in 2013 / Anthony A. Braga and Peter L. Gagliardi
  • Update : personalized guns progress report / Stephen P. Teret
  • Update : the Second Amendment / Lawrence E. Rosenthal and Adam Winkler
  • Update : Public opinion on gun policy following the Newtown mass shooting and the disconnect with political action / Emma E. McGinty, Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick, and Colleen L. Barry.