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Does Strengthening Self-Defense Law Deter Crime or Escalate Violence?

Evidence from Expansions to Castle Doctrine

Cheng Cheng and Mark Hoekstra
Journal of Human Resources, July 2013, 48 (3) 821-854; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.3.821
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vol. 48 no. 3 821-854
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.3.821
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University of Wisconsin Press
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0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received December 1, 2012
  • Accepted December 1, 2012
  • Published online September 9, 2013.
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