Gun violence : the real costs /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2000.
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| Series: | Studies in crime and public policy
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Table of Contents:
- Gun violence and life in America
- Victimization risks
- How guns matter
- What counts
- Medical costs: gross versus net
- The mythical importance of productivity losses
- Avoidance and prevention
- Willingness-to-pay to reduce gun violence
- Remedies
- Appendix A: Data sources for injury and mortality rates
- Appendix B: Computation of net medical cost estimates
- Appendix C: Computation of productivity losses
- Appendix D: Computation of contingent-valuation and quality-of-life estimates.