Abortion as crime control: A cautionary tale

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-152

  Chamlin, Mitchell B ^a   Myer, Andrew J ^a   Sanders, Beth A ^b   Cochran, John K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Interrupted time series; Reductionism; Selective incapacitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149101484     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403407310798     Document Type: Article

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