Measures of gun ownership levels for macro-level crime and violence research

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-36

  Kleck, Gary ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guns; Measurement; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CITY; CRIME; DATA ANALYSIS; FIREARM; GUN; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH; SUICIDE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0345737001     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427803256229     Document Type: Article

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