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- Published online October 1, 2017.
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© 2017 Russell Sage Foundation. Barragan, Melissa, Kelsie Y. Chesnut, Jason Gravel, Natalie A. Pifer, Keramet Reiter, Nicole Sherman, and George Tita. 2017. “Prohibited Possessors and the Law: How Inmates in Los Angeles Jails Understand Firearm and Ammunition Regulations.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 3(5): 141–63. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.5.07. This research was supported by an award from the California Wellness Foundation (2013-054) and the University of Chicago Crime Lab (FP054392). The opinions, findings, and conclusions presented herein reflect those of the authors and not necessarily those of the foundation or the lab. We would also like to thank our participants and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, without whom this research would not have been possible. Direct correspondence to: Melissa Barragan at barragm1@uci.edu, Department of Criminology, Law, and Society, 3304 Social Ecology II, Irvine, CA 92697; Kelsie Y. Chesnut at kchesnut@uci.edu; Jason Gravel at jgravel@uci.edu; Natalie Pifer at npifer@uri.edu; Nicole Sherman at nmsherman@csuchico.edu; Keramet Reiter at reiterk@uci.edu; and George E. Tita at gtita@uc.edu. Open Access Policy: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is an open access journal. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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- Melissa Barragana,
- Kelsie Y. Chesnutb,
- Jason Gravelc,
- Natalie A. Piferd,
- Keramet Reitere,
- Nicole Shermanf and
- George Titag
- aDoctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
- bDoctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
- cDoctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
- dAssistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Rhode Island
- eAssistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
- fAssistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at California State University, Chico
- fProfessor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
- Corresponding authors:
Melissa Barragan, (barragm1{at}uci.edu); Kelsie Y. Chesnut, (kchesnut{at}uci.edu); Jason Gravel, (jgravel{at}uci.edu); Natalie Pifer, (npifer{at}uri.edu); Nicole Sherman, (nmsherman{at}csuchico.edu); Keramet Reiter, (reiterk{at}uci.edu); and George E. Tita, (gtita{at}uc.edu.