The impact of state laws protecting abortion clinics and reproductive rights on crimes against abortion providers: Deterrence, backlash, or neither?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 611-627

  Pridemore, William Alex ^a   Freilich, Joshua D ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Deterrence; Domestic terrorism; Political crime; Violence

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRIME; HYPOTHESIS; ILLEGAL ABORTION; LAW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; TERRORISM; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIME; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; POLITICS; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36348931593     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9078-0     Document Type: Article

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