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100			_aAdams, Alexander
240			_aCriminal Justice Review / _hDec 2023
245			_aNo retreat: _bThe impacts of stand your ground laws on violent crime / _cAlexander Adams
300			_aVol. 48 (4) pages 417-436 : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
500			_aAbstract Since the early 1990s, 27 states passed statutes known as "stand your ground laws" to give legal protection to citizens who use lethal force in self-defense, and 8 states have acted as de facto stand your ground states due to court rulings. Proponents of these laws believe they act as a criminal deterrent while opponents say they legitimize vigilantism. The aim of this paper is to determine whether there is a relationship between stand your ground laws and crime. Data from fixed effects and negative binomial regression models from 1980-2018 find no strong relationship between stand your ground laws and crime in either direction. Policy implications are discussed, namely, the primary costs and benefits of these laws are not likely to stem from increases or decreases in crime but rather the legal and ethical consequences of increasing protections for civilians who act in self-defense.
650			_aStand your ground
650			_aviolent crime
650			_agun control
650			_afirearms
650			_ahomicide
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