
Point Blank
Guns and Violence in America
Gary Kleck(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 12. October 2017
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-1-138-52998-4 (ISBN)
Description
By 1990 there were approximately 200 million guns in private hands in the United States, and around half of American households contained a gun. Over 30,000 people a year are killed with guns in suicides, homicides, and accidents, and Americans use guns for defensive purposes as many as a million times a year. There is little doubt that gun violence and control are issues of vital importance, and they continue to inspire national debate. It is doubtful, however, that most gun debates are worth listening to. Not surprisingly, they generally leave their participants exactly where they began, with their biases intact, and onlookers perplexed. Written deliberately to counter an atmosphere of hysteria and extremism, Point Blank, now in paperback, offers logical argument supported by empirical information. It confronts fundamental questions head-on. On its initial publication in 1993, Point Black won the Michael J. Hindelang Award of the American Society of Criminology for the book that "made the most outstanding contribution to criminology," Point Blank reports both original research and assesses existing evidence drawn from a wide variety of academic disciplines, including criminology, sociology, law, and medicine.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
910 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-52998-4 (9781138529984)
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07/2017
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03/2005
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Person
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Content
I: Issues of Gun Control and Gun Ownership; 1: Ideology, Politics, and Propaganda; 2: Ownership and Uses of Guns; 3: Searching for "Bad" Guns: The Focus on Special Gun Types; II: Effects Of Guns On Violence; 4: Guns and Self-Defense; 5: Guns and Violent Crime; 6: Guns and Suicide; 7: Firearms Accidents; III: Regulating Guns; 8: Types of Gun Regulation; 9: Public Opinion and the Bases of Support for Gun Control; 10: The Impact of Gun Control on Violence Rates; IV: Policy Lessons; 11: Conclusions