Gun cultures or honor cultures? Explaining regional and race differences in weapon carrying

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1357-1378

  Felson, Richard B ^a   Pare, Paul Philippe ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 77953564679     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0310     Document Type: Article

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