Private guns, public health /

"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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主要作者: Hemenway, David, 1945- (Author)
格式: Licensed eBooks
語言:英语
出版: [Ann Arbor, Michigan] : University of Michigan Press, 2017.
版:New edition.
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書本目錄:
  • Guns and american society
  • The scope of the gun problem
  • The facts about gun ownership
  • The public health approach
  • What public health means in practice
  • The scientific basis of injury control
  • The wrong medicine : good guys and bad guys
  • Gun-related injury and death
  • Gun accidents
  • Suicides
  • Homicides
  • Other gun-related crimes
  • Self-defense use of guns
  • The myth and reality of deterrence
  • How common is self-defense gun use?
  • Is more better?
  • How effective is self-defense gun use?
  • Location
  • Guns in the home
  • Guns in schools
  • Guns in public.