Illicit Firearms Markets and Organized Crime: Global, Regional, and Local Perspectives

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David Bright (Professor of Criminology, Professor of Criminology, Deakin University)

Illicit Firearms Markets and Organized Crime

Global, Regional, and Local Perspectives

David Bright (Professor of Criminology, Professor of Criminology, Deakin University)

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Oxford University Press
08 May 2025

Law & society; Criminology: legal aspects; International criminal law

Illicit firearms are a key enabler of organized criminal groups and illegal trade. They facilitate conflict over control of these markets, deter legitimate state actors from intervening, are deployed to threaten and coerce communities, to extort money from victims, and to facilitate a range of crimes. The sale of illegal firearms and organized crime combine to cause significant economic, social, and political harm. There is a clear and pressing need for better understanding of how illicit firearms markets are related to other forms of transnational organized crime, including drug trafficking.

Illicit Firearms Markets and Organised Crime is an interdisciplinary collection with contributions from leading and emerging experts whose research considers the intersections between illicit firearms, organized crime, and criminal networks across the globe. This cutting-edge research considers the trade of illegal firearms in different regions, with a specific focus on the interconnections and interrelationships between this trade and organised crime. Each chapter considers a particular global region and / or a specific thematic area, and sheds light on the links between the markets, the trafficking of firearms, and organized crime.

A number of key themes emerge from this collection including: the methods and routes by which firearms enter illicit markets; illegal firearms as facilitators and enablers of other criminal markets and crimes; the role of illicit firearms in exacerbating organized crime and violence; as well as policy responses to illegal firearms and the efficacy of such, including unintended consequences.

Volume editor: David Bright (Professor of Criminology Professor of Criminology Deakin University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 220mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 554g
ISBN: 9780198902379
ISBN 10: 0198902379
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 08 May 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Professor David Bright is a criminologist and forensic psychologist. His research interests include criminal networks, organised crime, and illicit markets (e.g., drugs, firearms). He is Director of the Deakin Covert Networks Lab which conducts ground-breaking research using social network analysis and related approaches to study organised criminal groups and terrorist groups. Professor Bright has been Chief Investigator on five consecutive Australian Research Council (ARC) funded projects in addition to projects funded by industry and government. He is currently appointed to the ARC College of Experts. Professor Bright is the author (with Professor Chad Whelan) of Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective (published by Routledge in 2021) which applies a network theoretical lens to organised crime.