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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
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Kelsie Y. Chesnut
bDoctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
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Jason Gravel
cDoctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
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Natalie A. Pifer
dAssistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Rhode Island
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Keramet Reiter
eAssistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
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Nicole Sherman
fAssistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at California State University, Chico
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George Tita
fProfessor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine
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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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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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    • FEDERAL REGULATION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION
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