Media violence, gun control, and public policy

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 378-389

  Zuckerman, Diana M ^a,b  

^a Planned Parenthood Metropolitan Washington   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; MASS MEDIUM; POLICY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESEARCH; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029929785     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080188     Document Type: Review

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