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Long-Term Trends in the Sources of Boston Crime Guns

Anthony A. Braga
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences October 2017, 3 (5) 76-95; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.5.04
Anthony A. Braga
aDistinguished Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, a fellow of the American Society of Criminology, a fellow and past president of the Academy of Experimental Criminology, and the 2014 recipient of its Joan McCord Award
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    • EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON ILLEGAL GUN MARKETS
    • GUNS AND SERIOUS GUN VIOLENCE IN BOSTON
    • SOURCES OF CRIME GUNS
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    • TRENDS IN FIREARM RECOVERIES, 1981–2015
    • TRENDS IN KEY TRAFFICKING INDICATORS FOR TRACED HANDGUNS, 1991–2015
    • USING LONGITUDINAL TRACE DATA IN POLICY EVALUATION
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