Policy Learning and the Diffusion of Stand-Your-Ground Laws

Politics and Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 347-377

  Butz, Adam M ^a   Fix, Michael P ^b   Mitchell, Joshua L ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Castle Doctrine; Crime; Deadly Force; Firearms; Florida; Gun Policy; Minority Policy; Moral and Social Policy; National Rifle Association; NRA; Policy Diffusion; Policy Learning; Policy Theory; Race and Ethnicity; Racial Politics; Self Defense Policy; Stand Your Ground Laws; United States; Zimmerman Trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930388192     PISSN: 15555623     EISSN: 17471346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/polp.12116     Document Type: Article

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