More guns, less crime : understanding crime and gun-control laws / John R. Lott, Jr.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in law and economics (Chicago, Ill.)Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.Description: x, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0226493636 (cloth : alk. paper)
- KF3941 .L68 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-220) and index.
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[ch]. 1. Introduction -- [ch]. 2. How to test the effects of gun control -- [ch]. 3. Gun ownership, gun laws, and the data on crime -- [ch]. 4. Concealed-handgun laws and crime rates: the empirical evidence -- [ch]. 5. Victims and the benefits from protection -- [ch]. 6. What determines arrest rates and the passage of concealed-handgun laws? -- [ch]. 7. Political and academic debate -- [ch]. 8. Some final thoughts.