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Identifier	Thesis 2164
Author	Miles, Brandon Scott, 1984-
Title	A study of pistol permits across Connecticut
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2011; *
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	In Connecticut, a valid state issued pistol permit allows residents to legally own, operate, and conceal a handgun. Much of the previous research investigating pistol permits examines aggregate level characteristics and focuses on handgun concealment. These studies are taken as a foundation and also provide the methodological frame work for the current study. Previous hypotheses investigating pistol permits are revisited and tested using aggregate level proxies for crime, socioeconomic status, race, and gun culture. Correlation matrices and regression models were generated in order to measure the relationship between pistol permits and established indicators. Correlates for pistol permits in Connecticut appear to be consistent with previous research in Louisiana (2004) and North Carolina (2010). Crime rates, race and conservative measures were all found to be significantly related to pistol permit rates. Median income is not correlated with pistol permit rates. Any issues concerning multicollinearity were controlled for before testing multiple regression models. Subsequent analyses revealed four significant predictors: overall crime rate (negative and significant), median income (negative and significant), ratio of Republican to Democrat voters (positive and significant), and the percent change in minorities (positive and significant). This model explains approximately 37% of the variance in pistol permit rates across Connecticut. Because scholars have used similar demographic and social indicators to predict permitting rates, the current analysis of Connecticut is useful in determining whether or not to those indicators hold true across regions. Also, this research is advantageous for political and private affiliations that support or oppose gun policies that affect owning a handgun in Connecticut.
Subject	Pistols -- Law and legislation -- Connecticut
Department	Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Advisor	Costanza, S. E.
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	804653135
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