- Messages
- 17,471
- Reactions
- 36,484
The Last Link: from Gun Acquisition to Criminal Use
"...there is little information available on the duration of the "last link"—the elapsed time from the transaction that actually provided the offender with the gun in question. In this article, we use data from the new Chicago Inmate Survey (CIS) to estimate the duration of the last link."
Newspaper account of the study:
Study: Crime Guns Obtained Illegally Shortly Before Shootings
"...there is little information available on the duration of the "last link"—the elapsed time from the transaction that actually provided the offender with the gun in question. In this article, we use data from the new Chicago Inmate Survey (CIS) to estimate the duration of the last link."
Newspaper account of the study:
Study: Crime Guns Obtained Illegally Shortly Before Shootings