Factors affecting a recently purchased handgun's risk for use in crime under circumstances that suggest gun trafficking

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 352-364

  Wright, Mona A ^a   Wintemute, Garen J ^a   Webster, Daniel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Firearms; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMMERCE; CRIME; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954660721     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9437-5     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Hepburn LM, Miller M, Azrael D, Hemenway D. The US gun stock: results from the 2004 national firearms survey. Inj Prev. 2007;13:15-19.
2. Rand MR. Criminal Victimization, 2008. Washington DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; 2009. NCJ 227777.
3. Crime in the United States 2008. Washington DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation; 2009. Available at http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/index.html.
4. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Crime Gun Trace Reports (2000) - National Report. Washington (DC): Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; 2002.
5. Wintemute GJ, Cook PJ, Wright MA. Risk factors among handgun retailers for frequent and disproportionate sales of guns used in violent and firearm related crimes. Inj Prev. 2005;11:357-363.
6. Koper CS. Purchase of multiple firearms as a risk factor for criminal gun use: implications for gun policy and enforcement. Criminol Public Policy. 2005;4:749-778.
7. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Operation snapshot: an analysis of the retail regulated firearms industry. Washington DC: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 2000.
8. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Following the gun: enforcing federal laws against firearms traffickers. Washington DC: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; 2000.
9. Braga AA, Cook PJ, Kennedy DM, Moore MH. The illegal supply of firearms. In: Tonry M, ed. Crime and justice: a review of research. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press; 2002:319-352.
10. Pierce GL, Braga AA, Hyatt RRJ, Koper CS. Characteristics and dynamics of illegal firearms markets: implications for a supply-side enforcement strategy. Justice Q. 2004;21:391-422.
11. Webster DW, Bulzacchelli MT, Zeoli AM, Vernick JS. Effects of undercover police stings on gun dealers on the supply of new guns to criminals. Inj Prev. 2006;12:225-230.
12. Cook PJ, Braga AA. Comprehensive firearms tracing: strategic and investigative uses of new data on firearms markets. Arizona Law Rev. 2001;43:277-309.
13. Wintemute GJ. Disproportionate sales of crime guns among licensed handgun retailers in the United States: a case control study. Inj Prev. 2009;15:291-299.
14. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2008 - Statistical Tables. Washington DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; 2009. NCJ 227471.
15. Violence Prevention Research Program. Handgun commerce in California, 2000. Sacramento, CA: Violence Prevention Research Program; 2004.
16. Wright MA, Wintemute GJ, Claire BE. People and guns involved in denied and completed handgun purchases. Inj Prev. 2005;11:247-250.
17. Bowling M, Lauver G, Hickman M, Adams DB. Background checks for firearm transfers, 2003. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; 2004. NCJ 210117.
18. SAS Institute. SAS system for Windows, version 9.1. Cary, NC: SAS Institute; 2003.
19. Webster DW, Vernick JS, Bulzacchelli MT. Effects of state-level firearm seller accountability policies on firearm trafficking. J Urban Health. 2009;86:525-537.
20. Wintemute GJ. Ring of fire: the handgun makers of Southern California. Sacramento, CA: Violence Prevention Research Program; 1994.
21. Webster D, Vernick J, Hepburn L. Effects of Maryland's law banning "Saturday night special" handguns on homicides. Am J Epidemiol. 2002;55:406-412.
22. Webster DW, Vernick JS, Bulzacchelli MT. Effects of a gun dealer's change in sales practices of the supply of guns to criminals. J Urban Health. 2006;83:778-787.