NCJ Number
52677
Editor(s)
M W RAY,
R N BRENNER,
M KRAVITZ
Date Published
1978
Length
121 pages
Annotation
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH ABSTRACTS CONCERNS FIREARM USE IN VIOLENT CRIME AND IS DIRECTED AT RESEARCHERS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRACTITIONERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS. BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, AND REPORTS ARE INCLUDED.
Abstract
THE CITATIONS ARE PRESENTED IN SIX PARTS, INCLUDING (1) PERSPECTIVES ON FIREARMS AND VIOLENT CRIME, WHICH CONTAINS DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF WEAPON USE IN VIOLENT CRIME, VICTIMIZATION, AND CRIME RATE DATA; (2) LEGISLATION AND HEARINGS ON PROPOSED FIREARM LEGISLATION; (3) ISSUES IN FIREARM REGULATION; (4) RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTS OF REGULATION; (5) PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS ON GUN CONTROL AND GUN OWNERSHIP; AND (6) REFERENCE SOURCES OR OTHER BIBLIOGRAPHIES THAT CONTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SOURCES. ENTRIES ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR WITHIN THE SIX CATEGORIES AND REPRESENT MAINLY ENGLISH- LANGUAGE MATERIAL PUBLISHED IN THE U.S. A NOTE ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE DOCUMENTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFERENCE SERVICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IS PROVIDED.