Download This PaperWhy the FBI’s Justifiable Homicide Statistics Are a Misleading Measure of Defensive Gun Use
27 U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 505 (2016)
11 Pages Posted: 21 Dec 2015 Last revised: 25 Sep 2017
Date Written: December 19, 2015
Abstract
As part of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports system, the FBI gathers and reports both civilian and police officer justifiable homicide statistics. The methods by which these numbers are gathered make them gross undercounts of the actual legal, defensive homicides by citizens. Furthermore, comparing the civilian justifiable homicide numbers to criminal homicides for public policy cost/benefit analysis understates the crime reducing effects of civilian gun ownership.
Keywords: gun violence
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Cramer, Clayton E., Why the FBI’s Justifiable Homicide Statistics Are a Misleading Measure of Defensive Gun Use (December 19, 2015). 27 U. Fla. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 505 (2016) , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2705913 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2705913
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