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 Violenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Webster, Daniel W., editor (editor), Vernick, Jon S., editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press 2014.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009439607006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Daniel W. Webster and Jon S. Vernick
  • 3. Update : thinking differently about mental illness, violence risk, and gun rights / Jeffrey W. Swanson and Allison G. Robertson
  • 4. Update : enactment of legislation to protect victims of domestic violence : a story of state successes / April M. Zeoli and Shannon Frattaroli
  • 6. Update : broadening denial criteria : new developments / Garen J. Wintemute
  • 7. Update : comprehensive background checks : new evidence and rethinking "comprehensive" / Garen J. Wintemute
  • 8. 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
  • 10. Update : adequate oversight of licensed firearm dealers remains a problem / Jon S. Vernick and Daniel W. Webster
  • 11. Update : enforcing federal laws against firearms traffickers : policy and legislative progress in 2013 / Anthony A. Braga and Peter L. Gagliardi
  • 13. Update : personalized guns progress report / Stephen P. Teret
  • 18. Update : the Second Amendment / Lawrence E. Rosenthal and Adam Winkler
  • 19. 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.