Using quasi-experiments to evaluate firearm laws: Comment on Britt et al.'s reassessment of the D.C. gun law

Law and Society Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 381-391

  McDowall, David ^b   Wiersema, Brian ^b   Loftin, Colin ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040749805     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3053964     Document Type: Article

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