Gender and Stand Your Ground Laws: A Critical Appraisal of Existing Research

This paper evaluates the existing research on Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws in terms of the extent to which it has accounted for gender. In particular, we address (a) what the available evidence suggests are the gender-based impacts of SYG laws and (b) where, how, and why considerations of gender may...

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Autores principales: Light, Caroline, Thomas, Janae, Yakubovich, Alexa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Symposium Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10209986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37226754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.40
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Sumario:This paper evaluates the existing research on Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws in terms of the extent to which it has accounted for gender. In particular, we address (a) what the available evidence suggests are the gender-based impacts of SYG laws and (b) where, how, and why considerations of gender may be missing in available studies.

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