The Mass Murder as Quasi-Experiment: The Impact of the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre

Homicide Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-127

  Carcach, Carlos ^a   Mouzos, Jenny ^a   Grabosky, Peter ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84992884044     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767902006002002     Document Type: Article

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