Intervening in gun markets: An experiment to assess the impact of targeted gun-law messaging

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-109

  Ridgeway, Greg ^a   Braga, Anthony A ^b,c   Tita, George ^d   Pierce, Glenn L ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime guns; Illegal gun markets; Stolen guns

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951727299     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-010-9113-5     Document Type: Article

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