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Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms

Charles F. Wellford, John V. Pepper, and Carol V. Petrie, editors

Committee on Law and Justice

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

FIREARMS

AND VIOLENCE

A C R I T I C A L R E V I E W

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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the

Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn

from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of

Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee

responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard

for appropriate balance.

This study was supported by the National Academy of Sciences and Grant No.

2000-IJ-CX-0034 from the National Institute of Justice, Grant No. 200-2000-

00629 from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Joyce Foundation

(grant not numbered), Grant No. 200-8064 from the Annie E. Casey Foundation,

and Grant No. 2001-16212 from the Packard Foundation. Any opinions, findings,

conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the

author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies

that provided support for the project.