Harcourt, Bernard E.,  1963- <br/><br/>
Language of the gun  youth, crime, and public policy /  [electronic resource] : 
Bernard E. Harcourt. 
 - Chicago, [Ill.] ;  London :  University of Chicago Press,  2006. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 278 p.) :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> The author recounts interviews with youths in an all-male correctional facility, exploring how they talk about guns and what meanings they ascribe to them in an attempt to understand some of the assumptions implicit in current handgun policies. He redraws the relationships among empirical research, law, and public policy. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226316079  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catalina Mountain School.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Juvenile delinquents--Attitudes.--Arizona--Tucson<br/>Firearms--Social aspects.<br/>Youth and violence.<br/>Firearms and crime.<br/>Firearms ownership--United States.<br/>Gun control--United States.<br/>Social sciences--Philosophy.<br/>Politics and Government.<br/>United States of America, USA.<br/>Society & culture: general.<br/>Violence in society.<br/>Sociology & anthropology.<br/>Jurisprudence & general issues.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV9105.A68  / H37 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.60835