+ The illicit acquisition of firearms by youth and juveniles
- Author:
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Braga, Anthony A. / Kennedy, David M.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Adolescent, Crime, Law Enforcement
- Keywords:
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Children, gun trafficking, young adults
The authors review firearms trafficking investigations (July 1996-December 2008) reported by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on a survey developed by the authors. The focus of the study...
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+ The impact of gun control (Bill C-51) on homicide in Canada
- Author:
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Leenaars, Antoon A. / Lester, David
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Age Group, Homicide, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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Canada, Gun control law, HOMICIDE
The authors review studies of the effects of Canada’s 1977 gun control legislation (Bill C-51) on the overall homicide rate, as well as on the rate of firearm homicide by age group and gender. Then,...
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+ Robberies with guns: Neighborhood factors and the nature of crime
- Author:
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Warner, B. D.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Law Enforcement, Social Science, Urban/Rural
- Keywords:
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ROBBERY
This study compares neighborhood-level predictors of non-commercial robberies committed with guns to predictors of other (non-gun) non-commercial robberies. Extending earlier sociological research on...
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+ Pulling levers focused deterrence strategies and the prevention of gun homicide
- Author:
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Braga AA
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Crime, Ethnicity, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Local
- Keywords:
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Criminal Justice, Deterrence Intervention, Gang, Gun Homicide, Operation Peacekeeper
In the late 1990’s, the City of Stockton, CA implemented “Operation Peacekeeper,” a “pulling levers” focused deterrence intervention designed to reduce gun homicide in the city. This paper describes the...
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+ The prevalence and nature of violent offending by females
- Author:
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Koons-Witt, B. A. / Schram, P. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Ethnicity, Gender
- Keywords:
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Violence, co-offending, gun crime, violent offence
The authors examined the nature and prevalence of violence crimes by females and the relationship between co-offending and type of offense, using National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data...
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+ Self-defense With guns: the Consequences
- Author:
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Southwick Jr, L.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Crime, Gun Carrying, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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CRIME, Victim, guns, self-defense
In this study, uses data from the National Crime Victimization Study to explore the costs and benefits of being armed to criminals and potential victims. The results show that victims who have and use...
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+ Carrying weapons to school for protection: An analysis of the 2001 school crime supplement data
- Author:
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Cao LQ / Zhang Y / He N
- Date:
- 2008
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Gender, Gun Carrying, Students
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Male, Risk Factors, Weapon-carrying
Data on 9,277 school-age youth from the 2001 School Crime Supplement of the National Crime Victimization Survey were analyzed to compare predictors of carrying a gun to school to predictors of carrying...
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+ Prisonization and accounts of gun carrying
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Stretesky, P. B. / Pogrebin, M. / Unnithan, N. P. / Venor, G.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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Gun carrying, Inmate, Violence
The authors interviewed seventy-three inmates incarcerated for gun-related violent crimes in Colorado, and asked them why they thought others carried guns. The two principal reasons given were self-protection...
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+ State background checks and firearms homicides
- Author:
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Ruddell, Rick / Mays, G. Larry
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Homicide, Legislation and Policy, State
- Keywords:
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CRIMINAL law, HOMICIDE, SOCIAL history, UNITED States, Violence
The authors examine the relationship between a state’s background check comprehensiveness (as measured by the Americans for Gun Safety Foundation) and that state’s firearm homicide rate for 1999-2001...
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+ Gun violence and police problem solving: A research note examining alternative data sources
- Author:
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Burruss Jr, George W. / Decker, Scott H.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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Law Enforcement, Local
- Keywords:
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POLICE, Problem Solving, Violence
The authors examined how illegal firearms are seized by the police, using information from the St. Louis Police Department on a random sample of 167 firearms drawn from 3,513. They found that most illegal...
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