Recent spree-killings and a controversial 2nd Amendment Supreme Court ruling have re-directed criminological research toward the critical question of how best to prevent gun related fatalities. However, a recent National Academy of Science report raises methodological...
A recent string of vicious, senseless and tragic mass spree killings have propelled an intense re-appraisal of U.S. gun laws, but the ensuing dialogue amply demonstrates that the opposing sides of the gun policy debate are as firmly entrenched in their mutual...
Recent spree-killings have strengthened criminological commitment to resolving the ever-looming question of how best to prevent criminal gun-fatalities (i.e., effective “gun control”?), but the U.S. Supreme Court held in the case of “Heller v. The District of...
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina saw a sharp spike in gun-violence, which necessarily re-focused criminological research on the persistent question of how best to prevent gun-related violence. However, a Critical Review published by a National Academy of Science...
No debate is more sensitive or polemical than the question of “gun rights” in the U.S., and licensing private citizens to carry concealed handguns is the most controversial “right” of all. The morally charged nature of this controversy is reflected in the disparate...
