Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence

In 2010, more than 105,000 people were injured or killed in the United States as the result of a firearm-related incident. Recent, highly publicized, tragic mass shootings in Newtown, CT; Aurora, CO; Oak Creek, WI; and Tucson, AZ, have sharpened the American public's interest in protecting our...

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Main Authors: Council, National Research, Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and, Justice, Committee on Law and, Medicine, Institute of, Executive Office, Institute of Medicine, Violence, Committee on Priorities for a Public Health Research Agenda to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related, Kelley, Patrick W, McCoy, Margaret A, Lee, Arlene F, Altevogt, Bruce M
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C National Academies Press 04.06.2013
The National Academies Press
Edition:1
Subjects:
Firearms and crime
Firearms ownership
Violence
ISBN:9780309386593, 0309386594, 9780309284387, 0309284384
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Summary -- Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence -- Appendix A: References -- Appendix B: Public Meeting and Workshop Agenda -- Appendix C: Committee Biographies