Rates of criminal homicide have been increasing in many ma jor metropolitan areas. In Chicago from 1965 to 1970; the rate of homicides noted by the police more than doubled. A study of Patterns of homicide during that period reveals that robbey -killings, killings...
The first mass trace of handguns seized by the police revealed that a disproportionate number had been first sold to a retail customer in the relatively recent past. This study examines recent data from major metropolitan areas to test the “new guns” hypothesis. The...
Studies confirm that, as guns become more available, people are more likely to die during violent crimes. Research also shows that many gun control laws do not significantly diminish the number of guns used in violent crimes. Legislators have agreed to many measures...
One of the major arguments for the elimination of firearms, and derivatively for gun control laws, is that such measures would reduce the number of criminal homicides.1 It has been argued, however, that eliminating guns would have no such effect because if somebody...
This is the second report of a research project on violent assault in Chicago. The first, a study of fatal and nonfatal assaults with knives and guns, produced evidence to support three conclusions: (1) Most homicide is not the result of a single-minded intention to...
