Have gun will shoot? Weapon instrumentality, intent, and the violent escalation of conflict

Homicide Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-294

  Phillips, Scott ^a   Maume, Michael O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Guns; Intent; Violence; Weapon instrumentality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848883397     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767907306507     Document Type: Article

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