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• catalog abstract "This report provides data and statistical analyses on victimizations and the use of handguns in self defense to alert the public to the dangers of handgun ownership and the ineffectiveness of handguns as a defense method. Statistics are reviewed which show that a gun in the home is far more likely to lead to the death or injury of a family member or friend than to the death of an intruder. Data on victimizations and the use of firearms for self defense are then examined for the crimes of burglary, robbery, assault, and rape. In each case the effectiveness of guns in preventing or deterring the crime is analyzed, and compared to the effectiveness of other self defense methods. The data presented in this report indicate that private handgun ownership provides no significant deterrent to burglary and violent crime. It may, in fact, escalate the severity of the violence if offenders believe they must be more heavily armed than the citizenry. The statistics also showed that the use of a weapon in resistance to a criminal attack usually results in greater probability of bodily injury or death to the victim. Other methods of resistance, such as flight or verbal resistance, were found to be more effective in aborting the crime while having less probability of causing harm or death to the victim. In circumstances where the offender is armed, non-resistance most likely resulted in the minimum amount of harm to the victim. The authors conclude that because of the surprise nature of most violent crime and the fact that it is likely to occur between strangers, it is improbable that the victim would have time to use the handgun in any event. They argue that in light of the risks of handgun ownership - the possibility of escalating the violence of the crime, and the risk of accidents and suicides among family members - other safer methods of crime prevention must be adopted.".
• catalog contributor b4929921.
• catalog contributor b4929922.
• catalog contributor b4929923.
• catalog contributor b4929924.
• catalog contributor b4929925.
• catalog created "c1976.".
• catalog date "1976".
• catalog date "c1976.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1976.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog description "Preface / John J. Gunther -- Acknowledgments -- List of tables -- Introduction -- A handgun in the home -- Violent crime. I. Robbery -- II. Assault -- III. Rape -- Conclusion -- Appendix I.".
• catalog description "This report provides data and statistical analyses on victimizations and the use of handguns in self defense to alert the public to the dangers of handgun ownership and the ineffectiveness of handguns as a defense method. Statistics are reviewed which show that a gun in the home is far more likely to lead to the death or injury of a family member or friend than to the death of an intruder. Data on victimizations and the use of firearms for self defense are then examined for the crimes of burglary, robbery, assault, and rape. In each case the effectiveness of guns in preventing or deterring the crime is analyzed, and compared to the effectiveness of other self defense methods. The data presented in this report indicate that private handgun ownership provides no significant deterrent to burglary and violent crime. It may, in fact, escalate the severity of the violence if offenders believe they must be more heavily armed than the citizenry. The statistics also showed that the use of a weapon in resistance to a criminal attack usually results in greater probability of bodily injury or death to the victim. Other methods of resistance, such as flight or verbal resistance, were found to be more effective in aborting the crime while having less probability of causing harm or death to the victim. In circumstances where the offender is armed, non-resistance most likely resulted in the minimum amount of harm to the victim. The authors conclude that because of the surprise nature of most violent crime and the fact that it is likely to occur between strangers, it is improbable that the victim would have time to use the handgun in any event. They argue that in light of the risks of handgun ownership - the possibility of escalating the violence of the crime, and the risk of accidents and suicides among family members - other safer methods of crime prevention must be adopted.".
• catalog extent "46 p. ;".
• catalog isPartOf "Technical report - United States Conference of Mayors ; 2".
• catalog isPartOf "United States Conference of Mayors. Technical report - United States Conference of Mayors ; 2.".
• catalog issued "1976".
• catalog issued "c1976.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "[Washington] : United States Conference of Mayors,".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "364.4".
• catalog subject "Crime United States.".
• catalog subject "Firearms Use in crime prevention.".
• catalog subject "HV7431 .Y4".
• catalog tableOfContents "Preface / John J. Gunther -- Acknowledgments -- List of tables -- Introduction -- A handgun in the home -- Violent crime. I. Robbery -- II. Assault -- III. Rape -- Conclusion -- Appendix I.".
• catalog title "How well does the handgun protect you and your family? / By Matthew G. Yeager, with Joseph D. Alviani, Nancy Loving.".
• catalog type "text".