The 'Make My Day' Law: Colorado's Experiment in Home Protection

Author:   William Wilbanks
Publisher:   University Press of America
ISBN:  

9780819177759


Pages:   396
Publication Date:   28 May 1990
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   William Wilbanks
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.603kg
ISBN:  

9780819177759


ISBN 10:   081917775
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   28 May 1990
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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...Wilbanks is well qualified to conduct this study. He provides a scholarly analysis of the effect of Colorado's 'Make My Day' law passed in June of 1985...Wilbanks clearly did not begin the project with a preconceived point of view and he produces acareful analysis...The writing style is easy to follow... CHOICE The flawed nature of the 'Make My Day' experiment emerges in bold relief from Wilbanks' study...insightful and penetrating study...Clearly, the book points to numerous interpretive ambiguities inherent in the statute. The Prosecutor The flawed nature of the 'Make My Day' experiment emerges in bold relief from Wilbanks' study...insightful and penetrating study...Clearly, the book points to numerous interpretive ambiguities inherent in the statute. The Prosecutor ...Wilbanks is well qualified to conduct this study. He provides a scholarly analysis of the effect of Colorado's 'Make My Day' law passed in June of 1985...Wilbanks clearly did not begin the project with a preconceived point of view and he produces a careful analysis...The writing style is easy to follow... CHOICE


...Wilbanks is well qualified to conduct this study. He provides a scholarly analysis of the effect of Colorado's 'Make My Day' law passed in June of 1985...Wilbanks clearly did not begin the project with a preconceived point of view and he produces acareful analysis...The writing style is easy to follow... Choice The flawed nature of the 'Make My Day' experiment emerges in bold relief from Wilbanks' study...insightful and penetrating study...Clearly, the book points to numerous interpretive ambiguities inherent in the statute. The Prosecutor The flawed nature of the 'Make My Day' experiment emerges in bold relief from Wilbanks' study...insightful and penetrating study...Clearly, the book points to numerous interpretive ambiguities inherent in the statute. The Prosecutor ...Wilbanks is well qualified to conduct this study. He provides a scholarly analysis of the effect of Colorado's 'Make My Day' law passed in June of 1985...Wilbanks clearly did not begin the project with a preconceived point of view and he produces a careful analysis...The writing style is easy to follow... Choice


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William Wilbanks is Professor of Criminal Justice at Florida International University in Miami. He is also the author of Murder in Miami: An Analysis of Homicide Patterns and Trends in Dade County (Miami) Florida, 1917-1983 (UPA, 1984) and Elderly Criminals (UPA, 1984).

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