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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-dri...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
Otros Autores: Ridgeway, Greg, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Safety and Justice, 2008.
Colección:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-512-NIJ.
Temas:
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.
Armes à feu > Contrôle > Californie > Los Angeles.
Armes à feu > Possession > Californie > Los Angeles.
Armes à feu > Industrie > Californie > Los Angeles.
Lois > Application > Californie > Los Angeles.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Terrorism.
Illegal arms transfers > Prevention
Firearms industry and trade.
Firearms ownership.
Gun control.
Law enforcement.
California > Los Angeles.
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 72 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-72).
ISBN:9780833044907
0833044907

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