STANDING YOUR GROUND IN TENNESSEE: EXPLAINING THE EXPANSION OF A NATIONAL SELF-DEFENSE TREND IN TENNESSEE LAW

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dc.contributor.advisorSelva, Lanceen_US
dc.contributor.authorHarrington, Daniel Durellen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberMontgomery, Michaelen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberShulman, Williamen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminal Justice Administrationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-02T18:56:59Z
dc.date.available2014-06-02T18:56:59Z
dc.date.issued2013-11-14en_US
dc.description.abstractIn the last two decades a legal trend known as "Stand Your Ground" has emerged, serving to expand on an English common law rule known as the "Castle doctrine." Stand Your Ground laws negate the Castle doctrine's central concept of a "duty to retreat" before the use of lethal force to protect oneself. This thesis will compare national laws, court cases, and trends to Tennessee and examine if "Stand Your Ground" laws have been found to affect violent crime and homicides.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.C.A.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3611
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subject.umiCriminologyen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelMastersen_US
dc.titleSTANDING YOUR GROUND IN TENNESSEE: EXPLAINING THE EXPANSION OF A NATIONAL SELF-DEFENSE TREND IN TENNESSEE LAWen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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