Armed and considered dangerous: A survey of felons and their firearms (Social institutions and social change)

Pt. 1. The Criminal Acquisition And Use Of Firearms: Gun Crime As A Social Problem -- Characteristics Of The Prisoner Sample -- A Typology Of Criminal Gun Use -- Firearms Ownership And Use -- Growing Up With Guns -- Why Do Criminals Carry Guns? -- Armed Victims -- What Felons Look For In Firearms -- Gun Control And Criminal Gun Use -- Pt. 2. The Felon Survey: Methods, Procedures, Descriptive Data -- Pt. 3. Varieties Of Armed Criminals: A Descriptive Typology: Previous Criminal Histories -- Pt. 4. Patterns Of Weapons Ownership And Use On The Circumstances Of Criminal Violence: Patterns Of Weapons Use, The Conviction Offense -- Additional Details On Weapons-carrying Behavior -- Pt. 5. Family, Friends, And Firearms: The Effects Of Socialization On Felons' Weapons Behavior -- Pt. 6. Motivations To Go Armed: The Motivations Of Nongun Users -- The Importance Of Gun Carrying -- Pt. 7. Confronting The Armed Victim -- Pt. 8. The Criminal As A Firearms Consumer: What Felons Look For In A Handgun -- Pt. 9. Patterns Of Acquisition: Where And How Felons Obtain Guns: Characteristics Of The Criminal-handgun Market -- Where And How Do Felons Obtain Shoulder Weapons? -- Pt. 10. Patterns Of Acquisition: Gun Theft: How Many Crime Guns Are Stolen Guns? -- Who Steals Guns? -- How Many Guns Are Stolen? -- The Commerce In Stolen Firearms -- Pt. 11. Handgun Controls And Weapons Choice: The Substitution Issue: Postrelease Gun Acquisition -- Pt. 12. The Great American Gun War: Some Policy Implications Of The Felon Study: Crime Guns, Quality And Price. James D. Wright And Peter H. Rossi. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 239-242.