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Race, Threat, And Firearms: : Analysis Of State-Level Self-Defense And "Stand Your Ground" Laws, John-Michael Simpson
Race, Threat, And Firearms: : Analysis Of State-Level Self-Defense And "Stand Your Ground" Laws, John-Michael Simpson
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This study explores the expansion of state-level self-defense laws between 2005 and 2010 using a threat theory framework. Unlike prior historical changes in self-defense law, which were largely made through judicial avenues and were localized at the state-level, the recent expansions of self-defense have been driven by state legislatures to produce notable patterns of change, including protections of criminal immunity and codifications of presumption of reasonable fear. Threat theory would predict that the strengthening of informal social controls to use violence in self-defense is a response by the dominant group to perceived threats to power from a subordinate group. In …
Stand-Your-Ground Laws And Housing Insecurity : Boundary-Work And Intersections In Gun Laws And Housing Insecurity, David Zacuto
Stand-Your-Ground Laws And Housing Insecurity : Boundary-Work And Intersections In Gun Laws And Housing Insecurity, David Zacuto
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Despite the strong and sustained public reaction to the passage of self-defense statutes known as Stand Your Ground laws, little existing scholarship exists which seeks to investigate the popularity of such laws, which are now applicable in the majority of American states. Utilizing Census, Housing and Urban Development data as well as a unique dataset constructed by Princeton’s Evictionlab project, I analyze the relationship between the presence or absence of SYG laws and housing security, utilizing data from two states that have such laws and two that do not. Because SYG laws are predicated on the Castle Doctrine and the …