An assessment of the intended and unintended consequences of Arizona's self-defense, home protection act

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 327-338

  Chamlin, Mitchell B ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interrupted time series analysis; justifiable homicide; social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907569959     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2013.846227     Document Type: Article

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