Attitudes toward gun control laws: exploring relationships in recent gathered data
Recently, empirical attention has been directed toward understanding public opinion about gun control laws. Despite this focus, three gaps are evident in extant scholarship. First, few current examinations have relied on recently collected, national data to explore predictors of public attitudes. Se...
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ndltd-fau.edu-oai-fau.digital.flvc.org-fau_40102019-07-04T03:54:39Z Attitudes toward gun control laws: exploring relationships in recent gathered data Borkowski, Elizabeth. Text Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Florida Atlantic University English x, 68 p. : ill. electronic Recently, empirical attention has been directed toward understanding public opinion about gun control laws. Despite this focus, three gaps are evident in extant scholarship. First, few current examinations have relied on recently collected, national data to explore predictors of public attitudes. Second, relatively little work systematically investigates whether type of weapon bans (e.g. handgun versus semi-automatic weapon) affects public support for a given gun control initiative. Third, and importantly, the general focus in prediction support for gun control measures has been on social and demographic factors. Little is known from a theoretical perspective about how other variables - such as knowledge of Constitutinal issues or perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court - affect public attitudes toward gun control. Using national poll data collected in 2011 by Time magazine, this study addresses these research gaps by estimating several logistic regression analyses. Research and policy implications are discussed. by Elizabeth Borkowski. Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. Includes bibliography. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Reader. Gun control--Political aspects United States Gun control--Political aspects--United States Gun control--Social aspects United States Gun control--Social aspects--United States Gun control--Statistics United States Gun control--United States--Statistics Firearms--Law and legislation United States Firearms--Law and legislation--United States FIrearms ownership--Social aspects United States FIrearms ownership--United States--Social aspects Firearms and crime--Public opinion United States Firearms and crime--United States--Public opinion http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358285 827546995 3358285 FADT3358285 fau:4010 College for Design and Social Inquiry School of Criminology and Criminal Justice http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A4010/datastream/TN/view/Attitudes%20toward%20gun%20control%20laws.jpg |
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Recently, empirical attention has been directed toward understanding public opinion about gun control laws. Despite this focus, three gaps are evident in extant scholarship. First, few current examinations have relied on recently collected, national data to explore predictors of public attitudes. Second, relatively little work systematically investigates whether type of weapon bans (e.g. handgun versus semi-automatic weapon) affects public support for a given gun control initiative. Third, and importantly, the general focus in prediction support for gun control measures has been on social and demographic factors. Little is known from a theoretical perspective about how other variables - such as knowledge of Constitutinal issues or perceptions of the U.S. Supreme Court - affect public attitudes toward gun control. Using national poll data collected in 2011 by Time magazine, this study addresses these research gaps by estimating several logistic regression analyses. Research and policy implications are discussed. === by Elizabeth Borkowski. === Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. === Includes bibliography. === Mode of access: World Wide Web. === System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
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