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03920aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 7912FD28F1E611E78A18091E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180105010221 008 160401s2016 sz b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 331933722X 020 $a 9783319337227 035 $a (OCoLC)945949307 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d YDXCP $d NKM $d NYP $d OHX $d OCLCF $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/n-us 100 1 $a Gabor, Thomas, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85275999 245 10 $a Confronting gun violence in America / $c Thomas Gabor. 264 1 $a Switzerland : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2016. 300 $a 367 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Part I. The Scale of America's Gun Problem -- Chapter 1. America's Gun Violence Problem -- Chapter 2. Gun Ownership in the United States -- Part II. Harms Associated with Firearms -- Chapter 3. Gun Deaths: The United States Versus the World -- Chapter 4. Homicide and the Instrumentality Effect -- Chapter 5. Mass Shootings: An Escalating Threat -- Chapter 6. Suicide: Impact of Lethal Methods -- Chapter 7. Unintentional Deaths: Unavoidable or Preventable? -- Chapter 8. The Deadliest States -- Part III. Guns as a Means of Self-Defense -- Chapter 9. Armed Self-Defense 1: The Number of Defensive Gun Uses -- Chapter 10. Armed Self-Defense II: Protection or Hazard? -- Part IV. Obstacles to Gun Violence Prevention Efforts -- Chapter 11. The Firearms Industry: Guns as a Business -- Chapter 12. The "Guns Everywhere" Movement -- Chapter 13. Public Opinion: An Impediment to Reform? -- Chapter 14. Slogans Relating to Gun Violence: Fact or Fiction? -- Chapter 15. The Second Amendment: Is Gun Regulation Compatible with the Constitution? -- Part V. Preventing Gun Violence -- Chapter 16. A National Strategy for Preventing Gun Violence. 520 $a This book critically examines the link between guns and violence. It weighs the value of guns for self-protection against the adverse effects of gun ownership and carrying. It also analyses the role of public opinion, the Second Amendment to the US Constitution, and the firearms industry and lobby in impeding efforts to prevent gun violence. Confronting Gun Violence in America explores solutions to the gun violence problem in America, a country where 90 people die from gunshot wounds every day. The wide-range of solutions assessed include: a national gun licensing system; universal background checks; a ban on military-style weapons; better regulatory oversight of the gun industry; the use of technologies, such as the personalization of weapons; child access prevention; repealing laws that encourage violence; changing violent norms; preventing retaliatory violence; and strategies to rebuild American communities. This accessible and incisive book will be of great interest to students and researchers in criminology and sociology, as well as practitioners and policy-makers with an interest in gun ownership and violence. 650 0 $a Firearms $x Law and legislation $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103816 650 0 $a Gun control $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105453 650 0 $a Violent crimes $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113210 650 0 $a Firearms and crime $z United States. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009124354 650 7 $a Firearms and crime. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00925627 650 7 $a Firearms $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00925588 650 7 $a Gun control. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00949382 650 7 $a Violent crimes. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01167321 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211025239.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7912FD28F1E611E78A18091E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search