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The box you pictured is .40 S&W cartridges that have 180 grain bullets that have a full metal jacket (FMJ). As the box says you can use them on the range, for target practice or just plinking. You can also use them for self defense. The military uses FMJ bullets almost exclusively. The rounds you pictured certainly wouldn't do a bad guy any good if you hit them with one.
Now that said, there is ammunition that is DESIGNED for self defense that usually has hollow point bullets or some kind of expanding bullets that is GENERALLY considered BETTER for self defense than FMJ bullets. Because the bullets probably had more developmental work done on them and might be harder to manufacture they are generally more expensive than FMJ bullets and therefore you pay more for a box of those cartridges than the ammunition you pictured.
The premium self defense rounds might also be loaded to get more velocity on the bullets too. This means pushing, but not exceeding, the pressure limits for the cartridge and when you do this you better have tighter quality control to make sure you DON'T exceed the pressure limits and with tighter quality control come a higher price.
There's a lot of generalities in the above statements and if anyone has different view points or more in depth insights I'd certainly concede the above info doesn't apply to every case.
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