Background Homicide contributes substantially to the burden of death in the US and remains a key contributor to the gap in white-black life expectancy. It has been hypothesized that “broken-windows” policing is associated with lower homicide rates and that...
Objectives We assessed whether New York City’s gun-related homicide rates in the 1990s were associated with a range of social determinants of homicide rates. Methods We used cross-sectional time-series data for 74 New York City police precincts from 1990...
Purpose Past research suggests that Americans arm themselves when they do not trust one another. We reexamine the relationship between social trust and firearm prevalence with improved data and methods. We also control for conditions, including area homicide rates,...
This essay considers the empirical foundations for some of the more important and controversial conclusions concerning guns, crime, and gun control advanced in Gary Kleck’s highly influential treatise, Point Blank. We reveal significant flaws in his original data...
