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Gun Trafficking and Violence

From The Global Network to The Local Security Challenge

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Reviews the global issue of gun trafficking and gun violence from academic and practitioner perspectives
  • Identifies key challenges in each region, the lessons learned, and makes policy recommendations
  • Speaks to multiple audiences, including those interested in the study of the relationship between violence and firearms
  • Serves as an important reading for academics, students, and policymakers interested in gun control, gun violence, criminal justice, international relations, and security studies

Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. An Introduction to “Gun Trafficking and Violence: From the Global Network to the Local Security Challenge”

    • David Pérez Esparza, Carlos A. Pérez Ricart, Eugenio Weigend Vargas
    Pages 1-18
  3. The Global Small Arms Trade and Diversions at Transfer

    • Michael Picard, Olena Shumska, Aaron Karp
    Pages 19-49
  4. Gun Violence and Key Challenges in the United States

    • Eugenio Weigend Vargas, Josh Sugarmann, Rukmani Bhatia
    Pages 51-92
  5. Guns in Latin America: Key Challenges from the Most Violent Region on Earth

    • Carlos A. Pérez Ricart, Jerónimo Castillo, Alex Curry, Mónica Serrano
    Pages 93-122
  6. Understanding the Flow of Illegal Weapons in Central America

    • Katherine Aguirre Tobón, Rebecca Peters, Ana Yancy Espinoza-Quirós
    Pages 123-151
  7. A Hidden Time Bomb? Policing Illegal Firearms in Europe

    • Peter Squires, Helen Poole, Jo Chilton, Sarah Watson, Helen Williamson
    Pages 153-187
  8. Africa Armed Violence and the Illicit Arms Trade

    • Brian Wood, Peter Danssaert
    Pages 189-238
  9. Small Firearms in the Pacific: Regionalism and Non-Trafficking

    • Maxwell Presser, Philip Alpers
    Pages 273-294
  10. “Gun Trafficking and Violence: From the Global Network to the Local Security Challenge” Final Remarks

    • David Pérez Esparza, Cathy Haenlein, Florian J. Hetzel
    Pages 295-308
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 309-313

About this book

This edited book addresses the issues of gun trafficking and gun violence across different regions of the world, including the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. It seeks to identify global key trends on gun trafficking and related violence and discuss different enforcement measures. Each chapter is written by teams of distinguished academics and/or experienced practitioners to include practitioner insights and policy proposals on issues related to gun violence and gun trafficking. Chapters offer an overview of violence and recent gun control debates in the regions, enumerate challenges, provide lessons learnt, and recommend policy solutions. An overview of the global small arms trade is provided at the beginning alongside a comparative analysis of common challenges and significant differences across the regions. This book speaks to those in Criminology, International Relations, Public Policy, International Security, Public health andLaw, and to civil society organizations, think tanks, research centers, policy analysts and policy makers involved in gun control debates. 


 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Jill Dando Institute, University College London, London, UK

    David Pérez Esparza

  • División de Estudios Internacionales, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, Mexico

    Carlos A. Pérez Ricart

  • Center for American Progress, Washington DC, USA

    Eugenio Weigend Vargas

About the editors

David Pérez Esparza holds a master’s in Conflict Resolution from the University of Essex, UK, a master’s in Security Science from the University College London (UCL), UK, and a master’s in Public Policy from EGAP, Mexico. With experience as Consultant to the IADB, the UK government, the EU, the UK-RUSI and numerous police agencies, David also holds a PhD in Crime Science from the Faculty of Engineering, UCL, and has co-authored five books on crime and data-driven security.

 

Carlos A. Pérez Ricart is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City. Prior to joining CIDE, he was Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK, where he worked at both the History Faculty and the Latin American Centre, St. Antony’s College. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the Freie Universität Berlin.

 

Eugenio Weigend Vargas is Associate Director for Gun Violence Prevention at the Center for American Progress. His research has focused on preventing arms trafficking and gun violence in the USA and Mexico. He holds a master’s degree from Brown University, USA, and a PhD in Public Policy from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico.


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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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