Firearms and violence [electronic resource] : a critical review / Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms ; Charles F. Wellford, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, editors ; Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Data for measuring firearms violence and ownership -- Firearms, injury, and crime -- Interventions aimed at illegal firearm acquisition -- The use of guns to defend against criminals -- Right-to-carry laws -- Firearms and suicide -- Firearm injury prevention programs -- Criminal justice interventions to reduce gun violence.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.