Homicide And Gun Control
Monroe investigates the success of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act at reducing homicide. Using data from the 1989 - 1997 Uniform Crime Reports: Supplemental Homicide Reports, Monroe conducts differences-in-differences-in-differences (DDD) analyses. Monroe's results indicate that Brady had no effect on overall adult homicide rates and caused a statistically insignificant decline in adult handgun homicide rates. Contrary to an anticipated substitution effect - wherein the use of long...
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Monroe investigates the success of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act at reducing homicide. Using data from the 1989 - 1997 Uniform Crime Reports: Supplemental Homicide Reports, Monroe conducts differences-in-differences-in-differences (DDD) analyses. Monroe's results indicate that Brady had no effect on overall adult homicide rates and caused a statistically insignificant decline in adult handgun homicide rates. Contrary to an anticipated substitution effect - wherein the use of long guns in homicide would increase as handguns became more difficult to acquire -Brady's implementation is significantly related to a decrease in the use of rifles, shotguns and other non-handgun firearms to commit homicide.
Ch. 1 Analyzing the Impact of the Brady Bill on Homicide Rates 1Ch. 2 The Importance of Gun Control Research 5Ch. 3 An Empirical Test of the Brady Bill 31Ch. 4 Failing to Reduce Handgun Homicide Rates 79Ch. 5 Guiding Policy with Empirical Evidence 127EndNotes 143App. A Treatment and Control States as Originally Categorized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms as of Brady's Effective Date, February 28, 1994 149App. B State Level Variation in Background Check Procedures as of December 31, 1996 153App. C Background Check Requirements for Cities in Treatment States 157App. D Analyses without Pennsylvania and Oklahoma and Robustness Checks 159References 191Index 211
