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Direct linkFrattaroli, Shannon; Teret, Stephen P. – Evaluation Review, 2006
The Maryland Gun Violence Act, enacted into law in 1996, explicitly authorized courts to order batterers to surrender their firearms through civil protective orders. It also vested law enforcement with the explicit authority to remove guns when responding to a domestic violence complaint. In order to assess how these laws were implemented, we…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Family Violence, Gun Control, State Legislation
