Deterrence, Firearm Arrests, and Subsequent Shootings: A Micro-Level Spatio-Temporal Analysis

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 524-545

  Wyant, Brian R ^a   Taylor, Ralph B ^b   Ratcliffe, Jerry H ^b   Wood, Jennifer ^b  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

deterrence; firearm violence; policing; space time clustering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864624036     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.576689     Document Type: Article

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