دانلود کتاب Gun Trafficking and Violence: From The Global Network to The Local Security Challenge

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Acknowledgments
Praise for Gun Trafficking and Violence
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 An Introduction to “Gun Trafficking and Violence: From the Global Network to the Local Security Challenge”
1.1 Introduction to the Edited Volume
1.2 Book Structure
2 The Global Small Arms Trade and Diversions at Transfer
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Small Arms Trade in Brief
2.2.1 Arms Trade Statistics: Vital Context
2.2.2 Small Arms Trade Statistics: Strengths and Weaknesses
2.2.3 Tales from the Data Quarry
2.3 American Small Arms Exports and Diversion
2.4 Diversions in the Transfer Process
2.5 Insights from Post-Soviet Countries
2.5.1 Russia to Syria (2012)
2.5.2 Ukraine to South Sudan (2014)
2.5.3 Belarus to Libya (2014)
2.6 Conclusion
References
3 Gun Violence and Key Challenges in the United States
3.1 Introduction
3.2 How Gun Violence Manifests in the United States
3.2.1 Gun suicides
3.2.2 Gun homicides
3.2.3 Mass shootings
3.2.4 Unintentional Shootings
3.2.5 Gun injuries
3.2.6 School Shootings
3.2.7 U.S. Firearms Abroad
3.3 High Inventory and Gun Ownership
3.4 Addressing Gun Violence Through Effective Policy
3.4.1 Eligibility to Possess Firearms
3.4.2 Background Checks
3.4.3 Addressing Background Check Gaps
3.4.4 Restrictions on Specific Weapons
3.4.5 Extreme Risk Protection Orders
3.4.6 Safe Storage and Child Access Prevention Laws
3.4.7 Local Interventions
3.4.8 Restrictions on Gun Violence Research
3.4.9 Gun Industry Regulation
3.4.10 Concealed Carry
3.4.11 Stand Your Ground
3.5 The NRA and the Firearms Industry
3.6 Conclusions and Lessons
References
4 Guns in Latin America: Key Challenges from the Most Violent Region on Earth
4.1 Introductions
4.2 Background to the Security Challenge in the Region
4.3 Key Security Challenges in the Region and Key Lessons Learnt
4.3.1 Gun Trafficking Due to Institutional Corruption
4.3.1.1 Lessons Learnt
4.3.2 Smuggling of Small Quantities of Guns, their Parts, and Components
4.3.2.1 Lessons Learnt
4.3.3 The Possession of Illegal Guns by Non-state Actors
4.3.3.1 Lesson Learnt
4.4 Specific Policy Recommendations
4.4.1 Where Are the Hot Spots?
4.4.2 Toward a Strategy of Effective Marking, Record-Keeping, and Tracing Policy for Guns
4.5 Conclusion
References
5 Understanding the Flow of Illegal Weapons in Central America
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Problem
5.2.1 Figures for the Most Violent Region of the World
5.2.2 The Scale and Characteristics of the Illegal Firearms Market in Central America
5.2.3 Main Sources of Illegal Firearms in Central America
5.2.3.1 Remnants of Civil Wars
5.2.3.2 U.S. Flows to Mexico and Central America
5.2.3.3 Leakage from Official Stockpiles: Robberies and Actions by Corrupt Agents
5.2.3.4 Diversion from Private Security Companies
5.2.3.5 Misuse of Legal Documentation
5.2.3.6 Organized Crime and Firearms
5.3 Strategies to Reduce Illicit Arms Trafficking in Central America
5.4 Discussion and Conclusions
References
6 A Hidden Time Bomb? Policing Illegal Firearms in Europe
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The European Context: Rates of Firearm Possession and Firearm Fatalities
6.3 Major Security Challenges and Social Harms
6.4 Lessons Learned and Policy Recommendations
6.5 Conclusions
References
7 Africa Armed Violence and the Illicit Arms Trade
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Patterns of Armed Violence
7.2.1 Armed Conflicts
7.2.2 Other Armed Violence
7.3 Small Arms Supply and Demand
7.3.1 Demand Factors
7.3.2 Supply Factors
7.4 Small Arms Diffusion
7.4.1 Dysfunctional Governance and ‘the Weak State’
7.4.2 Recurring Violent Conflict Over Natural Resources
7.4.3 Leakages from Stockpiles
7.4.4 Covert Arming of Opposition Groups in Neighboring States
7.5 Lessons Learned and Recommendations
7.5.1 Improving the Collection and Availability of Relevant Data on Arms and Violence
7.5.2 International Assistance to Strengthen National Regulations on Transfers
7.5.3 Restricting the Local Circulation and Reducing Demand for Small Arms
7.6 Conclusion
Annex
References
8 Small Arms Proliferation Challenges and Solutions in South and Southeast Asia
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Regional Context of Armed Violence
8.2.1 Subnational Armed Conflicts
8.2.2 Transnational Threats
8.2.3 Origins of Illicit Small Arms
8.2.4 Civilian Firearms and Illicit Proliferation
8.3 Key Issues in Arms Control
8.3.1 Diversions and Misuses of State Stockpiles
8.3.2 Data Collection Challenges
8.3.3 Transparency Challenges
8.4 Policy Solutions
8.4.1 The Big Picture
8.4.2 Strengthening Internal Control of National Stockpiles
8.4.3 Strengthening Recordkeeping
8.4.4 Internationalizing Arms Control Efforts
8.5 Conclusion
References
9 Small Firearms in the Pacific: Regionalism and Non-Trafficking
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Background
9.3 Key Lessons
9.3.1 Papua New Guinea and Bougainville Civil War
9.3.2 Australia and the Port Arthur Shooting
9.3.3 Lessons Learned
9.4 Specific Policy Recommendations
9.4.1 The Person: Licence All Gun Owners
9.4.2 The Object: Register All Firearms
9.4.3 The “Right”: Defined in Legislation as a Conditional Privilege
9.5 Conclusion
References
10 “Gun Trafficking and Violence: From the Global Network to the Local Security Challenge” Final Remarks
10.1 Challenges
10.1.1 Common Challenges
10.1.2 Specific Challenges
10.2 Moving from Theory to Policy
10.3 Final Thoughts
References
Index