Guns and crime : the data don't lie / Mark Gius.

Investigates the ways in which the current data on guns and crime are inadequate and inaccurate. Althought 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 do...

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Main Author: Gius, Mark (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
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Physical Description:xx, 111 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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