Laws Facilitating Gun Carrying and Homicide
Author(s) -
John J. Donohue
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2017.304144
Subject(s) - homicide , poison control , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , gun violence , criminology , environmental health , medicine , medical emergency , law , psychology , political science
An editorial is presented which addresses right-to-carry (RTC) firearms and homicide laws in America, and it mentions the article Easiness of Legal Access to Concealed Firearm Permits and Homicide Rates in the United States by Siegel et al. which appears in the same issue of the journal. Murder data from the U.S. National Vital Statistics system is examined, along with information about crime and a crack cocaine epidemic in American history.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom