NCJ Number
163454
Journal
New York Law School Journal of International and Comparative Law Volume: 15 Issue: 2/3 Dated: (1995) Pages: 217-245
Date Published
1995
Length
29 pages
Annotation
This panel of four speakers offered perspectives on the relationship of guns and domestic violence in the United States, Germany, and Canada.
Abstract
The first speaker, then a candidate for New York State Attorney General, discussed how domestic violence is related to the possession of guns, described the consequences of weapons possession in the United States, and concluded that gun possession is about the abuse of power. The Deputy Director of a German criminology institute discussed how family violence has been studied through the use of victim surveys, the findings of new research, and the impact of gun use on domestic violence in Germany. The third speaker gave her perspective as Director of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. The fourth speaker, President of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, a government organization that acts as an advocate for women, described the Council's role in addressing male violence against women and their position that gun control is critical in ending violence against women. Footnotes