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- Title
Ebbing epidemic: youth homicide rate at a 14-year low.
- Authors
Cole, Thomas B.; Cole, T B
- Abstract
Analyzes reasons for the decline in the youth homicide rate in the United States since 1993. Meeting of the American Society of Criminology; Abatement in the demand for crack cocaine; Homicide rate broken down by age and type of weapon; Impact of handguns; Impact of well-organized and publicized efforts to reduce gun crime; Tie between weapons arrests and homicides; Effects of aggressive police action; Economic factors.
- Subjects
UNITED States; JUVENILE homicide; SCIENCE associations; MURDER; FIREARMS &; crime; STATISTICS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999, Vol 281, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.281.1.25-JMN0106-5-1