Guns, murder & suicide Bibliography

Clarke, R. V. G. and Jones, P. (1989).

'Suicide and the increased availability of handguns in the United States'. Social Science and Medicine, 28, 805-809.

Clarke, R.V. and Mayhew, P. (1988).

'The British Gas Suicide Story and its criminological implications'. In, Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, Vol. 10, M.Tonry and N.Morris (Eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Cook, P. J. (1991).

'The technology of personal violence: a review of the evidence concerning the importance of gun availability and use in violent crime, self-defence and suicide'. In, Crime and Justice: an annual review of research, Vol. 14., M. Tonry (Ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Cook, P. J. (1983).

'The influence of gun availability on violent crime patterns'. In, Crime and Justice: an annual review of research, Tonry, M. H. and Morris, N. (Eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Gabor, T. (1995).

'The proposed Canadian legislation on firearms: more symbolism than prevention'. Canadian Journal of Criminology, April, 195-213.

Green, G. (1987).

'Citizen gun ownership and criminal deterrence: theory, research and policy'. Criminology, 25, 63-82.

Harding, R. W. (1993).

'Gun use in crime, rational choice and social learning theory'. In, Routine Activity and Rational Choice, R. V. Clarke and M. Felson (Eds.). London: Transaction Publishers.

Holinger, P. C. et al. (1987).

'Suicide and homicide in the United States: an epidemiologic study of violent death, population changes, and the potential for prediction'. American Journal of Psychiatry, 144,2,215-219.

Killias, M. (1993).

'Gun ownership, suicide and homicide: an international perspective'. In, Understanding Crime and Experiences of Crime and Crime Control, del Frate, A., Zvekic, U. and van Dijk, J.J.M. (Eds.). UNICRI Publication No. 49. Rome: UNICRI.

Kleck, G. (1991).

Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America. New York. Aldine de Gruyter.

Law and Contemporary problems. (1986).

Gun Control. (whole issue).

Lester, D. (1993).

'Controlling crime facilitators: evidence from research on homicide and suicide'. In, Crime Prevention Studies, Vol. 1, Clarke, R.V.G. (Ed.). Monsey, New York: Criminal Justice Press.

Lester, D. (1991).

'Crime as opportunity: a test of the hypothesis with European homicide rates'. British Journal of Criminology, 31, 186-88.

Newton, G. D. and Zimring, F.E. (1969).

Firearms and Violence in American Life: A Staff Report Submitted to the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. Washington, DC: National Commission of the Causes and Prevention of Violence.

Reiss, A. J. and Roth, J. A. (1993).

Violence: Understanding and Preventing. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Rockett, I., and Smith, G. (1989).

"Homicide, suicide, motor vehicle crash and fall mortality: United States' Experience in comparative perspective". American Journal of Public Health, 79,1396-1400.

Sloan, J. H., Kellermann, A. L. and Reay, D. T. (1988).

Handgun regulations, crime, assaults and homicide: a tale of two cities. New England Journal of Medicine, 319, 1256-62.

Smith, A. O. (1987).

'The manufacture and distribution of handguns as an abnormally dangerous activity'. University of Chicago Law Review, 54, 1, 369-406.

Van Dijk, J. J. M. and Mayhew, P. (1992).

Criminal Victimisation in the Industrialised World: Key findings of the 1989 and 1992 International Crime Surveys. The Hague: Ministry of Justice.

Wright, J. D. (1986).

The Armed Criminal in America. Research in Brief. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Wright, J. D. and Rossi, P. H. (1986).

Armed and dangerous: a survey of felons and their firearms. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Wright, J. D., Rossi, P. H., Daly, K. (1983).

Under the Gun. Weapons, crime and violence in America. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Zimring, F. E. and Hawkins, G. (1987).

The Citizen's Guide to Gun Control. London & New York: Macmillan. Chicago University Press.