Private Guns, Public Health, New Ed.

Overview

On an average day in the United States, guns are used to kill over ninety people and wound about three hundred more; yet such facts are accepted as a natural consequence of supposedly high American rates of violence. Private Guns, Public Health reveals the advantages of treating gun violence as a consumer safety and public health problem—an approach that emphasizes prevention over punishment and that has successfully reduced the rates of injury and death from infectious disease, car accidents, and tobacco consumption. Hemenway fair-mindedly and authoritatively outlines a policy course that would significantly reduce gun-related injury and death, pointing us toward a solution.

Details

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Published

2017-08-07

Pages

394

Language

EN

Categories

Medical / General, Medical / Emergency Medicine, Medical / Health Policy, Political Science / General, Political Science / Public Policy / Health Care, Political Science / Public Policy / Gun & Firearm Policy, Social Science / Sociology / General

ISBN-13

9780472037018