Trends in American Gun Ownership (Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship) Review

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(More customer reviews)Legault's "Trends in American Gun Ownership" is an important piece of scholarly work. The book outlines the recent history of gun ownership, and provides an indepth discussion of the question of why household ownership of firearms appears to have declined, and ultimately concludes that reductions in household firearms ownership are not as great as initially assumed, and are driven in part by the changing compositions of American households.
The book is represents a valuable addition to the body of research on firearms in American. It would be an important piece for serious research to purchase, however, the complexity of many of the author's models suggests that the methodological aspects of the book may be challenging for casual readers. In short, the book is an excellent piece of scholarship, but would be more likely enjoyed by those with strong policy or research backgrounds.

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Using data from 16 years of the General Social Surveys, Legault examines changes in HGO over time. A number of hypotheses to explain changes in HGO reporting are evaluated and tested including differential reporting by men and women (Gender Gap), changes in household makeup and population, the urbanization of America, and an actual reduction in overall firearms ownership. These hypotheses are tested using logistic regression, logistic fixed-effects models, and changing parameter models. Results of these tests imply that recent reductions in HGO may not be as pronounced as once thought, and are due to a complex interplay of a variety of demographic changes in the U.S. population.

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