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Prohibited Possessors and the Law: How Inmates in Los Angeles Jails Understand Firearm and Ammunition Regulations
Melissa Barragan, Kelsie Y. Chesnut, Jason Gravel, Natalie A. Pifer, Keramet Reiter, Nicole Sherman, George Tita
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences October 2017, 3 (5) 141-163; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.5.07
Melissa Barragan
aDoctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
Kelsie Y. Chesnut
bDoctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
Jason Gravel
cDoctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
Natalie A. Pifer
dAssistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Rhode Island
Keramet Reiter
eAssistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
Nicole Sherman
fAssistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at California State University, Chico
George Tita
fProfessor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine

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Prohibited Possessors and the Law: How Inmates in Los Angeles Jails Understand Firearm and Ammunition Regulations
Melissa Barragan, Kelsie Y. Chesnut, Jason Gravel, Natalie A. Pifer, Keramet Reiter, Nicole Sherman, George Tita
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Oct 2017, 3 (5) 141-163; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.5.07
Prohibited Possessors and the Law: How Inmates in Los Angeles Jails Understand Firearm and Ammunition Regulations
Melissa Barragan, Kelsie Y. Chesnut, Jason Gravel, Natalie A. Pifer, Keramet Reiter, Nicole Sherman, George Tita
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Oct 2017, 3 (5) 141-163; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2017.3.5.07
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