| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 72 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Series |
Technical report ; TR-512-NIJ |
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-512-NIJ.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-72). |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Development of the Firearms Trace Pattern Analysis Software -- New Gun-Buyer-Notification Program -- The Criminal Purchase of Firearm Ammunition -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Data Dictionary of Variables Incorporated in the FTPA System -- Appendix B: Trafficking and Suspicious-Behavior Indicators in the FTPA System -- Appendix C: Database-Query and Information-Request Form -- Appendix D: Letter to City of Los Angeles Gun Buyers. |
| Summary |
In 2001, with the support of a grant from the National Institute of Justice, RAND initiated a research and program-development effort to understand the nature of illegal gun markets operating in the city of Los Angeles, California. The primary goal of this project was to determine whether a data-driven, problem-solving approach could yield new interventions aimed at disrupting the workings of local, illegal gun markets serving criminals, gang members, and juveniles in Los Angeles. The authors created a new software tool to help law enforcement analyze patterns in crime-gun data and identify and trace illicit pathways by which criminals acquire guns. Second, the findings were incorporated into an interagency working-group process that developed a community-based intervention designed to disrupt the illegal flow of guns to Los Angeles-area criminals; this intervention may had an impact on straw purchasing. Key participants in the working group included the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Los Angeles Police Department; the U.S. Attorney's Office; state and city prosecutors; academics; and other criminal-justice agencies. Finally, they assessed the utility of retail ammunition-purchase records in identifying prohibited firearm possessors, recommending a cost-benefit analysis on this measure. |
| Subject |
Gun control -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Firearms ownership -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Firearms industry and trade -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Illegal arms transfers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Prevention.
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Law enforcement -- California -- Los Angeles.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism.
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| Added Author |
Ridgeway, Greg, 1973-
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National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Strategies for disrupting illegal firearms markets. 9780833044785 (DLC) 2008018653 (OCoLC)226659582 |
| ISBN |
9780833044907 (electronic bk.) |
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0833044907 (electronic bk.) |
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9780833044785 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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0833044788 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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