{"product_id":"gun-violence-philip-j-cook-9780195153842","title":"Gun Violence: The Real Costs","description":"\u003cem\u003e100 billion dollars.\u003c\/em\u003e That is the annual cost of gun violence in America according to the authors of this landmark study, a book destined to change the way Americans view the problem of gun-related violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Until now researchers have assessed the burden imposed by gunshot injuries and deaths in terms of medical costs and lost productivity. Here, economists Philip Cook and Jens Ludwig widen the lens, developing a framework to calculate the full costs borne by Americans in a society where both gun violence and its ever-present threat mandate responses that touch every aspect of our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e All of us, no matter where we reside or how we live, share the costs of gun violence. Whether waiting in line to pass through airport security or paying taxes for the protection of public officials; whether buying a transparent book bag for our children to meet their school's post-Columbine regulations or subsidizing an urban trauma center, the steps we take are many and the expenditures enormous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cook and Ludwig reveal that investments in prevention, avoidance, and harm reduction, both public and private, constitute a far greater share of the gun-violence burden than previously recognized. They also employ extensive survey data to measure the subjective costs of living in a society where there is risk of being shot or losing a loved one or neighbor to gunfire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the same time, they demonstrate that the problem of gun violence is not intractable. Their review of the available evidence suggests that there are both additional gun regulations and targeted law enforcement measures that will help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This urgently needed book documents for the first time how gun violence diminishes the quality of life for everyone in America. In doing so, it will move the debate over gun violence past symbolic politics to a direct engagement with the costs and benefits of policies that hold promise for reducing gun violence and may even pay for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195153847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195153842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.08w x 0.77d","brand":"Philip J. Cook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526189961471,"sku":"9780195153842","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d355b92-cda0-4701-be6a-abb2f4118bb5.jpg?v=1737555450","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gun-violence-philip-j-cook-9780195153842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}