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Karlson, Trudy; Hargarten, Stephen - Reducing Firearm Injury and Death: A Public Health Sourcebook on Guns - 9780813524214 - V9780813524214
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Reducing Firearm Injury and Death: A Public Health Sourcebook on Guns

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Description for Reducing Firearm Injury and Death: A Public Health Sourcebook on Guns paperback. This work addresses the problems created by the ownership and use of guns and how they can be solved. The authors emphasize that guns can be made safer if there were changes in the design, marketing and technology of firearms, thus reducing the numbers of injuries and fatalities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 b&w illustrations, 23 figures. BIC Classification: JFFE; MMKB; WSXS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.

There are few issues more explosive than guns. "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," is an often-heard response to calls for firearm control. But are there ways to make guns safer without placing further restrictions on gun owners? Can guns be engineered to reduce the number and severity of injuries?

This book is about guns and new solutions for addressing problems they create. Trudy Karlson and Stephen Hargarten, two experts in public health and injury control, show readers how guns are products, designed to injure and kill, and how changes in the design, technology, and marketing of firearms can lead ... Read more

Just as innovations in the design and technology of motor vehicles succeeded in creating safer cars, Karlson and Hargarten describe how responsible changes to gun products can reduce the number of serious injuries and fatalities. The injury control perspective illustrates how the characteristics of guns and ammunition are associated with their ability to cause injury and death. It also provides options for how guns can be re-engineered to ensure a greater degree of safety and protection. Reducing Firearm Injury and Death teaches basic facts about guns and gun injuries, and by reframing the problem of firearms as a public health issue, offers hope for saving lives.


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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813524214
SKU
V9780813524214
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

Reviews for Reducing Firearm Injury and Death: A Public Health Sourcebook on Guns
An extremely informative guide that expands the focus on firearms and the criminal justice field to approaches based on the science of injury control. A must for public health and mental health professionals dealing with violence and suicide prevention.
Susan Scavo Gallagher
M.P.H., Education Development Center, Inc.
The book is a clearly written primer on guns and ... Read more

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