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Policy Panel: Policing Underground Gun Markets in "Gang" Cities
Thu, Nov 20, 9:30 to 10:50am, Marriott, Salon 13, Lower B2 LevelSession Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel
Abstract
The proximate source for most guns used in crime is not a purchase from a licensed gun dealer, but rather a transaction in the informal (“secondary”) market. The papers in this panel report on the transactions that arm the most dangerous criminals in four cities: Los Angeles, New Orleans, Chicago, and Boston. The papers utilize data from gun-trace data, jail surveys, ethnography, police records, and other sources. Each of the papers consider possible lessons for guiding enforcement strategies directed at the “supply side” of the gun market.
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Individual Presentations
Understanding Underground Gun Markets in Boston - David Hureau, Harvard University; Anthony A. Braga, Rutgers University / Harvard University
Los Angeles' Ammunition Logs Revisited - George Tita, University of California, Irvine; Keramet Reiter, University of California, Irvine
Retail Gun Dealers, Gangs, and Gun Crime in Chicago - Phil Cook, Duke University; Richard Harris, University of Chicago Crime Lab; Jens Ludwig, University of Chicago; Harold Pollack, University of Chicago
Tracking Crime Guns: From Legal Sale to Use in Crime - Charles Wellford, University of Maryland; Michael Wagers, International Association of Chiefs of Police