Reducing Gun Violence: The Boston Gun Project's Operation Ceasefire
@inproceedings{Braga2004ReducingGV,
title={Reducing Gun Violence: The Boston Gun Project's Operation Ceasefire},
author={Anthony A. Braga and Anne Morrison Piehl and David Michael Kennedy},
year={2004}
}No Paper Link Available
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