Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology articles from September 1995

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology archives from September 1995

Youth violence, guns, and the illicit-drug industry.(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... I. THE GROWING CONCERN OVER CRIME Crime has become an issue of increasing importance to the American public. A growing fear of crime seems to pervade the nation and contributes to crime being reported as the nation's "most serious problem."(1)...

Gun ownership and gang membership.(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION The problem of gang-related violence is not a new phenomenon, yet public concern over the rising violence perpetrated by juveniles has led to a renewed interest in the study of juvenile gangs. Whereas gangs used to be...

Regulating gun markets.(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION With the rapid increase since the mid-1980s in rates of homicide and other criminal violence, crime has emerged as the nation's leading domestic problem. One tactic for mitigating lethal violence is gun control--government...

Keeping guns out of the "wrong" hands: the Brady law and the limits of regulation.(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... THE BRADY LAW AND THE LIMITS OF REGULATION Keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous and irresponsible persons is one of, if not the primary goal of United States gun control policy.(1) The logic of restricting gun ownership to...

Firearms and community feelings of safety.(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION A recent advertisement from the National Rifle Association argues that women must take responsibility for their self-defense. "One choice is a firearm," the ad reads, "a deeply personal decision that requires deliberation,...

Changes in firearms ownership among women, 1980-1994.(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION Since the mid-1980s, pro-gun groups, especially the National Rifle Association and Smith & Wesson, have promoted gun ownership among women. They claim that the purchase and ownership of firearms by women has greatly increased....

Armed resistance to crime: the prevalence and nature of self-defense with a gun.(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION Crime victims used to be ignored by criminologists. Then, beginning slowly in the 1940s and more rapidly in the 1970s, interest in the victim's role in crime grew. Yet a tendency to treat the victim as either a passive target...

A tribute to a view I have opposed. (response to article by Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz in this issue, p. 150)(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... I am as strong a gun-control advocate as can be found among the criminologists in this country. If I were Mustapha Mond of Brave New World, I would eliminate all guns from the civilian population and maybe even from the police. I hate guns--ugly,...

Easing concealed firearms laws: effects on homicide in three states.(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... I. INTRODUCTION Restrictions on carrying concealed weapons are among the most common gun control policies.(1) These statutes limit who may have a deadly weapon--usually a handgun--hidden on their person when outside the home. By reducing...

Firearms costs, firearms benefits and the limits of knowledge.(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... America's intensifying dismay about violent crime has become so pervasive that one may well affirm that there is something of a "national crime crisis." Yet there is something of a puzzle as well. Overall crime rates in the United States have...

Additional discussion about easing concealed firearms laws. (response to Daniel Polsby in this issue, p. 207)(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... 1. INTRODUCTION Like most social issues involving firearms, the link between guns and violence can be an emotional topic. If social scientists are to provide useful guidance in this area, it will be through careful data collection and logical...

Daniel D. Polsby replies. (response to article by David McDowall, Colin Loftin and Brian Wiersema in this issue, p. 221)(Guns and Violence Symposium)
September 22, 1995... McDowall, Loffin, and Wiersema hypothesize that illegal carriage of guns by criminals may be a response to legal concealed carriage, both by civilians and police officers. The implication is that this might be a mechanism through which Florida's...

To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right.
September 22, 1995... By Joyce L. Malcolm Harvard University Press 1994. Pp. 246. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to k&p and bear Arms shall not be infringed. -- U.S. Const. amend. II That the...

Lethal Laws.
September 22, 1995... By Jay Simkin, Aaron Zelman, & Alan M. Rice. Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1995). 347 Pp. The thesis of Lethal Laws is that, as a practical matter, governments cannot commit genocide except on effectively disarmed populations. However one appraises...