The Resource Private guns, public health, David Hemenway
Private guns, public health, David Hemenway
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- Summary
- "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 that would significantly reduce gun-related injury and death, pointing us toward a solution"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- New edition.
- Extent
- xxviii, 366 pages
- Note
- "Updated with a new preface"
- Contents
-
- Guns and American society
- The scope of the gun problem
- The facts about gun ownership
- The public health approach
- What public health means in practice
- The scientific basis of injury control
- The wrong medicine : good guys and bad guys
- Gun-related injury and death
- Gun accidents
- Suicides
- Homicides
- Other gun-related crimes
- Self-defense use of guns
- The myth and reality of deterrence
- How common is self-defense gun use?
- Is more better?
- How effective is self-defense gun use?
- Location
- Guns in the home
- Guns in schools
- Guns in public
- Isbn
- 9780472037018
- Label
- Private guns, public health
- Title
- Private guns, public health
- Statement of responsibility
- David Hemenway
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 that would significantly reduce gun-related injury and death, pointing us toward a solution"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hemenway, David
- Dewey number
- 617.1/45
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RD96.3
- LC item number
- .H45 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gunshot wounds
- Firearms
- Gun control
- Medical policy
- Firearms ownership
- Label
- Private guns, public health, David Hemenway
- Note
- "Updated with a new preface"
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Guns and American society -- The scope of the gun problem -- The facts about gun ownership -- The public health approach -- What public health means in practice -- The scientific basis of injury control -- The wrong medicine : good guys and bad guys -- Gun-related injury and death -- Gun accidents -- Suicides -- Homicides -- Other gun-related crimes -- Self-defense use of guns -- The myth and reality of deterrence -- How common is self-defense gun use? -- Is more better? -- How effective is self-defense gun use? -- Location -- Guns in the home -- Guns in schools -- Guns in public
- Control code
- ocn982465248
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- New edition.
- Extent
- xxviii, 366 pages
- Isbn
- 9780472037018
- Lccn
- 2017011659
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)982465248
- Label
- Private guns, public health, David Hemenway
- Note
- "Updated with a new preface"
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Guns and American society -- The scope of the gun problem -- The facts about gun ownership -- The public health approach -- What public health means in practice -- The scientific basis of injury control -- The wrong medicine : good guys and bad guys -- Gun-related injury and death -- Gun accidents -- Suicides -- Homicides -- Other gun-related crimes -- Self-defense use of guns -- The myth and reality of deterrence -- How common is self-defense gun use? -- Is more better? -- How effective is self-defense gun use? -- Location -- Guns in the home -- Guns in schools -- Guns in public
- Control code
- ocn982465248
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- New edition.
- Extent
- xxviii, 366 pages
- Isbn
- 9780472037018
- Lccn
- 2017011659
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)982465248
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