Private Guns, Public Health.
Title:
Private Guns, Public Health.
Author:
Hemenway, David.
ISBN:
9780472023820
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (375 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1. Guns and American Society -- 2. The Public Health Approach -- 3. Gun-related Injury and Death -- 4. Self-defense Use of Guns -- 5. Location -- 6. Demography -- 7. Supply -- 8. Policy Background -- 9. Policy Lessons -- 10. Policy Actions -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix A. Methodology -- Appendix B. Famous Civilians Shot in the United States -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Place Index -- General Index.
Abstract:
The first complete picture of the public-health approach to gun violence, and a commonsense plan for ending this American epidemic.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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