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COLLECTIVE SECURITY AND FATAL FIREARM ACCIDENTS *
Author(s) -
McDOWALL DAVID,
LOFTIN COLIN
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1985.tb00347.x
Subject(s) - accidental , criminology , social security , computer security , economic justice , political science , engineering , forensic engineering , psychology , computer science , law , physics , acoustics
This paper offers an explanation for rates of fatal firearm accidents in terms of confidence in collectively provided justice and security. It describes the collective security model and presents an analysis of time‐series data from Detroit which supports it: accidental gunshot deaths varied positively with violent crime and civil disturbances and negatively with the allocation of resources to the police. Finally, it discusses some implications for research design and social policy.