Gun Violence: The Real Costs Hardback
by Philip J. (ITT/Sanford Professor of Public Policy, ITT/Sanford Professor of Public Policy, Duk Cook, Jens (Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown Ludwig
Part of the Studies in Crime and Public Policy series
Hardback
Description
The objective of this book is to quantify the social costs of gun violence in order to help policy makers determine how many and which violence programmes to support.
Drawing upon the most detailed and extensive economic study of the cost of gun violence, Cook and Ludwig provide detailed information about how the burden of gun violence is distributed in the US.
Drawing upon this data, the book draws out the important implications for public policy.
The burden of gun violence in America is valued at about $100 billion annually, and this heavy cost is distributed much more evenly over the population than the victimization statistics would suggest.
Cook and Ludwig's examination of these costs lead them to propose a multifaceted policy agenda that includes both law enforcement and gun control measures.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages, 5 halftones, 12 line illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:21/12/2000
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- ISBN:9780195137934
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages, 5 halftones, 12 line illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:21/12/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780195137934
