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

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• Full Title: Strategies for disrupting illegal firearm markets : a case study of Los Angeles/ Greg Ridgeway [and others] ; supported by the National Institute of Justice.

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Notes

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-72).
• 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.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 9780833044907; 0833044907
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)560505445

Publication Statement

• Place: Santa Monica, CA
• Publisher: RAND Safety and Justice
• Date: 2008

Physical Description

• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 72 pages) :
• Illustrations: illustrations (some color), maps (some color)

Table Of 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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