Defensive Gun Uses: New Evidence from a National Survey

The number of civilian defensive gun uses (DGUs) against criminal attackers is regularly invoked in public policy debates as a benefit of widespread private ownership of firearms. Yet there is considerable uncertainty for the prevalence of civilian DGUs, with estimates ranging from 108,000 (using th...

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1. VerfasserIn: Cook, Philip J. 1946- (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Ludwig, Jens
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1998
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Jahr: 1998, Band: 14, Heft: 2, Seiten: 111-131
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