Strategies for Disrupting Illegal Firearms Markets: A Case Study of Los Angeles

By Stanton Davis Kirkham

Book Overview

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 acquisition, use community-based interventions to stem the illegal flow, and use retail ammunition-purchase records in identifying prohibited firearm possessors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833044788
• ISBN13: 9780833044785
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 90 Pages