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Developing and Analyzing a Local Gun-Case Database: The Process and Related Issues

Author(s) -

Allan Y. Jiao

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of criminology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-7753

pISSN - 2090-777X

DOI - 10.1155/2014/517867

Subject(s) - situational ethics , process (computing) , situation awareness , gun violence , quality (philosophy) , computer security , computer science , database , business , poison control , political science , human factors and ergonomics , engineering , medicine , medical emergency , philosophy , epistemology , law , aerospace engineering , operating system

To maintain public safety and improve system response, a strong need exists for understanding the characteristics of individuals involved in gun crimes, related police activities, and situational/contextual variables surrounding gun incidents. A serious knowledge gap exists, however, in understanding weapon-related offenses at the city level and in how to develop a local gun-case database. This paper, which is based on research experiences at an urban police department in USA, describes and analyzes the process and related issues in developing such a database. The study revealed a few critical lessons concerning this process, including those related to communication and cooperation between the police and researchers, quality of data, and importance of a refined dataset for improving local police policies and operations

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