Rebuilding at gunpoint: A city-level re-estimation of the brady law and RTC laws in the wake of Hurricane Katrina

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-465

  La Valle, James M ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brady Law; Guns; Homicide; Katrina; RTC laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748945756     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403407299931     Document Type: Article

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