Statistics on weapons & violence : a selection of statistical charts, graphs, and tables about weapons and violence from a variety of published sources with explanatory comments / Timothy L. Gall and Daniel M. Lucas, editors ; Peter C. Kratcoski and Lucille Dunn Kratcoski, contributing editors.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Detroit, MI : Gale Research, ©1996. |
| Description | xxiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Gall, Timothy L. |
| Other author/creator | Lucas, Daniel M. |
| Other author/creator | Kratcoski, Peter C., 1936- |
| Other author/creator | Kratcoski, Lucille Dunn, 1937- |
| Variant title | Statistics on weapons and violence |
| Contents | Weapons -- Historical perspective -- Weapons and defense -- Weapons and crime -- Weapon use in homicides and suicides -- Firearm injuries -- Youth and guns -- Violence -- Historical perspective -- Violent criminals -- Victims of violent crime -- Violent crime-murder, rape, robbery, assault -- Domestic violence-family violence, spousal abuse, child abuse -- Youth violence-violence at schools, gang violence, juvenile violence -- Violence in the workplace-homicides, nonfatal assaults and violent acts. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 95044897 |
| ISBN | 0787605271 (alk. paper) |