Police chiefs' perceptions of the regulation of firearms

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Thompson, Amy ^a   Price, James H ^b   Dake, Joseph A ^c   Tatchell, Thomas ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OFFENDER; PERCEPTION; POLICE; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

EID: 33644818412     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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