TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - What do CDC's surveys say about the frequency of defensive gun uses?
JO  - Social Science Research Network electronic library
A1  - Kleck, Gary D.
SP  - e3194685
EP  - e3194685
VL  - 2018
IS  - 
N2  - In 1996, 1997, and 1998, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted large-scale surveys asking about defensive gun use (DGU) in four to seven states. Analysis of the raw data allows the estimation of the prevalence of DGU for those areas. Data pertaining to the same sets of states from the 1993 National Self-Defense Survey (Kleck and Gertz 1995) allow these results to be extrapolated to the U.S. as a whole. CDC's survey data confirm previous high estimates of DGU prevalence, disconfirm estimates derived from the National Crime Victimization Survey, and indicate that defensive uses of guns by crime victims are far more common than offensive uses by criminals. CDC has never reported these results.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1556-5068
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3194685
ID  - ref1
ER  -