Strategies for disrupting illegal firearm markets : a case study of Los Angeles / / Greg Ridgeway ... [et al.] ; supported by the National Institute of Justice

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910220104403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Safety and Justice, 2008
• ISBN: 1-282-28261-1; 9786612282614; 0-8330-4490-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (91 p.)
• Collana: Technical report ; ; TR-512-NIJ
• Altri autori (Persone): RidgewayGreg <1973->
• Disciplina: 363.3309794/94
• Soggetti: 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
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [67]-72).
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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