RT Article
T1 State and Local Prevalence of Firearms Ownership Measurement, Structure, and Trends
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 20
IS 1
SP 43
OP 62
A1 Azrael, Deborah
A2 Cook, Philip J. 1946-
A2 Miller, Matthew
LA English
YR 2004
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764279301
AB Of the readily computed proxies for the prevalence of gun ownership, one, the percentage of suicides committed with a gun, is most highly correlated with survey-based estimates. It is the best choice for use in cross-section analysis of the effect of gun prevalence on crime patterns across states and larger counties. Analysis of this proxy measure for the period 1979–1997 demonstrates that the geographic structure of gun ownership has been highly stable. That structure is closely linked to rural tradition. There is, however, some tendency toward homogenization over this period, with high-prevalence states trending down and low-prevalence states trending up.
K1 Violence
K1 Suicide
K1 Measurement
K1 proxy variables
K1 Gun prevalence
DO 10.1023/B:JOQC.0000016699.11995.c7