Gun Violence: The Real Costs

Name: Gun Violence: The Real Costs
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Studies in Crime and Public Policy

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This study aims to quantify the social costs of gun violence in order to help policy makers determine how many and which violence programmes to support. The authors offer 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 dollars 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 leads them to propose a multifaceted policy agenda that includes both law enforcement and gun control measures.

Author Biography:

Philip J. Cook is the ITT/Sanford Professor of Public Policy at Duke University and Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has been conducting research on firearms and violence for over 25 years, and has served as consultant to the Departments of Justice and the Treasury. He has written extensively on alcohol control, gambling, the economics of crime, and other topics, and is co-author of The Winner-Take-All Society (1995) and Selling Hope: State Lotteries in America (1989). Jens Ludwig is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University and Affiliated Expert of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. He conducts research on public policies related to crime and education, and has provided testimony on gun policy to state legislatures and other groups in California, Kansas, and Minnesota.

Release date Australia

December 21st, 2000

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Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

5 halftones, 12 line illustrations

Pages

256

Series

Studies in Crime and Public Policy

Dimensions

146x216x24

ISBN-13

9780195137934

Product ID

1807188

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