Police crackdowns on illegal gun carrying: A systematic review of their impact on gun crime

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-261

  Koper, Christopher S ^a   Mayo Wilson, Evan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campbell Collaboration; Crackdowns; Firearms; Guns; Patrol; Policing; Systematic review; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746904725     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-006-9005-x     Document Type: Review

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