GUN VIOLENCE AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES
On to the seventh and eighth of James Wright’s “Ten Essential Observations on Guns in America”:
Observation 7: Everything the bad guys do with their guns is already against the law.
Observation 8: Demand creates its own supply.
These two observations broadly concern the issue of criminal gun violence and what Wright in 1995 would call gun control. As we will see, there are some consistencies but also some changes in the way gun violence is approached today, with a particular focus on prevention as opposed to the deterrence that Wright focuses on.
CORE RESOURCES
*Kerri M. Raissian, Jennifer Necci dineen, and Cassandra Crifasi, “Gun Violence and Gun Policy in the United States: Understanding American Exceptionalism,” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (November 2022).
*April M. Zeoli, Alexander D. Mccourt, and Jennifer K. Paruk, “Effectiveness of Firearm Restriction, Background Checks, and Licensing Laws in Reducing Gun Violence,” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (November 2022).
SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES
*Daniel W. Webster et al., “Research on the Effects of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs: Observations and Recommendations,” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (November 2022).
*Anthony A. Braga, Philip J. Cook, and Stephen Douglas, “Prevention Strategies for Policing Gun Violence,” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (November 2022).
*Jaclyn Schildkraut and Lisa B. Geller, “Mass Shootings in the United States: Prevalence, Policy, and a Way Forward,” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (November 2022).
*John J. Donohue, “The Effect of Permissive Gun Laws on Crime,” The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (November 2022).
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