February 1, 1987Criminology

Collective Security and the Ownership of Firearms for Protection

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RYRobert L. YoungThe University of Texas at Arlington DMDavid McDowallAlbany State University CLColin LoftinUniversity at Albany, State University of New York

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This paper examines the hypothesis that people purchase firearms for protection when confidence in collective institutions of justice and security declines. Analysis of survey data from Detroit indicates that gun ownership for protection is inversely related to confidence in the police and in the courts, and that these relationships are independent of demographic and socioeconomic variables and fear of crime.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab39823d80422953829d403 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1987.tb00788.x

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