2002/05/01 by WILLIAM WELLS, William Wells, JULIE HORNEY +1 · 4 citations
Social Sciences · #Crime Patterns and Interventions #Gun Ownership and Violence Research #Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1745-9125.2002.tb00957.x
In order to assess the roles of weapons and offender intentions in the outcomes of potentially violent events, we analyze more than 2,000 incidents described by offenders. We advance the study of weapons effects through a within‐person analysis that lets us control for all time‐stable characteristics of the offenders. Thus, we address the concern that relationships between type of weapon and incident outcome may be spurious because individuals with a greater propensity to do harm are more likely to use guns. Findings indicate that weapons have independent effects that differ across the stages of an event.