Crime, Culture Conflict, and the Sources of Support for Gun Control.

Kleck, Gary

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ERIC Number: EJ526728

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Crime, Culture Conflict, and the Sources of Support for Gun Control.

Kleck, Gary

American Behavioral Scientist, v39 n4 p387-404 Feb 1996

Questions whether attitudes towards gun control are influenced primarily by exposure to high crime rates, prior victimization, and fear of crime, or result from membership in social groups hostile to gun ownership. Maintains that support for gun control is more a product of culture conflict than a response to crime. (MJP)

Descriptors: Crime, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences, Culture Conflict, Gun Control, Higher Education, Law Related Education, Liberalism, National Surveys, Participant Characteristics, Political Attitudes, Public Affairs Education, Public Opinion, Social Influences, Subcultures, Violence

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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