Strategies for disrupting illegal firearm markets : a case study of Los Angeles

Strategies for disrupting illegal firearm markets a case study of Los Angeles

Could a data-driven, problem-solving approach yield new interventions to disrupt local, illegal gun markets serving criminals, gang members, and juveniles in Los Angeles? Law enforcement can analyze patterns in crime-gun data to trace illicit firearm acqu

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (-)
Other Authors: Ridgeway, Greg, 1973- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Safety and Justice 2008.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-512-NIJ.
Subjects:
Gun control > California > Los Angeles.
Firearms ownership > California > Los Angeles.
Firearms industry and trade > California > Los Angeles.
Illegal arms transfers > California > Los Angeles > Prevention.
Law enforcement > California > Los Angeles.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433269106719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Disrupting Illegal Firearm Markets; Legislation Related to Firearm Sales and Crime-Gun Investigations; Legal and Illegal Firearm Commerce; The Prospects of Supply-Side Enforcement; Illegal Gun-Market Interventions; Accomplishments of the Los Angeles Case Study; Organization of This Report; Chapter Two - Development of the Firearms Trace Pattern Analysis Software; Introduction; Background: ATF's Current Firearm-Tracing System; The Firearms Trace Pattern Analysis Software Tool
  • The Southern California Regional Crime Gun Center (SCRCGC): The Crime-Analysis and Dissemination Process Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Three - New Gun-Buyer-Notification Program; Introduction; Gun Violence in LAPD's 77th Street Area; The Source of Illegal Guns Recovered in the 77th Street Area; The Letter-Campaign Intervention; Results; Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Four - The Criminal Purchase of Firearm Ammunition; Introduction; Background; Regulating Ammunition Sales and Screening Ammunition Purchasers; Data; Results; Summary and Conclusions; Chapter Five - Conclusions
  • Appendix A - Data Dictionary of Variables Incorporated in the FTPA SystemAppendix 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

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