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

dc.contributor.advisor	Selva, Lance	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Harrington, Daniel Durell	en_US
dc.contributor.committeemember	Montgomery, Michael	en_US
dc.contributor.committeemember	Shulman, William	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Criminal Justice Administration	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-02T18:56:59Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-02T18:56:59Z
dc.date.issued	2013-11-14	en_US
dc.description.abstract	In 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.degree	M.C.A.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/3611
dc.publisher	Middle Tennessee State University	en_US
dc.subject.umi	Criminology	en_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantor	Middle Tennessee State University	en_US
dc.thesis.degreelevel	Masters	en_US
dc.title	STANDING YOUR GROUND IN TENNESSEE: EXPLAINING THE EXPANSION OF A NATIONAL SELF-DEFENSE TREND IN TENNESSEE LAW	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US

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