Effects of undercover police stings of gun dealers on the supply of new guns to criminals

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 225-230

  Bulzacchelli, M T ^a   Zeoli, A M ^a   Vernick, J S ^a   Webster, Daniel W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CRIME; FIREARM; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CRIME; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747623758     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2006.012120     Document Type: Article

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