The “Ferguson effect”, or too many guns?: Exploring violent crime in Chicago

Sherry Towers; Michael White

doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2017.01018.x

The “Ferguson effect”, or too many guns? Exploring violent crime in Chicago

Sherry Towers, Michael White

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President Trump has threatened to “send in the Feds” to reduce violent crime in the USA's third most populous city. But what might explain the increase? Sherry Towers and Michael D. White assess two hypotheses.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	26-29
Number of pages	4
Journal	Significance
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2017.01018.x
State	Published - Apr 1 2017

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