- Disrupting Illegal Firearms Markets in Boston: The Effects of Operation Ceasefire on the Supply of New Handguns to Criminals
- Author:
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Pierce, Glenn L. / Braga, Anthony A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Criminology & Public Policy
- Topics:
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Crime, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Local, Supply, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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CRIMINALS, PREVENTION, Supply Reduction, Violence, gun crime
In 1995, the Boston Gun Project began and, on May 15, 1996, “Operation Ceasefire” was implemented. One of the two main elements of the Ceasefire initiative was a direct law-enforcement...
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