Survey Research and Self-Defense Gun Use: An Explanation of Extreme Overestimates

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Hemenway, David. “Survey Research and Self-Defense Gun Use: An Explanation of Extreme Overestimates”. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), vol. 87, no. 4, 1997, p. 1430, https://doi.org/10.2307/1144020.
Hemenway, D. (1997). Survey Research and Self-Defense Gun Use: An Explanation of Extreme Overestimates. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-), 87(4), 1430. https://doi.org/10.2307/1144020
Hemenway D. Survey Research and Self-Defense Gun Use: An Explanation of Extreme Overestimates. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-). 1997;87(4):1430.
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Medicine: Medicine (General)11
Medicine: Public aspects of medicine8
Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene7
Medicine: Internal medicine: Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid4
Medicine: Internal medicine3
Social Sciences: Economic theory. Demography: Economics as a science3
Social Sciences: Industries. Land use. Labor3
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Social Sciences: Sociology (General)2
Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions2
Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical philosophy. Medical ethics2
Law: Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence: Comparative law. International uniform law: Medical legislation2
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Political science: Political institutions and public administration (General)1
Social Sciences: Industries. Land use. Labor: Management. Industrial management1
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Philosophy. Psychology. Religion: Psychology1
Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system: Psychiatry1
Medicine: Surgery1
Technology: Manufactures: Production management. Operations management1
Social Sciences: Commerce: Business: Personnel management. Employment management1
Language and Literature: Philology. Linguistics: Communication. Mass media1
Political science1
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