skorpion
04-26-2013, 11:49 AM
I'm finishing up my last semester before I finally graduate college after 5 years and receive my bachelor's degree. I'm working on my last 13 credit hours, and one of those credit hours is an individual study deal where I have to complete 15 critical reviews on the topic of gun control/gun statistics (topic was my choice). The critical reviews have to be based on scholarly articles/studies and must involve statistics and the author must be named.
Actually doing the critical reviews is easy, as all I do is fill in the blanks on the shell (it asks for citation, author background, purpose of the article, problem, theory, design (observation, questionnaire, survey, etc.), and data (sample size) . The hard part is finding good studies with statistics and well-defined sample sizes for said statistics. I have 7 out of the 15 required reviews done. I just need to find more studies. Anything ya'll have buried in your bookmarks that I could borrow? Thanks a bunch in advance.
Here are the ones I've used already:
R. Lott, Jr., and David B. Mustard. (1997). Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns. Journal of Legal Studies, 26-1, 1-42.
Allina D. Lee, Ronald J. Frandsen, Gene A. Lauver, Dave Naglich (2013). Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2010. The Bureau of Justice Statistics, NCJ 238226, 1-17
Andrew Leigh and Christine Neill (2010). Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data. [Electronic Version]. The Australian National University, 1-49.
Christopher Koper (2004). Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994-2003. [Electronic Version]. National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 204431, 1-114.
Greg Ridgeway, Ph.D (2013). Summary of Select Firearm Violence Prevention Strategies. [Electronic Version]. National Institute of Justice, 1-9.
Clayton Cramer and David Burnett (2012). Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens. [Electronic Version]. The Cato Institute, 2012 1-60.
Jeffrey Roth and Christopher Koper (1999). Impacts of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban: 1994–96 [Electronic Version]. National Institute of Justice Research in Brief, March 1999, 1-12.
Actually doing the critical reviews is easy, as all I do is fill in the blanks on the shell (it asks for citation, author background, purpose of the article, problem, theory, design (observation, questionnaire, survey, etc.), and data (sample size) . The hard part is finding good studies with statistics and well-defined sample sizes for said statistics. I have 7 out of the 15 required reviews done. I just need to find more studies. Anything ya'll have buried in your bookmarks that I could borrow? Thanks a bunch in advance.
Here are the ones I've used already:
R. Lott, Jr., and David B. Mustard. (1997). Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns. Journal of Legal Studies, 26-1, 1-42.
Allina D. Lee, Ronald J. Frandsen, Gene A. Lauver, Dave Naglich (2013). Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2010. The Bureau of Justice Statistics, NCJ 238226, 1-17
Andrew Leigh and Christine Neill (2010). Do Gun Buybacks Save Lives? Evidence from Panel Data. [Electronic Version]. The Australian National University, 1-49.
Christopher Koper (2004). Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994-2003. [Electronic Version]. National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 204431, 1-114.
Greg Ridgeway, Ph.D (2013). Summary of Select Firearm Violence Prevention Strategies. [Electronic Version]. National Institute of Justice, 1-9.
Clayton Cramer and David Burnett (2012). Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens. [Electronic Version]. The Cato Institute, 2012 1-60.
Jeffrey Roth and Christopher Koper (1999). Impacts of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban: 1994–96 [Electronic Version]. National Institute of Justice Research in Brief, March 1999, 1-12.