Battle fatigue: Is public support waning for "war"-centered drug control strategies?

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 380-398

  Lock, Eric D ^a   Timberlake, Jeffrey M ^b   Rasinski, Kenneth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c National Opinion Research Center   (United States)

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EID: 0038173396     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128702048003002     Document Type: Article

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