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

by National Institute of Justice, Ridgeway, Greg

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Summary

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. 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.

Titles

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.

Identifiers

Isbns: 9780833044785; 0833044788; 0833044907; 9780833044907
Doi: 10.7249/tr512nij
Oclc Number: (OCoLC)1030356803

Publication Statement

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

Physical Description

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 72 Seiten)

Summary

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.
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.