Cook, Philip J & Ludwig, Jens.

This study aims to quantify the social costs of gun violence in order to help policy makers determine how many and which violence programmes to support. The authors offer detailed information about how the burden of gun violence is distributed in the US. Drawing upon this data, the book draws out the important implications for public policy. The burden of gun violence in America is valued at about 100 billion dollars annually, and this heavy cost is distributed much more evenly over the population than the victimization statistics would suggest.