Using Quasi-Experiments to Evaluate Firearm Laws

Comment on Britt et al.'s Reassessment of the D.C. Gun Law

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11565166
AutoresDavid Mcdowall (0000-0002-2252-0432, autor correspondente), Colin Loftin, BRIAN WIERSEMA (0000-0003-4026-7888)
Ano1996
Volume30
Fascículo2
Páginas381-391
Data de publicação1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLaw & Society Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3053964
OpenAlexW2063678232
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas3

The strength of research designs is relative. Compared with true experiments, quasi-experimental designs are weak. Compared with cross-sectional designs, they are strong. One can further strengthen inferences from quasi-experiments by examining a broader pattern of data. We agree with Britt, Kleck, and Bordua when they recommend that researchers expand the range of inquiry. We disagree with them when they recommend that researchers restrict it. The District of Columbia study is largely consistent with the available evidence, but it does not prove that restrictive handgun licensing will always reduce firearm deaths

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