Thinking about gun violence

The Stockholm Prize for 2020 was awarded for research on gun violence and its prevention, and recognizes the growing depth and scope of this field. I am honored to be a co-recipient, together with Franklin E. Zimring. This essay focuses on three of the topics that have been on my agenda over the cou...

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Main Author: Cook, Philip J. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Criminology & public policy
Year: 2020, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 1371-1393
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
Firearms
Clearance rates
Costs of crime
gun violence
Instrumentality
Underground markets
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Summary:The Stockholm Prize for 2020 was awarded for research on gun violence and its prevention, and recognizes the growing depth and scope of this field. I am honored to be a co-recipient, together with Franklin E. Zimring. This essay focuses on three of the topics that have been on my agenda over the course of the last 45 years: how best to conceptualize and measure the problem of gun violence; the availability of guns to violent offenders; and how and why to improve police investigations of criminal shooting incidents, including assaults and homicides.
ISSN:1745-9133
DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12519