Determining ease of access to arms methodology and coding
This paper aims to establish an initial determination of what the primary indicators of the ease of access to small arms and light weapons are. Guns are so abundant and ubiquitous in most parts of the world that the right question to ask is not how many guns are out there but what are the conditions...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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Crime, law and social change
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 5, Pages: 451-461 |
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Summary: | This paper aims to establish an initial determination of what the primary indicators of the ease of access to small arms and light weapons are. Guns are so abundant and ubiquitous in most parts of the world that the right question to ask is not how many guns are out there but what are the conditions, or lack thereof, that promote the ease of access. This paper also aims to offer researchers with initial tools for coding indicators for the ease of access in future investigations on this important topic. At the outset, I introduce three sets of indicators: legal, ‘black market feeder indicators’, and socialeconomic indicators. |
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Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 461 |
ISSN: | 1573-0751 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10611-008-9181-x |