Explaining citizens’ attitudes toward pornography: Differential effects of predictors across levels of geographic proximity to outlet sources

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 735-763

  Tibbetts, Stephen G ^a   Blankenship, Michael B ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 26444555940     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418829900094351     Document Type: Article

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