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Reducing gun violence in america : informing policy with evidence and analysis
Title
Reducing gun violence in america : informing policy with evidence and analysis / edited by Daniel W. Webster, and Jon S. Vernick.
ISBN
9781421411101 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1421411105 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781421411118 (electronic : alk. paper)
1421411113 (electronic)
Published
Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Physical Description
xxviii, 282 pages ; 23 cm.
Summary
"The staggering toll of gun violence-which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year-is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response. The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world's leading experts on gun violence and policy to summarize relevant research and recommend policies that are both constitutional and have broad public support. Collected for the first time in one volume, this reliable, empirical research and legal analysis will help lawmakers, opinion leaders, and concerned citizens identify policy changes to address mass shootings, along with the less-publicized gun violence that takes an average of 80 lives every day. Selected recommendations include: Background checks: Establish a universal background check system for all persons purchasing a firearm from any seller. ; High-risk individuals: Expand the set of conditions that disqualify an individual from legally purchasing a firearm. ; Mental health: Focus federal restrictions on gun purchases by persons with serious mental illness on the dangerousness of the individual. ; Trafficking and dealer licensing: Appoint a permanent director to ATF and provide the agency with the authority to develop a range of sanctions for gun dealers who violate gun sales or other laws. ; Personalized guns: Provide financial incentives to states to mandate childproof or personalized guns. ; Assault weapons and high-capacity magazines: Ban the future sale of assault weapons and the future sale and possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines. ; Research funds: Provide adequate federal funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and National Institute of Justice for research into the causes and solutions of gun violence. The book includes an analysis of the constitutionality of many recommended policies and data from a national public opinion poll that reflects support among the majority of Americans-including gun owners-for stronger gun policies."--Publisher's website.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 11, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Gun policy lessons from the United States : keeping guns from high-risk individuals. Firearms and violent death in the United States / Matthew Miller, Deborah Azrael, and David Hemenway
The limited impact of the Brady Act: evaluation and implications / Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig
Preventing gun violence involving people with serious mental illness / Jeffrey W. Swanson, Allison Gilbert Robertson, Linda K. Frisman, Michael A. Norko, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Marvin S. Swartz, and Philip J. Cook
Evidence for optimism: policies to limit batterers' access to guns / April M. Zeoli and Shannon Frattaroli
Reconsidering the adequacy of current conditions on legal firearm ownership / Katherine A. Vittes, Daniel W. Webster, and Jon S. Vernick
Broadening denial criteria for the purchase and possession of firearms: need, feasibility, and effectiveness / Garen J. Wintermute
Preventing the diversion of guns to criminals through effective firearm sales laws / Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick, Emma E. McGinty, and Ted Alcorn
Spurring responsible firearms sales practices through litigation: the impact of New York City's lawsuits against gun dealers on interstate gun trafficking / Daniel W. Webster and Jon S. Vernick
Curtailing dangerous sales practices by licensed firearm dealers: legal opportunities and obstacles / Jon S. Vernick and Daniel W. Webster.
Making gun laws enforceable. Enforcing federal laws against firearms traffickers: raising operational effectiveness by lowering enforcement obstacles / Anthony A. Braga and Peter L. Gagliardi.
Gun policy lessons from the United States : high-risk guns. America's experience with the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, 1994-2004: key findings and implications / Christopher S. Koper
Personalized guns: using technology to save lives / Stephen P. Teret and Adam D. Mernit.
International case studies of responses to gun violence. Gun control in Great Britain after the Dunblane shootings / Michael J. North
Rational firearm regulation: evidence-based gun laws in Australia / Rebecca Peters
The big melt: how one democracy changed after scrapping a third of its firearms / Philip Alpers
Brazil: gun control and homicide reduction / Antonio Rangel Bandeira.
Second amendment. The scope of regulatory authority under the Second Amendment / Lawrence E. Rosenthal and Adam Winkler.
Public opinion on gun policy. Public opinion on proposals to strengthen U.S. gun laws: findings from a 2013 survey / Emma E. McGinty, Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick and Colleen L. Barry.
Consensus recommendations for reforms to Federal gun policies.
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