Gender and Firearms: My Body, My Choice, My Gun

Private gun ownership for self-defence remains a major issue in the US, driven by concerns about crime, vulnerability and ideological factors including race and gender. This book explores the changing gendered aspects of gun ownership.

Peter Squires is a Professor (Emeritus) of Criminology & Public Policy at the University of Brighton, UK. His research interests include gun crime and gun control; youth crime and disorder; anti-social behaviour; weapons, crime, and violence; community safety; crime prevention; surveillance and policing. He is the author of Gun Culture or Gun Control: Firearms, Violence and Society (Routledge, 2000) and Gun Crime in Global Contexts (Routledge, 2014), Rethinking Knife Crime (2021) and co-author of Shooting to Kill: Policing Firearms and Armed Response (2010) and several other books.