Joyce Lee Malcolm is Professor of History at Bentley College and the author of To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right (Harvard).
In addition to presenting the big picture with plenty of detail,
Ms. Malcolm describes some of the more difficult aspects of this
whole debate--changing definitions of crime, unreported crimes,
wavering enthusiasm for strict law enforcement. Altogether she
makes a forceful case, clearly and fairly. Even the most hardened
anti-gunners...will want to read "Guns and Violence", if only to
see what ammunition their opponents now possess.--Kimberley A.
Strassel"Wall Street Journal" (08/06/2002)
In recent decades, much scholarship has been devoted to the history
of crime and violence in England from the Middle Ages to the
present. Joyce Lee Malcolm's lucid volume is a welcome synthesis of
such work and the related factor of gunholding.--Richard M.
Brown"Washington Times" (07/21/2002)
It is refreshing to see a study of the complex issues surrounding
firearms in the UK played with a straight bat...[Malcolm's]
book...breaks new ground in the debate...[and] tackles many of the
myths surround the effectiveness of firearms controls in
England...Well written and very readable. It also provides
ammunition to counter the arguments of those who want to see
Britain turned into a gun-free zone. It is also heartening to see a
respected academic make a contribution to the firearms debate which
is well researched, objective and based on intellectually
sustainable conclusions.--Bill Harriman"Shooting Times & Country
Magazine" (11/21/2002)
Joyce Lee Malcolm brings new evidence that guns reduce violence.
Professor Malcolm's carefully researched book is a study of guns
and violence in England from the Middle Ages through the present
day. When the English were armed to the teeth, violent crime was
rare. Now that the English are disarmed, violent crime has
exploded. Indeed, crime in England is out of control.--Paul Craig
Roberts"Washington Times" (07/30/2002)
Surprisingly, it has taken an American Professor of History to
produce a book that looks at the subject from its origins and takes
us forward to the present day. The quality and nature of the
research is astonishing. Professor Malcolm takes us back to the
Middle Ages to study the state of crime when firearms were not
widely available. Looking to a vast array of records that have
survived, she is able to create the best possible picture of the
state of crime...This book convincingly disposes of so many myths
about English firearms controls that it will have to be read twice
by the doubters amongst remaining gun owners in this
country.--Colin Greenwood"Target Sports" (11/01/2002)
The scholar concerned with the comprehensive study of the right to
bear arms, the extent of gun ownership, and gun control and its
impact on violent crime in a society must certainly read "Guns and
Violence: The English Experience"...Malcolm has written a fine book
on which English gun owners would be able to mount a legitimate
challenge to England's reaction to the government-defined gun
"problem." As for her academic readers, Malcolm has delivered to us
a fine historical and contemporary account of England's
relationship to guns and whether violence does indeed accompany gun
ownership.--Darrell D. Irwin "International Criminal Justice Review
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This book will stimulate renewed discussion and examination of guns
in society...Malcolm's book is highly recommended.--Thomas A.
Karel"Library Journal" (04/15/2002)
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