Reducing gun violence: What works, what doesn't, what's promising

Criminology & Criminal Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-25

  Sherman, Lawrence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ammunition control; background checks; buybacks; gun control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993705138     PISSN: 14668025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466802501001001002     Document Type: Article

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