100 billion dollars. That is the annual cost of gun violence in America according to the authors of this landmark study, a book destined to change the way Americans view the problem of gun-related violence. Until now researchers have assessed the burden imposed by gunshot injuries and deaths in terms of medical costs and lost productivity. Here, economists Philip Cook and Jens Ludwig widen the lens, developing a framework to calculate the full costs borne by Americans in a society where both gun violence and its ever-present threat mandate responses that touch every aspect of our...
100 billion dollars. That is the annual cost of gun violence in America according to the authors of this landmark study, a book destined to c...
100 billion dollars. That is the annual cost of gun violence in America according to the authors of this landmark study, a book destined to change the way Americans view the problem of gun-related violence. Until now researchers have assessed the burden imposed by gunshot injuries and deaths in terms of medical costs and lost productivity. Here, economists Philip Cook and Jens Ludwig widen the lens, developing a framework to calculate the full costs borne by Americans in a society where both gun violence and its ever-present threat mandate responses that touch every aspect of...
100 billion dollars. That is the annual cost of gun violence in America according to the authors of this landmark study, a book destined to c...
Compared with other developed nations, the United States is unique in its high rates of both gun ownership and murder. Although widespread gun ownership does not have much effect on the overall crime rate, gun use does make criminal violence more lethal and has a unique capacity to terrorize the public. Gun crime accounts for most of the costs of gun violence in the United States, which are on the order of $100 billion per year. But that is not the whole story. Guns also provide recreational benefits and sometimes are used virtuously in fending off or forestalling criminal attacks. Given...
Compared with other developed nations, the United States is unique in its high rates of both gun ownership and murder. Although widespread gun owne...
Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Padagogik - Schulpadagogik, Note: 2,0, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin (Philosophische Fakultat IV), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Inhaltsangabe: Einleitung: Die Moglichkeiten, die die neuen Medien bieten, konnen zu einer Vielfalt im Lernprozess beitragen, die das Aufnehmen und Verarbeiten von Wissen zusatzlich unterstutzen. Es wird weniger das individuelle Lernen erleichtert, als die Gestaltungsmoglichkeiten einer Lernumgebung erweitert. Lernsoftware und andere Computer-Anwendungen erganzen die Palette der Lernmittel. Lehrende konnen sie nutzen,...
Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2002 im Fachbereich Padagogik - Schulpadagogik, Note: 2,0, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin (Philosophische Fakultat IV), Sp...
