Guns, Gun Violence and Gun Homicides

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society Book Series

Editors: Wallace, Wendell C.

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-84518-6

ISBN: 978-3-030-84517-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Dec 12, 2021

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Trends, Precipitating Factors and Control of Gun-Related Violence and Suicide in Zimbabwe

Mugari, Ishmael

Pages: 251 –269

[Ordinarily, the main justification for private ownership of a firearm is to enhance the security of a person and property. However, there has been a growing trend of misuse of firearms to commit violent crimes, as well as to commit suicide. Of late, the nation of Zimbabwe has had to grapple with...
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Gun Violence and Homicide in Nigeria and Implications for Ethno-Religious Conflicts

Onwudiwe, Declan Ihekwoaba; Raufu, Abiodun

Pages: 271 –290

[This book chapter focuses on the proliferation of gun violence in Nigeria which has led to the vicious killing of Nigerian citizens in recent decades. While Nigeria has strict gun control laws, ethnic and religious violence predicated on the desire to Islamize Nigeria and dire economic...
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Intimate Partner Gun-Violence (IPGV) in Zambia

Namangala, Phanwell Himulambo

Pages: 291 –305

[Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has increasingly been understood as a public matter and social problem since the 1970s. It refers to interpersonal violence which takes place between members of a couple, regardless of their social group, ethnicity, gender or educational background. IPV manifests...
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Use of Force and Gun Violence in Bangladesh: The Culture of Extrajudicial Killings by the Law Enforcement Agencies of Bangladesh

Talukder, Md. Ishtiaq Ahmed

Pages: 307 –327

[At the beginning of its democratic journey, Bangladesh experienced political turbulence, which saw the jurisdiction introduce laws enabling its law enforcement agencies to use deadly force. As such, the continuous use of force as well as extrajudicial killing, also known as crossfire, has...
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Killing and Letting Die: Depicting the Brazilian Conundrum Between Police Killings and Private Lethal Practices

Dal Santo, Luiz Phelipe

Pages: 329 –348

[Rates of imprisonment have long been used to compare levels of punitiveness among nations. The lower they are, the more tolerant a society is considered to be. Some authors have argued this may be misleading though, since it does not provide us with a full picture of penal practices and their...
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Conclusion

Wallace, Wendell C.

Pages: 349 –354

[For many people, a general rule is that endings are inevitable and often filled with sadness. This book is no exception to the general rule on endings, and as it comes to an end, readers may have a plethora of emotions, including, but not limited to, happiness, enlightenment, surprise and...
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Chapter 17Correction to: Guns, Gun Violence and Gun Homicides

Wallace, Wendell C.

Pages: C1 –C1

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