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Private Guns, Public Health, New Ed.
2017, New Edition David HemenwayOn an average day in the United States, guns are used to kill over ninety people and wound about three hundred more; yet such facts are accepted as a natural consequence of supposedly high American rates of violence. Private Guns, Public Health reveals the advantages of treating gun violence as a consumer safety and public health problem—an approach that emphasizes prevention over punishment and that has successfully reduced the rates of injury and death from infectious disease, car accidents, and tobacco consumption.
Hemenway fair-mindedly and authoritatively outlines a policy course that would significantly reduce gun-related injury and death, pointing us toward a solution.
Hemenway fair-mindedly and authoritatively outlines a policy course that would significantly reduce gun-related injury and death, pointing us toward a solution.
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Cover Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Dedication
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Contents
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Preface to the New Edition
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Preface to the 2004 Edition
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Chapter 1. Guns and American Society
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The Scope of the Gun Problem
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The Facts about Gun Ownership
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Chapter 2. The Public Health Approach
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What Public Health Means in Practice
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The Scientific Basis of Injury Control
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The Wrong Medicine: “Good Guys” and “Bad Guys”
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Chapter 3. Gun-Related Injury and Death
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Gun Accidents
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Suicides
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Homicides
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Other Gun-Related Crimes
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Chapter 4. Self-Defense Use of Guns
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The Myth and Reality of Deterrence
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How Common Is Self-Defense Gun Use?
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Is More Better?
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How Effective Is Self-Defense Gun Use?
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Chapter 5. Location
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Guns in the Home
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Guns in Schools
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Guns in Public
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Chapter 6. Demography
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Young Children
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Adolescents and Young Adults
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Women
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African Americans
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Chapter 7. Supply
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Manufacturers
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Licensed Dealers
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The Unregulated Market
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Chapter 8. Policy Background
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The Second Amendment
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Public Opinion
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Evaluating Regulation
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Chapter 9. Policy Lessons
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The Wrong Arguments
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Lessons from Other Products
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Lessons from Other Countries
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International Effects of Our Permissive Policies
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Chapter 10. Policy Actions
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A Brief History of Firearms Law
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Reasonable Policies
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Public Health Surveillance
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Conclusion
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Afterword (2006)
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Appendix A. Methodology
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Appendix B. Famous Civilians Shot in the United States
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Bibliography
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Name Index
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Place Index
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General Index
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Published: 2017
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-12325-4 (ebook)
- 978-0-472-03701-8 (paper)