National case-control study of homicide offending and gun ownership

Social Problems

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-293

  Kleck, Gary ^a   Hogan, Michael ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033130129     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3097256     Document Type: Article

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