1st Edition

Guns and Crime The Data Don't Lie

By Mark Gius Copyright 2017
131 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages 2 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

131 Pages 2 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Guns and Crime: The Data Don’t Lie investigates the ways in which the current data on guns and crime are inadequate and inaccurate. Although the majority of murders in the United States are committed with guns, research on gun ownership, the supply of guns, and the relationship between guns and crime is less thorough than studies done for many other aspects of public safety policy. This... Read more

Introduction: My Personal Experience with Guns
Chapter 1: Guns in America
Chapter 2: Crime in America
Chapter 3: Justifiable Homicides in America
Chapter 4: Mass Shootings in America
Chapter 5: Suicides and Accidental Firearm Deaths in America
Chapter 6: Gun Control in America
Chapter 7: International Comparisons of Homicides and Guns
Chapter 8: Evidence-Based Solutions and a Proposal to Reduce Firearm Violence
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Biography

Mark Gius is a Professor of Economics at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University. His teaching interests are labor economics, law and economics, and industrial organization. His main area of research interest is applied microeconomics with an emphasis on public policy research. His research has appeared in the Social Science Journal, Applied Economics, and Applied Economic Letters.