More guns, less crime : understanding crime and gun-control laws /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lott, John R., Jr., 1958- author.
Edition:	Third edition.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 442 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in Law and Economics Studies in law and economics.
Subject:	Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States. Firearms and crime -- United States. Firearms and crime. Firearms -- Law and legislation. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11215042

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ISBN:	9780226493671 0226493679 9780226493664 0226493660
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-434) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"On its initial publication in 1998, John R. Lott's More Guns, Less Crime drew both lavish praise and heated criticism. More than a decade later, it continues to play a key role in ongoing arguments over gun-control laws: despite all the attacks by gun-control advocates, no one has ever been able to refute Lott's simple, startling conclusion that more guns mean less crime. Relying on the most rigorously comprehensive data analysis ever conducted on crime statistics and right-to-carry laws, the book directly challenges common perceptions about the relationship of guns, crime, and violence. For this third edition, Lott draws on an additional ten years of data-including provocative analysis of the effects of gun bans in Chicago and Washington, D.C. that brings the book fully up to date and further bolsters its central contention."
Other form:	Print version: Lott, John R. More guns, less crime. 3rd ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010 9780226493664

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