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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Duty to Retreat"”.
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Self-defense in the United States: A review of the literature
… the paper exams three major legal doctrines—Duty to Retreat, Castle Doctrine, and Stand Your Ground— and discusses their definitions, histories, legal significance, applied usages and specific study results, and the arguments and controversies surrounding them. The paper then analyzes the …
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Exploring Racial Disparities of Victimization in Three Core Dimensions of Stand Your Ground Law: The Case of Florida
<p>‘Stand Your Ground’ (SYG) laws continue to be a source of controversy, even more so after the shooting death of an unarmed black teen in Florida, Trayvon Martin. Upon abolishing the ‘duty to retreat,’ the law has been criticized for allowing ordinary citizens to carry out vigilante justice. The …