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(1988) 21 ANZJ Crim BOOK REVIEWS Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and their Firearms. By James D Wright and Peter H Rossi. Adline de Gruyter, New York (1986). In 1981 I wrote: Another area for research - one which could only be carried out in relation to offenders who have been caught and convicted - concerns the decision-making processes of robbers. What governs their choice of weapon, if a firearm was chosen did this affect the composition of the team, would fears as to greater penalties for firearms robbery operate as a marginal deterrent? (Firearms and Violence in Australian Life, p 144) There are still no Australian answers to such questions, but in Armed and Considered Dangerous the well-known American firearms policy researchers, James Wright and Peter Rossi, begin to provide some answers for the United States. Their methodology was to obtain information by way of self-administered questionnaires from almost 2000 convicted felons serving time in penitentiaries in 11 states. The choice of the sample was largely dictated by the attitudes of state correctional authorities, and even after they had got through the front gate of the prisons the degree of co-operation from staff and inmates
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology – SAGE
Published: Sep 1, 1988
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