+ The supply and demand for guns to juveniles: Oakland's gun tracing project
- Author:
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Calhoun, D. / Dodge, A. C. / Journel, C. S. / Zahnd, E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Urban Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Local, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, California, Crime/statistics & numerical data, Firearms/ legislation & jurisprudence, Program Evaluation
Using police records and gun sale/registration information, data were collected for all gun crimes committed in Oakland, California between 1998 and 1999 in which a juvenile was either the suspect...
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+ People and guns involved in denied and completed handgun sales
- Author:
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Wright, M. A. / Wintemute, G. J. / Claire, B. E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, State, Supply
- Keywords:
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AMMUNITION, PISTOLS, UNITED States, Violence
Using data on handgun sales and denials in California from 1998 to 2000, the authors found that compared with handguns in completed sales, handguns in denied sales were more like guns used in crime. They...
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+ Guns and juvenile crime
- Author:
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Mocan, H. N. / Tekin, E.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Law & Economics
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Supply
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Gun availability, Victimization
Data from two waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were used in an investigation of the effect of gun availability at home on robbery, burglary, theft, and property...
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+ From gunstore to smoking gun: tracking guns that kill children in North Carolina
- Author:
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Campbell BT / Radisch DL / Phillips JD / von Allmen D
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- J Pediatr Surg
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, Homicide, State, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, Suicide, pediatric death, retail sale, time-to-crime
The authors examined the incidence of firearm deaths among all children younger than 14 years in North Carolina from January 1999 through December 2002 and estimated the time between the guns’ retail...
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+ 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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+ Purchase of Multiple Firearms as a Risk Factor for Criminal Gun Use: Implications for Gun Policy and Enforcement
- Author:
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Koper, Christopher S.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Criminology & Public Policy
- Topics:
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Crime, Law Enforcement, Local, State, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Crime Prevention, GUN control, Law Enforcement, One-Gun-A-Month, PURCHASING
Data from the Maryland State Police registry of handgun sales from 1990 to September 1996 were linked to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) database in an investigation...
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+ Guns and crime
- Author:
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Moody, C. E. / Marvell, T. B.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Southern Economic Journal
- Topics:
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Crime, State, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Availability, CRIME, General Social Survey, UNITED States
The authors use state level data for 1977-1998 and conclude that gun availability has a negligible effect on any type of crime, including homicide.
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+ Risk factors among handgun retailers for frequent and disproportionate sales of guns used in violent and firearm related crimes
- Author:
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Wintemute, G. J. / Cook, P. J. / Wright, M. A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Crime, State, Supply
- Keywords:
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CRIME, California, PISTOLS, RETAIL trade, Violence
Licensed gun retailers in California selling at least 100 handguns annually between 1996 and 2000 accounted for 11.7% of all California retailers with handgun sales, 81.5% of handgun sales, and 85.5%...
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+ The crime drop in America: an exploration of some recent crime trends
- Author:
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Blumstein, Alfred
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology & Crime Prevention
- Topics:
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Crime, Gun Carrying, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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DRUG traffic, GUN control, IMPRISONMENT, MURDER, ROBBERY
The author examined data from the annual Federal Bureau of Investigation annual volume Crime in the United States, a compilation based on crimes reported by the police. Between 1993 and 2000 the United...
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+ Effects of undercover police stings of gun dealers on the supply of new guns to criminals
- Author:
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Webster, D. W. / Bulzacchelli, M. I. / Zeoli, A. M. / Vernick, J. S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Crime, Law Enforcement, Local, Supply
- Keywords:
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FIREARMS accidents, MEDICAL care, MULTIVARIATE analysis, POLICE, Wounds & Injuries
The authors used data from the results of traces by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms of guns recovered in criminal investigations between July 1, 1996 and December 31, 2002 in six study...
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+ Effects of a gun dealer's change in sales practices on the supply of guns to criminals
- Author:
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Webster, D. W. / Vernick, J. S. / Bulzacchelli, M. I.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- J Urban Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Crime, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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CRIME, Firearms/ economics, Licensure, Marketing, UNITED States
On May 10, 1999, a single gun store that had sold more than half of the guns recovered from criminals in Milwaukee, WI shortly following retail sale, stopped selling small, inexpensive handguns popular...
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