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Private Guns, Public Health, New Ed. /

"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 a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hemenway, David, 1945- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Ann Arbor, Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, 2017.
Édition:New edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"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"--Publisher's description
Description matérielle:1 online resource (394 pages).
ISBN:9780472123254