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Understanding the Underground Gun Market: How Violent Offenders Obtain Guns and Ammunition in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston
Fri, Nov 18, 11:00am to 12:20pm, Hilton, Grand Salon 21, 1st LevelSession Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel
Abstract
As part of a multi-year, multi-city effort to examine underground gun markets in major U.S. cities, the papers in this panel analyze crime guns and their possessors to understand how individuals at high risk for violence are able to obtain firearms in underground markets in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston. Data analyzed includes trace data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), police administrative records, and original data collected in interviews with gun offenders about gun use and access.
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Individual Presentations
Sources of Guns to Dangerous People: Interviews with Gun Offenders in Illinois Prisons - Philip J. Cook, Duke University; Sarah Emmons, University of Chicago Crime Lab; Julia Quinn, University of Chicago Crime Lab
The Social and Passive Nature of Illegal Gun Transactions in Los Angeles - George Tita, University of California, Irvine; Keramet Reiter, University of California, Irvine; Natalie A. Pifer, University of California, Irvine; Jason Gravel, University of California, Irvine; Nicole Sherman, University of California, Irvine; Melissa Barragan, University of California, Irvine; Kelsie Chestnut, University of California, Irvine
Illegal Guns in Boston: Patterns and Policy - David Hureau, SUNY Albany; Anthony A. Braga, Northeastern University
Stolen Guns in the Crime Gun Distribution Chain - Philip J. Cook, Duke University; Sarah Emmons, University of Chicago Crime Lab; Julia Quinn, University of Chicago Crime Lab