Weapon ownership and the willingness to respond to threats with violence: The United States and Japan

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-177

  Friday, Paul C ^a   Dussich, John P J ^b   Okada, Takayuki ^d   Yamagami, Akira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b TOKIWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WEAPON;

EID: 0034029912     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X00442003     Document Type: Review

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