+ 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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+ The Baltimore Youth Ammunition Initiative: A Model Application of Local Public Health Authority in Preventing Gun Violence
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Lewin, Nancy L. / Vernick, Jon S. / Beilenson, Peter L. / Mair, Julie S. / Lindamood, Melisa M. / Teret, Stephen P. / Webster, Daniel W.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Local, Public Health, Supply
- Keywords:
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AMMUNITION, BALTIMORE, Maryland, PUBLIC health, YOUTH & violence
In 2002, the Baltimore City Health Department, the Baltimore Police Department, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research launched the Youth Ammunition Initiative, a program designed to...
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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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+ Risk-taking among adolescents who say they can get a handgun
- Author:
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Vittes, K. A. / Sorenson, S. B.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- J Adolesc Health
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Supply
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, California, Child, Female, Firearms/ statistics & numerical data
The authors analyzed data provided by 5,657 adolescents (12-17 years old) in a supplement to the 2001 California Health Interview Survey. Adolescents were grouped by those who said that they had a handgun...
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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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+ Where the Guns Come From: The Gun Industry and Gun Commerce
- Author:
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Wintemute, Garen J.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- The Future of Children
- Topics:
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Age Group, Legislation and Policy, Supply
- Keywords:
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Commerce, Firearms, Gun Control Laws, Weapons, gun markets
The author examines how the gun industry works in the United States, especially as it actively promotes and makes guns accessible to children. He discusses how markets work, focusing on the lacking regulation...
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+ Reducing homicide: A review of the possibilities
- Author:
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Brookman, F. / Maguire, M.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Crime Law and Social Change
- Topics:
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Alcohol, Domestic Violence, Homicide, International, Prevention, Supply
- Keywords:
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HOMICIDE, PREVENTION, SUPPLY, United Kingdom, illegal possession
Using data from the Homicide Index, international research on homicide, and crime reduction literature, the authors explore the potential for reducing homicide. Four categories of homicide are analyzed...
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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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