Gun Control in Australia: A Criminological Perspective

Authors

  • Rick Sarre

Keywords:

gun control, gun crime, gun violence, gun safety, gun legislation, firearms control, anti-gun lobby

Abstract

In recent months there has been an upsurge in contributions to the popular press from social commentators insisting that guns make our nation safer. This essay questions these assertions. The paper provides evidence to support a contrary affirmation: that is, in order to have a reduction in gun violence, there needs to be a reduction in the number of guns generally, and a continuation of the legal controls that currently shape firearms policy in Australia.

Author Biography

  • Rick Sarre

    Dr Rick Sarre, LLB, MA, SJD is Professor of Law and Criminal Justice and teaches criminology, criminal law and media law in the School of Law at the University of South Australia. He was educated in Adelaide, Iowa (USA), Ontario (Canada), and Canberra. He currently serves as the President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology. In 1997 he taught criminal justice at Graceland University, Iowa, and in 2004 he spent a semester in the Law Department at Umeå University, Sweden as a Visiting Research Fellow. In 2005 he and Dr Tim Prenzler published The Law of Private Security in Australia (Thomson Reuters, now in its second edition, 2009). His current research is in the fields of bail reform, surveillance science, and security law and practice.

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Published

2023-02-03

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Analytical Essays

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How to Cite

Gun Control in Australia: A Criminological Perspective. (2023). Salus Journal, 3(3), 1-13. https://journals.csu.domains/index.php/salusjournal/article/view/47