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Guns, Gun Violence and Gun HomicidesThe Battle Against the Illicit Gun Trade in Trinidad and Tobago from a Military Perspective

Guns, Gun Violence and Gun Homicides: The Battle Against the Illicit Gun Trade in Trinidad and... [The illicit gun trade is an international problem that persists with sophisticated modern occurrences. Our efforts to stem this scourge are clearly failing. The literature suggests that the answer lies in the authority’s inability to understand the nature of the networks that we are trying to disrupt. These complex and innovative networks exploit legitimate channels. Consequently, our military has been relentless in the war against the illicit gun trade with the seizure of approximately 498 firearms for 2018 according to the Crime and Problem Analysis Branch (CAPA). The methodology utilized is Qualitative with semi structured interviews conducted with retired military personnel with approximately thirty (30) years of active service. Analysis was done through the lens of Routine Activities Theory to provide a framework for sound and distinctive crime analysis that enables the application of realistic policies and practices geared at improving the various factors that may have created an environment which supports the possibility of the illicit gun trade.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Guns, Gun Violence and Gun HomicidesThe Battle Against the Illicit Gun Trade in Trinidad and Tobago from a Military Perspective

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-030-84517-9
Pages
189 –210
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-84518-6_8
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Abstract

[The illicit gun trade is an international problem that persists with sophisticated modern occurrences. Our efforts to stem this scourge are clearly failing. The literature suggests that the answer lies in the authority’s inability to understand the nature of the networks that we are trying to disrupt. These complex and innovative networks exploit legitimate channels. Consequently, our military has been relentless in the war against the illicit gun trade with the seizure of approximately 498 firearms for 2018 according to the Crime and Problem Analysis Branch (CAPA). The methodology utilized is Qualitative with semi structured interviews conducted with retired military personnel with approximately thirty (30) years of active service. Analysis was done through the lens of Routine Activities Theory to provide a framework for sound and distinctive crime analysis that enables the application of realistic policies and practices geared at improving the various factors that may have created an environment which supports the possibility of the illicit gun trade.]

Published: Dec 12, 2021

Keywords: Illicit gun trade; Military perspective; Qualitative; Routine activity theory

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