More guns, less crime : understanding crime and gun-control laws /
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| Author / Creator: | Lott, John R., Jr., 1958- |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998. |
| Description: | x, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in law and economics Studies in law and economics (Chicago, Ill.) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 5 has original dust jacket. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2951589 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1. Introduction
- 2. How to Test the Effects of Gun Control
- 3. Gun Ownership, Gun Laws, and the Data on Crime
- 4. Concealed-Handgun Laws and Crime Rates: The Empirical Evidence
- 5. The Victims and the Benefits from Protection
- 6. What Determines Arrest Rates and the Passage of Concealed-Handgun Laws?
- 7. The Political and Academic Debate
- 8. Some Final Thoughts
- 9. Epilogue
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
