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1 online resource (xviii, 72 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 |
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text file rdaft http://rdaregistry.info/termList/fileType/1002 |
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Technical report ; TR-512-NIJ |
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-512-NIJ.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-72). |
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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. |
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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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Armes ŕ feu -- Contrôle -- Californie -- Los Angeles.
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Armes ŕ feu -- Possession -- Californie -- Los Angeles.
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Armes ŕ feu -- Industrie -- Californie -- Los Angeles.
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Lois -- Application -- Californie -- Los Angeles.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Terrorism.
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Firearms industry and trade. (OCoLC)fst00925632
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Firearms ownership. (OCoLC)fst00925642
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Gun control. (OCoLC)fst00949382
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Law enforcement. (OCoLC)fst00993931
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California -- Los Angeles.
(OCoLC)fst01204540
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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 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0833044788 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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AU@ 000051528516 |
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CDX 10776093 |
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GBVCP 1008653616 |
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NZ1 14240653 |
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AU@ 000068458885 |
